News

The Mortgage Hut adopts Property Circle

Independent mortgage brokerage, The Mortgage Hut, has selected Property Circle to provide its automated...

Crystal Specialist Finance joins Ignite panel

Specialist finance distributor, Crystal Specialist Finance, has joined Legal and General’s Ignite panel. Ignite...

Majority of 50-79-year-olds distrust financial services providers

There is an “alarming” lack of trust in financial service providers among those aged...

HBSG issues discussion paper on improving home buying & selling process

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has launches a discussion paper to help...

Better buy-to-let yields coming from smaller towns and cities serving students

Paragon Bank has revealed that the student market is driving increasing returns on buy-to-let...

Finova launches new decisioning engine for lenders

Mortgage technology provider, finova, has launched a new, purpose-built decisioning engine called Optimo. The system...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has announced further rate reductions across its whole range of three-year fixed...

Skipton BS unveils low-rate mortgage for those struggling with monthly payments

Skipton Building Society is launching a low-rate mortgage range specifically designed to help existing...

One Mortgage System makes sales team hire

One Mortgage System (OMS) has added Scott Fient to its sales team. Fient...

Mercantile Trust introduces fixed rate option for bridging loans

Mercantile Trust has launched a new fixed rate bridging finance option. Loans are available...

UTB restructures buy-to-let product categories

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has simplified and repriced its buy-to-let product...

Gen H rated “excellent’ by brokers

Gen H has achieved an NPS of 83 in a survey of the brokers...

Hanley Economic BS launches trio of new residential deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced three new residential products up to 95% LTV. The...

Hodge improves later life criteria

Hodge is making criteria enhancements to its later life mortgage products on 9 October. The...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Latest news

Expat buy-to-let rates rise sharply for lower-LTV borrowers

British expatriate landlords with larger deposits are facing higher mortgage rates than borrowers with...

Commonhold reform faces practical challenges over finance and building management

The introduction of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold will require significant preparation across...

Family BS reduces fixed mortgage pricing for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has cut rates across its two-year fixed mortgage range by up...

Sprive records ninefold rise in shoppers as mortgage cashback spending reaches £185m

Mortgage cashback app Sprive has reported a sharp increase in customer activity, with shoppers...

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