Trackers

First Direct unveils new rates

First Direct has made rate changes across its mortgage range. Changes include reductions on a number...

Popularity of fixed rates approaching record levels

96% of homebuyers opted for fixed rate mortgages during September for a second successive...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made to its residential mortgage range, including adding a a new intermediary...

TSB increases mortgage rates

TSB has changed the rates on its two and five-year fixed rate mortgages, two-year...

Brokers see strong preference for fixed rates

81% of new mortgage cases handled by intermediaries during the second quarter of 2015...

NatWest IS cuts residential rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made rate cuts to a number of buy-to-let and higher LTV...

90% deals see large rate drops

Mortgage Brain’s latest quarterly product data analysis shows a further widespread drop in mortgage...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Nationwide to cut loyalty rate mortgages

The Nationwide Building Society will tomorrow (10 June) cut selected two and three-year fixed...

‘Mortgage prisoners’ targeted by Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries is offering mortgage prisoners the chance to remortgage under the terms...

Buy-to-let trackers getting more expensive

The latest Buy to Let Costs Index from Mortgages for Business has found that...

Landlords increasingly opting for longer term fixed rates

Intermediaries are writing more mortgage business with longer-term initial rates, Paragon Mortgages has claimed. The results...

BM Solutions cuts two, three and five year rates

BM Solutions has reduced rates across its two, three, and five year buy-to-let and...

New Barclays deals include 1.85% two-year fix

Barclays has introduced a new fee free 1.85% two-year fixed at 60% LTV and...

COMMENT

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Latest news

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

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