News

New Street launches five-year fixes from 2.74%

New Street Mortgages has made a number of rate cuts on its buy-to-let mortgages,...

The Chelsea unveils lower fee deals

The Chelsea Building Society has launched a range of fixed rate mortgages with £495...

Saffron For Intermediaries improves mortgage offering

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its self-employed, first-time buyer and owner-occupied mortgage proposition by raising LTVs...

Skipton to launch UK’s first Cash Lifetime ISA

On 8 June the Skipton Building Society will launch the UK’s first Cash Lifetime...

New bridging deal from LendInvest

LendInvest has launched a new three-year bridge product as a funding alternative to a...

Increase in availability of specialist mortgages

The first quarter of the year saw demand for specialist mortgages rise, according to...

Countrywide CFO to retire

Jim Clarke, Countrywide Plc's group chief financial officer (CFO), is to step down from the board...

Royal London offering mortgage protection initiative for L&C

Royal London has partnered with L&C to develop and test a new life insurance...

L&G launches ‘Buy Now’ life policy on Confused.com

Legal & General has launched a Buy Now life insurance policy with Direct Life....

LMS extends Dudley BS partnership

Conveyancing service provider LMS has extended its partnership with the Dudley Building Society. The...

Openwork reveals new national charity partner

Openwork has announced that its new national charity partner for the next three years...

Vida Homeloans unveils 2.69% fixed rate

Vida Homeloans has announced a new 'Limited Edition' range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages...

Keystone joins Sesame & PMS mortgage panels

Keystone Property Finance has become the latest addition to the mortgage panels of Sesame...

Crystal Specialist Finance partners with TML

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added Crystal Specialist Finance to its network of distribution...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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