News

21% increase in BTL product availability over past year

The number of buy-to-let products available, currently 2,396 products, is the highest on record...

The Nationwide doubles length of remortgage offer period

The Nationwide Building Society is extending the period of time a remortgage offer is...

Spencer Gale joins Axis Bank

Axis Bank UK has announced the appointment of Spencer Gale as key account manager. Gale...

Broker Conveyancing appoints Midlands area director

Broker Conveyancing has announced several new hires, promotions and an ongoing recruitment drive. Following a...

LendInvest completes £259m securitisation

LendInvest has securitised £259 million of UK prime buy-to-let mortgage loans in an oversubscribed RMBS...

Foundation unveils new five-year BTL remortgage deal

Foundation Home Loans has reported a significant increase in both portfolio landlord and limited...

Paradigm to hold DA transition event in Manchester

Paradigm Mortgage Services is holding a Direct Authorisation (DA) Transition workshop in Manchester in July. Following...

Second charge volumes continue to rise

The Finance & Leasing Association has reported that second charge mortgage market volumes were...

TSB revises fixed rates

TSB Bank has cut rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across its three-year...

Network holds its largest training event

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest bi-annual National Training Event to...

Bank of Ireland raises £350m of funding

ank of Ireland Group has raised £350 million of term funding through a sterling...

Monthly cost of buy-to-let fixes on the rise

The cost of the majority of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages appear to be on...

Millennials are less job mobile

New research has found that higher rents are reducing the financial gains from moving...

Former Pepper MD to advise bridging lender

Roma Finance has appointed Colin Snowdon as board adviser. Snowdon (pictured) was previously managing director...

COMMENT

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

Latest news

Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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