News

White Paper aims to tackle “broken” housing market

Sajid Javid, secretary of state for the Department for Communities and Local Government, has...

MCI expands lender panel

MCI Mortgage Club has announced the addition of both Kensington and New Street to...

The Loans Engine secures £750k second charge

Specialist finance broker The Loans Engine has paid out its largest second-charge mortgage amount,...

TMW to cut fixed and tracker rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is cutting reducing rates on selected fixed and tracker mortgages...

Halifax: house price growth rates “robust”

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to January 2017 were...

Govt housing strategy to be outlined today

The government is reportedly to use its flagship housing strategy, which it will unveil...

Brexit to hit London property market the hardest

Investment management business Kames Capital believes regional property markets around the UK currently offer...

Complete FS appoints BDM

Complete FS, the South Coast packager, has appointed Graham McCabe as business development manager...

Santander unveils its lowest ever fix

Santander has introduced its lowest ever fixed rate mortgage. The new 60% loan to value...

New associate member for ASTL

Begbies Traynor has become the latest associate member to join the Association of Short...

New bridging rates from Octopus Property

Octopus Property has made rates reductions on its bridging loan range across all major LTV bandings....

Renters lack protection provision

Research from Scottish Widows indicates that while 30% of private renters admitting that they’d not...

Two generations now working to help FTBs

Key Partnerships has found that parents and grandparents are increasingly working together to help first-time...

Kent Reliance offers its lowest ever five-year BTL rates

Kent Reliance has made changes to its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let offering.  Rates now start...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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