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As the supply/demand imbalance continues there is an average of 11 prospective buyers chasing every property for sale, according to NAEA...

New products aimed at expats and a simplified buy-to-let range have been launched by specialist lender Together. The hatful of changes to...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that it will be hosting its annual series of Mortgage Club LIVE events for...

The annual results published by Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has revealed robust growth in its mortgage lending and savings balances.  In...

Members of the PMS Mortgage Club will have access to Magellan Homeloans full range of products, after an agreement was reached...

Accord Mortgages has launched a new tracker mortgage with no early repayment charges. The lender says this new product will give borrowers...

Specialist lender Together has confirmed the appointments of two new managers to its commercial team as it continues with ambitious growth...

Overseas buyers and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to purchase property in the UK without correct advice, according to deVere...

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...

A new broker portal platform has been launched by lending specialist Paragon Group, assisted by financial sevices software provider BEP Systems. The portal,...

A significant rise in people re-mortgaging to improve their existing homes could hit the new-build property market during 2017, mortgage broker...

A fall in the mean average value of leads from SMEs in the first six weeks of 2017 seems to suggest...

The UAE has been named as the best country for first-time buyers, new research carried out by MoveHub has revealed. Based on...

Specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has this week announced a fresh wave of updates to its buy-to-let mortgage range.  The firm has...

The UK's first bank built exclusively for mobile has extended its Digital Mortgage Range. Atom Bank has launched a two year...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an exclusive deal with Leeds Building Society to help expand its shared ownership and...

In response to last week's Housing White Paper, mortgage management firm Computershare Loan Services has urged the government to make sure...

Mortgage borrowers in Scotland are the most proactive when it comes to switching products, according to new research. A YouGov study, commissioned...

Vida Homeloans and Mortgage Intelligence have announced a new tie-up, allowing Mortgage Intelligence members access to Vida’s specialist residential mortgage range. Vida,...

The latest research from Connells Survey & Valuation has revealed that January saw an increase in the number of first-time buyers...

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Sinead Moynihan as its Head of Sales. She will be based at the company’s head...

Buy-to-let mortgage costs have stabilised at record lows, according to analysis by Mortgage Brain. Costs have continued to fall on an annual basis,...

Connells Group's mortgage division recorded significant growth in 2016, the firm has reported. The Group recorded a 10% rise in the number...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let product range.  The lender, part of the Northview Group, has launched a...

High-street bank HSBC has appointed Jackie Uhi as its new head of mortgage distribution. Uhi has spent the last six years working...

Pepper Homeloans is to market its specialist mortgage products via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA).  TMA’s brokers will have full access to Pepper...

Furness Building Society has made another new appointment, this time announcing Philip McLelland as non-executive director.  McLelland, a commercial finance director with...

The £15 million supplementary levy imposed on mortgage brokers by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will hit the best-qualified brokers...

The average pricing of two and three-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages is at an all-time low. This is according to the latest Index...

An assortment of new fixed-rate mortgages across all its LTV ranges has been launched by Teachers Building Society. Teachers Building Society, which,...

Specialist mortgage lender Kent Reliance has partnered with The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) to offer a direct submission route for its brokers. The...

The appointment of Matthew Dobson as Finance Director has been announced by Furness Building Society. Dobson, who has over 15 years of...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

Online mortgage lender LendInvest has launched a new refurbishment finance product.  The finance solution is aimed at property investors who want to...

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans has enhanced its entire range of residential mortgage products. It's done so by slashing most of its...

An announcement has been made by Legal & General Mortgage Club about the extension of its partnership with Ipswich Building Society.  To...

The Furness Building Society has confirmed that its full product range will now be made available to Brilliant Solutions' direct to...

Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has announced the appointment of Dan Watson to its sales team. Watson will work predominantly in the South...

High street lender Metro Bank has reduced the rates on its three-year and five-year residential mortgage range. It has also announced the...

An online mortgage broker has announced that it has received backing from fintech investors all over Europe to the tune of...

Accord Mortgages used the beginning of February to launch five new options to its offset range. The intermediary-only lender’s new measures...

In an effort to increase its customer base and address rising property prices, specialist lender Together has opted to up its...

Mortgage affordability is increasing for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors, according to the latest index from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...

Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...

Two new five year fixed-rate buy-to-let products have been launched by Furness for Intermediaries, strengthening the firm's product range and its...

Financial mutual OneFamily has extended its lifetime mortgage range, increasing its number of products from four to six.  The two new additions...

InterBay Commercial, part of specialist lending group OneSavings Bank, has strengthened its buy-to-let proposition with simplified pricing and rate drops. By adopting...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has announced that it is expanding its roadshow this year from 10 to 12 regional...

Mortgage brokers are urging lenders to use more technology in order to improve customer experience. This is the message from new research...

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...

A leading buy-to-let broker has partnered with a new lender to improve its selection of offerings. Commercial Trust has added Vida Homeloans...

The UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile customers has extended its Digital Mortgage range, with 80% LTV and 85% LTV...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is on the lookout for a new executive director.  The news follows Peter Williams' announcement that...

New Street Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its buy-to-let mortgage range. It has reduced the rate for its two-year discount product...

A relaunch of its mortgage proposition has been carried out by finance company Castle Trust. The relaunch includes a glossy new...

Digital mortgage broker habito has raised £5.5 million in investment funding.  The firm says it will use the money to enhance the...

Borrowers taking out an offset mortgage have a few days left to be given a helping hand by Accord Mortgages. The...

Bridging finance lender Roma Finance is launching a special 0.75% bridging rate until Valentine's Day. The firm has announced a special time-bound...

The principal issue we come up against as we go around the UK visiting all our brokers is a lack of...

TMBC, a lender specialising in the buy-to-let market, has announced the launch of new functionality for its sourcing and quotation system. Intermediaries...

The adviser community has offered broad support to the merits of a standalone equity release qualification, according to a joint survey...

Steve Seal has been promoted by lender Kent Reliance to Head of Sales with immediate effect, as a direct reward for...

Buy-to-let mortgages are becoming increasingly hard to secure, new research has revealed. The majority of brokers surveyed in the latest Broker...

The latest product data analysis from Mortgage Brain has revealed that recent predictions about potential increases in mortgage costs are starting...

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...

Paragon Mortgages has entered the residential mortgage market after announcing the launch of a new range of products for owner-occupiers.  The lender,...

The UK House Price Index for November 2016 revealed an annual price rise of 6.7%, taking the overall average property value...

Poor credit scores are denying prospective property buyers from being granted mortgages, a new study has revealed. The research into the nation's...

Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has launched its lowest-ever bridging rates of 0.54% per month. Aimed at standard and light refurbishment deals up...

Rob Lankey has been appointed Interim CEO of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The Interim CEO will take over...

A few handfuls of Introducer Today readers will have joined us (and 750 others) at our 2016 Industry Awards ceremony on...

Sourcing systems have been around for so long now that it's easy to think they have the same features and capabilities...

Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...

Some five hundred mortgage professionals have completed the Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice since its launch two years ago,...

Rates on first charge buy-to-let mortgages have been reduced by mortgage lender Together. This takes them below 7%, with LTVs of...

A 1.68% 3 year fixed rate online exclusive has been launched by Furness Building Society. The 80% LTV Product, with a £995...

Just over two months since the Bank of England cut the base interest rate to 0.25%, an array of lenders are...

Two lenders have launched new mortgage products with LTVs of over 90%. Furness Building Society has introduced a range of five-year fixed...

Leeds Building Society has announced the details of a new partnership with conveyancing panel management firm LMS. LMS will now provide the...

Mortgage Trust has launched a series of products catering for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. The lender says that the products, which...

The latest quarterly data analysis from Mortgage Brain shows that the cost of mortgages continued to fall over the past three...

Two businesses have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives. The partnership is designed to...

Over a third of brokers working in the property finance sector have said they think builders and developers will find it...

Saffron For Intermediaries, part of Saffron Building Society, has announced the launch of three new fixed rate deals for homeowners and...

Self-employed borrowers are finding it difficult to get mortgages, according to research by the Nottingham Building Society. The firm's study found that...

Pepper Homeloans has announced the launch of a range of five-year fixed rate products for borrowers with blots on their credit...

First Complete, which is part of the LSL Property Services Group, is this month holding fifteen mortgage forums across the UK. The...

Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has announced a new range of products for tenants using the Right to Buy Scheme.  Highlights of the...

If the weakened pound and unrest around the continent we sometimes claim to be a part of have combined to put...

Two competitive variable rate products for 90% loans have been launched by Furness Building Society. Suitable for first-time buyers as well as...

The one area in which a proper affordability assessment is ignored is lending to older borrowers, according to findings from The...

A new lender, which is aiming to target older borrowers, has received full regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Mortgages4Life,...

Following the Bank of England's decision to cut the base rate to 0.25%, a fifth of 18 to 34 year-olds could...

A new report from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has shown that more mortgages were handed to first-time buyers in...

The headline speakers for Mortgage Vision 2016 have been announced. The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and Nationwide/The Mortgage Works will...

Tipton has launched a new shared ownership range, including mortgages available throughout England and Wales up to 90% of the share...

Precise Mortgages has recently announced a number of changes to its product range, particularly focusing on its buy-to-let offering.  HMO and Limited...

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Pepper Homeloans to its distribution panel. Pepper Homeloans' products will now be accessible to over 6,500 financial advisers...

The Association of Expert Mortgage Advisors (AEMA), which accounts for almost half of all mortgage broker business in Ireland, has announced...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...