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Swap rates fall but funding risks remain, warns Moneyfacts

In a week that saw more than 20 lenders reduce their fixed mortgage rates,...

L&G launches later life lending campaign

L&G has launched a later life lending campaign featuring short documentary-style films highlighting the...

more2life calls for innovation and technology to drive later life lending growth

Later life lender more2life has called on the wider industry to ensure product innovation...

Darlington completes complex expat new-build mortgage

Darlington Building Society has completed an 80% LTV mortgage for a joint application from...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus...

Pepper Money cuts rates across resi and affordable homes range

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and affordable home ownership range. Residential rates...

Paragon launches two-year BBR trackers

Paragon Bank has introduced new two-year Bank Base Rate (BBR) trackers to its buy-to-let...

Molo reduces BTL rates for UK residents by 10bps

Specialist lender Molo has reduced rates by 10 basis-points (bps) across its UK resident...

Hodge Bank partners with Mortgage Broker Tools

The partnership means Mortgage Broker Tools’ broker members can now access Hodge’s specialist mortgage...

Coventry and Accord both cut BTL rates 

Coventry for Intermediaries and Accord Mortgages have both reduced rates across their buy-to-let ranges. Coventry’s...

UTB cuts rates by 1% and launches 95% LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages has reduced rates by up to 1% and launched...

Not enough land to deliver Burnham’s 300,000 homes

Andy Burnham’s flagship council housebuilding plan risks becoming a “postcode lottery”, according to new...

LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...

Metro Bank launches 100% LTV JBSP mortgage

Metro Bank has launched a 100% LTV Joint Borrower, Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage. The mortgage...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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