New build

Newcastle BS expands First Homes range

Newcastle Building Society is expanding the availability of its popular First Homes product range...

Four-fifths of brokers optimistic about new build sector

TMA Club research has revealed that 79% of brokers feel optimistic about how the...

FTB shared ownership borrowers looking beyond new build

Greater numbers of first time buyers using shared ownership are buying existing properties rather...

Newcastle BS completes first Deposit Unlock deals

Newcastle Building Society has announced the first completions in the UK under the industry-led...

Finova adds Metro Bank to panel

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously...

Virgin Money makes four positive criteria changes

Virgin Money has made improvements to its lending policy. It has increased its new build...

Clydesdale Bank increases maximum new build LTV

Clydesdale Bank has increased the maximum LTV available on new build residential houses to...

Bluestone appoints new build and national account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Holcomb as new build and national...

Metro Bank ups maximum new build LTV

Metro Bank has increased its maximum LTV for new build flats and houses to...

The Skipton to offer 95% LTV on new builds

The Skipton Building Society is to enter the 95% loan to value new build...

Skipton appoints national account lead

Rachael Hunnisett has been promoted to national account lead at Skipton Building Society for...

Beardmore succeeds Hall at L&G following latter’s departure to LSL

Legal & General Mortgage Club has appointed Clare Beardmore as head of broker and...

The Newcastle unveils Deposit Unlock 95% LTV new build range

The Newcastle Building Society has launched its Deposit Unlock range of mortgages, offering 95% loan...

The Skipton moves back into 90% LTV new build space

The Skipton Building Society is re-entering the 90% loan to value (LTV) new build...

COMMENT

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

Latest news

Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

24-hour secured loan case underlines growing use of specialist finance

A secured loan completed within 24 hours is being cited as a sign of...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...

Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...

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