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17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy-to-let fintech lender Landbay has launched its most comprehensive and intuitive broker portal amidst a bold new brand. The new brand...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely due to experience some difficulties being approved for loans. It was stated...
26 April 2022
From: Breaking News

This week’s mortgage roundup showcases the benevolence of the mortgage sector, with The Cambridge relaunching its products for expats, while Newcastle...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New research from property lending expert, Octane Capital, has revealed that rental market stock levels have plummeted across the major cities in...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

First Time Buyer’s Fortnight aims to give potential homebuyers the information they need to make more informed decisions about the home...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Property lending expert, Octane Capital, recently released new findings about the global total volume of privately rented properties. The research concludes that the...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News

With the interest rate rising from 0.25% to 0.5%, Brian Murphy, head of lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, shares his top tips homeowners...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A study from specialist property lending firm, Octane Capital, estimates that homeowners across England have accumulated over £2.547 trillion worth of equity within...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, released a new report about landlord awareness of property Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. The report...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New research conducted by the property lending experts, Octane Capital, claims that over the last five years the buy-to-let sector has...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

As we’ve entered another New Year, now is as good a time as any to re-evaluate our spending habits and get...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News

New research conducted by specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, has revealed that 15% of landlords lack knowledge about impending...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

With the Bank of England raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years, Brian Murphy, head of lending...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Savings and lending bank Shawbrook recently conducted a Changing Face Buy-to-Let Report to investigate refurbishment costs. In total 1,000 landlords, and 1,000...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

There has been an increase in demand for financing to fund home refurbishment projects over the past six months. That is according...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Bridging loan firm SoMo has launched a new specialist finance product giving favourable rates for larger loans. The product is designed to...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Tembo, a London-based FinTech on a mission to transform consumer lending through the power of family, has announced that it has...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance has launched new bridging and development ranges with improved rates and enhanced criteria. The new bridging range, called RomaPrime, is...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A recent study conducted by Hodge asked portfolio buy-to-let landlords and brokers for their opinions about finding the best loan. The...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has announced the return of its Virtual Summer Conference which takes place today and tomorrow (July 6-7 2021). The...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from equity release lender, more2life, shows that 78% of advisers think more of their customers will look to equity release to...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nottingham has introduced a new larger lending mortgage aimed at those looking to borrow over £350,000. Priced at 1.85%, the two-year...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Smartr365 and Experian tie-up set to transform credit checking process Smartr365, an end-to-end mortgage platform, has launched its commercial and strategic partnership...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Wealth management and property lending specialist Tier One Capital has secured a £6.5 million revolving credit facility from Shawbrook Bank for...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance completed a record month in May, reporting a 50% increase in pipeline business on top of the 100% increase...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Equity release lender, more2life, revealed that the number of advisers who attended its 2021 Later Life Lending Symposium was 151% higher than...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new flexible pricing methodology on the Classic lifetime mortgage product range. The new initiative...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lender, Pure Retirement has announced the launch of several key market insight resources that will help advisers to best serve...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nottingham has unveiled loan-to-value (LTV) limited company buy-to-let (BTL) fixed-rate products. The building society has announced four new two and five-year...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Equity Release Council (the Council) has launched a new Legal Forum to champion the unique role of legal advice in...
27 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has confirmed that it will be open for live events in 2021. The first event will return to...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Action must be taken to encourage greater gender diversity in the adviser community and help support female clients, as part of...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Equity Release Council (the Council) has launched a member endorsement mark as part of a brand refresh that reflects the...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

more2life has partnered with robotic process automation specialists Robiquity to speed up its core servicing processes for lenders. The partnership has seen...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Newbury Building Society has introduced a GoGreen Reward incentive to its self-build mortgage to encourage homebuilders to make conscious sustainable choices. The...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Zahid Bilgrami has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Mortgage Brain. Bilgrami joins the company after 11 years as chief...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance has rebranded across all channels to providing lending less ordinary as standard. As part of its ambitious growth strategy, the...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Private Finance, an independent whole of market mortgage adviser, has released its latest mortgage memo for February. We outline its key findings...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News

2021 looks set to be another year of change in the mortgage market, with the second charge market seeing the biggest...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Dudley Building Society has undergone a number of changes, including a logo transformation and launching some new and re-emerging products for...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Shawbrook Bank has strengthened its position in the residential and buy-to-let (BTL) markets with the acquisition of specialist intermediary mortgage business,...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Fluent Lifetime, the equity release and later life subsidiary of Fluent Money Group, is celebrating after breaking into the top five...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
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Kuflink, the peer-to-peer (P2P) bridging lender, has passed the £100 million mark as new investment levels continue to accelerate. The company launched...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Searches for ‘self-employed’ and ‘defaults’ became the most popular in December, according to new research from criteria search specialist Knowledge Bank. Knowledge...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Specialist lender Together has confirmed it will continue lending despite tougher restrictions as the UK enters another national lockdown. England was plunged...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Luxury asset lender Suros Capital has become the latest addition to Loans Warehouse’s lender panel to provide unique short-term finance propositions...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Specialist lender Together has raised the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) across its first and second charge mortgage products to 70%. The finance firm...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Stockport’s Vernon Building Society has relaunched its mortgage range to brokers, featuring a wide range of mainstream and specialist lending solutions. The...
22 December 2020
From: Breaking News

more2life has become the sixth lender to join MCI mortgage club’s later life lending panel. The addition means more2life will give the...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Results released from Paragon Bank show that specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lending has accounted for 93% of total buy-to-let activity, compared to...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Erica Pearce as head of intermediary relations to further extend its intermediary range. Pearce will oversee...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance has joined Dynamo for Intermediaries’ panel for increased bridging, development and buy-to-let propositions for members. The mortgage lender offers a...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Bridge finance specialist Whitehall Capital has announced the launch of its brand-new website. The site – which can be accessed across multiple...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landbay, a leading buy-to-let lender, has achieved 5,520% growth in revenue from 2016 to 2020, lending over £0.6 billion during that...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has launched a free 24-hour case checker initiative for brokers. The move will provide an option for brokers...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Suros Capital has officially been launched to provide short-term lending facilities specifically aimed at people secured against luxury assets including jewellery,...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Brickflow, the UK’s first online search engine for development finance loans, has officially launched. The property technology platform – co-founded by Ian...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Evolution Money, the specialist second charge lender, has added its criteria panel to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank holds the full...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the last ten years, the mortgage market in the UK has changed significantly. Alongside increased regulation of the industry, stricter...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

Specialist development lender Puma Property Finance has bolstered its nationwide presence with the relocation of one of its managers, Paul Murphy,...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Advise Wise has incorporated Google Street View and Google Maps into its platform, allowing advisers to run quick checks on their...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has expanded its operations with the opening of a Manchester-based intermediary support centre. The move will allow the...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Advisers have recently faced a relentless succession of challenges in the attempt to source consistent returns for clients in an environment...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has urged brokers concerned that a customer is attempting to commit mortgage application fraud to under...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage, lending and banking customer relationship management (CRM) system, eKeeper, has successfully integrated DocuSign’s eSignature functionality into its intermediary-focused CRM, MortgageKeeper. The...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has launched a brand-new suite of buy-to-let and residential products. The company, part of the specialist lending and...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

One Mortgage System (OMS), the enquiry-to-completion processing platform for brokers, has broadened its support and development teams with two new additions. The...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Responsible Life, a later life lending specialist, is reporting a 52% annual surge in lifetime mortgage sales, as retirees increasingly look...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank, a market-leading criteria search system, is expanding with the appointment of three new roles. An increasing number of mortgage brokers...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist lending distributor Promise Money has launched a brand-new website and processing system for brokers. Following a rebrand from Promise Solutions, Promise...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Equity release advisory service provider Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has partnered with LiveMore Capital. Specialising in retirement interest only (RIO) mortgages for...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The MCI Mortgage Club has added LiveMore Capital to its panel, expanding its range of products to include retirement interest-only (RIO)...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, part of the specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings Bank plc, has launched a new large...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Hanley Economic Building Society has become the latest addition to the lending panel of SimplyBiz Mortgages – expanding its presence within...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance, the bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, has cut rates across its product range. This follows further funding lines with...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Later life lending specialist Advise Wise has announced the launch of its mortgage club to complement its services for the later...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hodge Lifetime has lowered the minimum age of its residential interest-only mortgage from 55-plus to 50. This is in line with its...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has extended its services to the North West of England with the appointment of Simon Bancroft as...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three mortgages particularly attractive to first-time buyers. The fee-free mortgages are...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Connect for Intermediaries has added intermediary conveyancing firm Blacks Connect to its ‘Solicitor Referral Panel’. Blacks Connect is part of the full-service...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Pure Retirement has started the new year by making changes to its heritage range criteria, aiming to give consumers more choice...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has officially closed its retail investment arm and exited the peer-to-peer lending market in favour of becoming...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Intermediaries believe they can hold out against the uncertainty being caused by Brexit and the general election, according to the Intermediary...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

For the third consecutive quarter, the most popular use of a bridging loan was to purchase investment property, according to Bridging...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A vast majority of mortgage enquires come from people who have been refused a mortgage due to not being a ‘perfect...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance has provided a loan of £1.85 million in its largest ever case. The loan was for Arcot Grange Developments Ltd...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Almost seven in 10 (67%) commercial mortgage brokers feel confident about the lending environment in 2020 despite the current political climate,...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has extended its range of lending options for members with the appointment of Pension-Led...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby has bolstered its later life lending offer with a new five-year fix and slashed the interest rates on...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

‘Interest-only loans’ have maintained their place in the top five most searched-for criteria in August after making their very first appearance...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage intermediaries with self-build clients can now access a new product from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society through BuildLoan. The higher loan-to-value...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Pure Retirement has partnered with My Care Consultant on its latest ‘CareBox’ programme. The project – aimed at financial services, professionals, financial...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Mortgage and protection network HLPartnership has announced new dates and venues in September for later life lending seminars. Following its successful spring...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Right to Buy became one of the most-searched for criteria by brokers for the first time in July, according to Knowledge...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Five brokers in Just Mortgages’ self-employed division are set to trade as commercial brokers following a partnership with commercial broker Fiducia. While...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has been appointed to the panel of specialist mortgage desk Master Private Finance. Launched by mortgage and protection...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The UK’s first buy-to-let mortgage calculator of its kind has officially been launched by BrokerSense, the provider of specialist mortgage calculators...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Fluent for Advisers is encouraging its introducers to consider building relationships with independent financial advisers (IFAs) and retirement advice specialists. By doing...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Knight Frank Finance has launched a later life finance team, making it the first major player in the property sector to...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal to bolster its mortgage lending. The funding – which is from a...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh, which will expand and enhance more than thirty products for professional landlords. The...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Dudley BS has been working for over 160 years in providing mortgages and saving accounts to customers across a local and...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) Europe network has launched a new report to support the growth of the market so...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Thousands of borrowers could be missing out on a better mortgage deal by not speaking to an adviser, research from Legal...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Independent equity release advisor Key has announced the expansion of its corporate business development team in response to growing industry demand. More...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Clever Lending has launched a new online portal to enhance the way brokers manage their specialist lending enquiries and speed up...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new product suite for advisers, named the Heritage range. The product, which is available...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist banking group, Paragon, has reported a 16% increase in first-half mortgage lending to £834 million – up from £721 million...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

CLS Money has announced another record year for new business, with specialist first charge lending being largely responsible for the company’s...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Fluent for Advisers has announced the appointment of two new Business Development Officers (BDOs) to its internal sales team, and a...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Saffron Building Society has launched a renewed affordability calculator to assist brokers and their customers when choosing a new residential mortgage. Findings...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Shawbrook has announced the appointment of Rob Lankey as director of commercial investment. Lankey joins the specialist lender after a long career...
22 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Lending distributor Fluent Money Group’s recent expansion has seen a significant increase in personnel, with over 250 employees based at its...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is the first UK lender to go live with an innovative digital system developed in Denmark. Developed...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) will be hosting two seminars focusing on later life lending following their successful January...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Over two thirds (68%) of British people think lenders have too much power over borrowers. The findings come from new online polling...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Paragon Banking Group has reported a 41% increase in new lending across all business lines in the last quarter of 2018. With...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Newbury Building Society has launched its first retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage to support borrowers in their later life. Applicants must be a...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank has launched a real time management information (MI) product that will give lenders insight into the mortgage criteria that...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let specialist TBMC has been added to the Family Building Society specialist packager panel. The firm will offer a range of buy-to-let...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Mint Bridging has announced that it will consider the acquisition of Amicus Property Finance’s entire loan book. Following the news that Amicus...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Shawbrook and its newest ‘Strategic Partner’, Clever Lending, helped an experienced investor with a complete property journey, from purchase through to...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A fifth of current mortgage holders believe they will still be paying off their mortgage beyond the age of 65 –...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has removed any maximum age limit for the term end of its entire range of mortgages,...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Brightstar Financial has launched a guide for brokers to better advise their clients on interest-only mortgages and later life lending. The guide...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Landbay has chosen Oracle NetSuite to create a more accessible buy-to-let mortgage marketplace for investors, borrowers and brokers. Through NetSuite, Landbay will...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging government to provide clarity around the future of the Help to Buy Equity...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Tougher lending rules are surfacing after the expansion of the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) into one of the UK’s...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Following its continued growth, Mortgage Brain has appointed three new members to its sales team. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov and Sophia Smith...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Accord Mortgages has announced a range of new or enhanced initiatives designed to support brokers with new-build cases. This includes a range...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

James Alexander, co-founder and former chief executive officer of Zopa, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at The Finance Professional...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Assetz Capital has agreed a deal with Connect for Intermediaries to be the first network that it distributes its products through. The...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Intelenet Global Services has launched a new ‘Lending Suite’ to help banks generate mortgage offers in as little as 30 minutes. The...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

CMME has announced a second charge mortgage solution for contractors, business owners and other professionals looking to take advantage of their...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The launch of retirement interest only (RIO) products by lenders provides a valuable alternative to the growing number of later life...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist lending distributor Fluent Money Group has announced the launch of Fluent Lifetime Ltd on mobile. The company will be offering equity...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Brokers using Clever Lending now have access to Pepper Money’s full range of specialist residential and buy-to-let mortgage products. Launched in 2014,...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now seeking financial advice and guidance, according to new research from Key. The independent equity...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Homeowners are ageing at a faster rate than the UK population as developments in post-retirement lending put a strain on the...
30 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Steve Olejnik has been appointed managing director of Mortgages for Business. Taking over from David Whittaker (who set up the independent brokerage...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Bank of Mum and Dad is very much prevalent, with recent research showing that UK parents will help 316,000 young...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Scottish Building Society has added a retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage to its range of products for older people. Since the Financial Conduct...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lender Pepper Money has revamped its pricing, cutting some rates by up to 0.55%. The biggest reductions are available on Pepper...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance for intermediaries across its specialist buy-to-let and...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Bluestone Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec, a leading provider of technology solutions to the lending industry. This means Bluestone is the first...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

April saw significant purchasing and remortgaging activity following forecasts suggesting an interest rate rise in May, according to the Mortgage Advice...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...
13 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Specialist lender Masthaven has announced the launch of a first charge residential three-year fixed rate mortgage and other product enhancements to...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Mortgage advisers are embracing new technology faster than any other time following the credit crunch, according to Criteria Hub. The online deep...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Brightstar Financial has launched a series of specialist lending workshops to help brokers engage with the market more effectively. Merging with some...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

TMA Club has welcomed Masthaven, the specialist lending bank, to its lender panel to provide a broad range of products to...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist lending brand Keystone Property Finance has reduced all rates across its classic range. The cost of a two-year fixed rate at...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords have increasingly been switching to five-year fixed rate products over the past two years, new data from Commercial Trust Limited...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The first digital mortgage was entered into the Land Register by Enact Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society for a house in...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A diverse set of customer needs from the self-employed are driving demand for specialist residential mortgages, according to Paragon’s Financial Adviser...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage marketplace lender Landbay has lent a total of £100 million to buy-to-let landlords since its 2014 launch. Recent regulatory changes...
20 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Shawbrook Commercial has strengthened its lending team with the recruitment of Anthony Harrison as the lending manager of commercial property. With nearly...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Northview Group – which consists of the Kensington, New Street and Acenden brands – has announced the appointment of Mark...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Specialist finance provider Together recorded strong progress and record lending volumes in the quarter to 31 December 2017, with its loan...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

TMA Club has bolstered its panel of specialist packagers and master brokers, giving advisers access to a range of second charge...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Short-term lender Alternative Bridging has recently opened a Midlands office, further expanding its business in the region. With its existing broker network...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

In a bid to make it easier to switch products, Paragon has launched a new online portal for buy-to-let mortgage customers...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Masthaven has launched its second charge mortgage range with competitive rates available via Legal & General Mortgage Club. With this partnership, Masthaven...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Phill Tyson as head of credit, residential lending – further strengthening its residential mortgage team. Having been with...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Kent Reliance has announced three new appointments, which it says will help it cope with increased demand from brokers. The firm, which...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Commercial mortgage brokers are 'overwhelmingly upbeat' about their prospects for 2018, according to Shawbrook Bank. The bank's annual Broker Barometer found that...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its 2018 calendar of events. The half-day events, which take place across the UK, will...
18 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Many older divorcees are struggling to pay the mortgage post-split, according to figures from LEBC. The financial planning firm is placing greater...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Paragon has launched a new CaseTracker app and extended its range of portfolio and non-portfolio buy-to-let mortgage products for the new...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Newbury Building Society has introduced a new variable rate product at 2.99%, further improving its Shared Ownership mortgage offering. While the product...
16 January 2018
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To work with lending stress tests, Newbury Building Society has launched a buy-to-let (BTL) affordability calculator which takes top-slicing into account. The...
09 January 2018
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Legal & General Mortgage Club has added two Shawbrook Bank products to its lending panel. The products cater for second charge and...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the election of a new Chair. Phil Rickards will take up the role from...
21 December 2017
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Together has announced partnerships with mortgage club SimplyBiz Mortgages and broker network Personal Touch. SimplyBiz Mortgages – which was founded in 2002...
21 December 2017
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The Mortgage Trading Exchange (MTE), the single delivery channel for mortgage placement, has now processed over two million mortgage transactions since...
21 December 2017
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Nationwide is the latest building society to join the Equity Release Council (The Council) following its introduction to the lifetime mortgage...
28 November 2017
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Specialist property finance lender LendInvest has announced its new buy-to-let (BTL) loan products for the specialist lending market. Targeted at professional property...
21 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Existing customers will benefit from an efficient and simplified transferring experience as part of Accord Mortgages' vast number of product improvements,...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Any company that sells a product or service and wants to survive and thrive needs to constantly come up with new...
10 November 2017
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Castle Trust Capital has introduced a number of changes to its Development Finance offering and doubled its maximum loan size. The lending...
07 November 2017
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Specialist lender Keystone Property Finance has upgraded its classic range, doubling the number of products on offer. These changes come after the...
07 November 2017
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Nearly seven in ten (69%) mortgage brokers saw an increasing demand for 35-year mortgages, according to the latest research from the...
24 October 2017
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Specialist lender Foundation Home Loans has announced multiple new appointments to its senior team, with more to follow. Andrew Ferguson is now...
24 October 2017
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Keystone Property Finance has announced the upgrade of its criteria for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The buy-to-let lending brand has increased the...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...
17 October 2017
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Fresh data from UK Finance has found that borrowing and lending for house sales increased in both value and volume in...
17 October 2017
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Mortgage Brain has strengthened its integrated second charge sourcing capability by expanding the Master Brokers accessible to network companies, as well...
12 October 2017
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After a successful seminar program last year, Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced another buy-to-let (BTL) seminar program in partnership with...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The value of specialist mortgage lenders’ annual lending has increased 19% per year since 2009, according to a new report from...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Vida Homeloans has attracted £1.6 billion decisions in principle (DIPs) and £800 million in applications one year after launching its specialist...
06 October 2017
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Digital mortgage lender Landbay has totalled £6.31 million lent across 31 mortgage products, leading to a record month of buy-to-let (BTL)...
06 October 2017
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Approximately 1,000 advisers have now passed the RQF Level 4 certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice, according to The Society of Mortgage...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Freedom Finance has urged UK families to examine their finances after revealing that an average mortgage bill could increase more than...
18 September 2017
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The Northview Group has announced changes to its portfolio buy-to-let lending criteria for both Kensington and New Street Mortgages. The changes come...
18 September 2017
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The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has revealed the dates and venues for its autumn mortgage and protection roadshows, beginning in...
13 September 2017
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New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...
08 September 2017
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Lifetime mortgage lender more 2 life has surpassed £1 billion of lending, along with a substantial total loan book value. According to...
05 September 2017
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The Mortgage Hut has seen a year on year rise of 30% in mortgage applications in August despite the traditional seasonal...
05 September 2017
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Skipton Building Society is aiming to reduce the rates on its interest only mortgage range. The residential interest only range provides 60%,...
05 September 2017
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Landlords are being urged to remortgage in order to prepare for the reformed buy-to-let lending criteria due to be introduced in...
31 August 2017
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Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages team announced that it has lowered the fixed and variable rates on its 55 Plus Interest-Only Mortgage. With interest-only...
31 August 2017
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First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement earlier this year doesn’t seem to have put a dent in a basic architectural...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

TMA Mortgage Club is giving its members an exclusive fee-free 75% LTV discount rate deal following its partnership with The Melton...
29 August 2017
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A record low in lifetime mortgage rates is driving enquiries about switching plans from existing customers, Bower Retirement say. The specialist retirement...
25 August 2017
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OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced its new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help brokers prepare for the PRA Phase 2...
21 August 2017
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New Street Mortgages has announced an update to its buy-to-let range with numerous changes. The Northview Group lender has upgraded its five-year...
21 August 2017
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The Association of Short Term Lenders has announced the first two speakers - Lorna O’Brien of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Home Finance has become the biggest provider of lifetime mortgages in the first half of this year (H1). The...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Castle Trust Capital has announced the implementation of its PRA Phase 2 changes, which require a specialist approach to underwriting for...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Argued reasoning is the best way to help second-charge lending gain greater traction in the wider lending market, according to Fluent...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging lender, has announced its most successful half year to 30 June 2017. Four of the six months...
07 August 2017
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Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has become the latest network to be added to the Mortgage Lender’s distribution panel. Brian Murphy, head of...
04 August 2017
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Amicus Property Finance recently announced that it has appointed three new senior underwriters with long-standing banking experience. Alan Dorrington, Mark Heckles and...
04 August 2017
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Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...
04 August 2017
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Accord Buy to Let has announced details of its lending criteria for portfolio landlords, set to come into effect on 30...
01 August 2017
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Legal & General Mortgage Club has updated its ‘Buy to Let Matrix’ to include lending criteria on buy-to-let portfolios ahead of...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News

As I settle into my new role, my commute from Liverpool St Station to Hamilton House takes me right past Bucklersbury...
25 July 2017
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It’s been announced that Andrew Moss has been appointed as Product Manager at specialist lender Foundation Home Loans. Moss, who will be...
02 June 2017
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First Complete and Pink have revealed that their mortgage, protection and general insurance sales all reached record highs in 2017. The two...
02 June 2017
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Specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has announced significant changes to its specialist buy-to-let range, enhancing its lending criteria and building on...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Property data firm Hometrack has been appointed by TSB to be its long-term partner for Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services. The analytics...
10 May 2017
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The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Mike Thompson has been appointed to the role of Legal & General’s Operations Director for its lifetime mortgage business. Before joining Legal...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A study has revealed that many British consumers are fed up of mortgage lenders' impersonal and 'computer says no' approach. Research found...
07 April 2017
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Brokers are encountering fewer difficulties when sourcing mortgages for clients than at any point since the introduction of the Mortgage Market...
05 April 2017
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The Mortgage Lender, known also as TML, has this week announced 12 new hires across its business. One key appointment is Laura...
05 April 2017
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Tenet, a Leeds-based mortgage adviser support group, has announced a new partnership with specialist lender Vida Homeloans, the latest in a...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Peer-to-peer mortgage lender Landbay has partnered with mortgage packaging and distribution experts Brilliant Solutions to provide a range of specialist lending...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has appointed Pauline Hibbert as Regional Sales Manager. Once in post, she will have responsibility for...
10 March 2017
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First Complete and Pink are calling on mortgage brokers to update their landlord clients on buy-to-let tax changes coming into force...
03 March 2017
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Mortgage lender Kent Reliance - part of OneSavings Bank - has announced major changes to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range. The firm...
03 March 2017
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Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has announced it will distribute its full range of mortgage products through the specialist distributor and...
03 March 2017
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The annual results published by Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has revealed robust growth in its mortgage lending and savings balances. In...
01 March 2017
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Specialist lender Together has confirmed the appointments of two new managers to its commercial team as it continues with ambitious growth...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A new broker portal platform has been launched by lending specialist Paragon Group, assisted by financial sevices software provider BEP Systems. The portal,...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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,...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Connells Group's mortgage division recorded significant growth in 2016, the firm has reported. The Group recorded a 10% rise in the number...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Pepper Homeloans is to market its specialist mortgage products via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA). TMA’s brokers will have full access to Pepper...
15 February 2017
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Furness Building Society has made another new appointment, this time announcing Philip McLelland as non-executive director. McLelland, a commercial finance director with...
15 February 2017
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The Furness Building Society has confirmed that its full product range will now be made available to Brilliant Solutions' direct to...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage affordability is increasing for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors, according to the latest index from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Financial mutual OneFamily has extended its lifetime mortgage range, increasing its number of products from four to six. The two new additions...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

InterBay Commercial, part of specialist lending group OneSavings Bank, has strengthened its buy-to-let proposition with simplified pricing and rate drops. By adopting...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading buy-to-let broker has partnered with a new lender to improve its selection of offerings. Commercial Trust has added Vida Homeloans...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile customers has extended its Digital Mortgage range, with 80% LTV and 85% LTV...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A relaunch of its mortgage proposition has been carried out by finance company Castle Trust. The relaunch includes a glossy new...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let mortgages are becoming increasingly hard to secure, new research has revealed. The majority of brokers surveyed in the latest Broker...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Rob Lankey has been appointed Interim CEO of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The Interim CEO will take over...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Some five hundred mortgage professionals have completed the Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Mortgage Advice since its launch two years ago,...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Rates on first charge buy-to-let mortgages have been reduced by mortgage lender Together. This takes them below 7%, with LTVs of...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Leeds Building Society has announced the details of a new partnership with conveyancing panel management firm LMS. LMS will now provide the...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Self-employed borrowers are finding it difficult to get mortgages, according to research by the Nottingham Building Society. The firm's study found that...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The one area in which a proper affordability assessment is ignored is lending to older borrowers, according to findings from The...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has shown that more mortgages were handed to first-time buyers in...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK. Since 2003...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The majority of brokers surveyed by Legal & General say they either currently recommend or would recommend later life lending or...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage Intelligence (MI) has added Kent Reliance to its panel of mortgage lenders. Part of OneSavings Bank, the specialist lender will provide...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans have added Ryan Brailsford to their team as Regional Development Manager for the North. Brailsford, whose role involves...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A green mortgage research project called LENDERS is asking all householders in the UK for their help in completing a survey...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Skipton Building Society has removed its maximum loan size cap for first-time buyers. It said this follows a 20% increase in UK house...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Kent Reliance has launched a new mortgage retention product that pays a broker procuration fee. The lender, part of specialist lending group...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News

First-time buyer sales soar last month as landlords abandoned the market following the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge on 1...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Remortgage lending leapt 48% by value in the year to April to hit £6.4 billion, the largest sum recorded since November...
26 May 2016
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Paragon Mortgages has almost doubled its buy-to-let lending in just six months. New buy-to-let lending hit £823.6 million for six months to...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending fell 29% in April following the rush to beat the new stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-lets and second...
20 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Family Building Society and National Counties Building Society have re-affirmed their longstanding commitment to lending to older borrowers. While many lenders have...
20 May 2016
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Buy-to-let mortgage sales surged by 163% in the year to March as landlords raced to beat the new stamp duty surcharge...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Nationwide Building Society is increasing its maximum age for mortgage maturity from 75 to 85. This follows last week's move by the...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The cost of servicing a mortgage for buyers with small deposits has fallen sharply over the past 12 months, according to...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Government-backed plans to impose new restrictions on the availability of buy-to-let mortgages are likely to be bad news for tenants. That is...
05 May 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest edition of the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Figures show mortgage lending was strong in the first quarter...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Two sets of industry data published yesterday suggest that house price growth is finally starting to slow. Nationwide's figures showed annual house price...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The average amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging has hit a new high with borrowers taking out £31,887 on average. This is...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Brokers and lenders are celebrating a "bumper month" which saw borrowing in March 64% higher than one year earlier. Gross mortgage borrowing...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Magellan Homeloans is offering brokers the opportunity to book a one-to-one consultation session at the trade shows, conferences and events it is...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

March saw a significant slump in buy-to-let activity with sales falling 26.2% compared to February. The fall of £1.04 billion came despite an expected last-minute...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending surged in March due to the buy-to-let let boom but transactions now look set to drop by 10,000 a...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The Legal & General Mortgage Club delivered a record month in March with completions up 33% year-on-year. Total lending of £4.7bn was...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Tesco is to make its mortgages available through brokers via a tie-up with Legal & General. The new service called Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Lending to both residential buyers and property investors soared over the last year but experts warn there is a slowdown in...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

New Street Mortgages has issued a mortgage offer within five business days for the first time. The lender said it is delivering...
12 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage brokers have welcomed new technology-driven lender Atom Bank's intermediary-driven approach to mortgage lending. The Durham-based bank is set to launch residential and...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...
08 April 2016
From: Breaking News

New Street Mortgages has announced a new distribution partnership with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). Under the agreement, all of MAB’s members now...
06 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Paragon Mortgages has updated its lending criteria for limited company landlords in the wake of recent Government announcements on tax relief...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Kensington has moved to paperless application processing as part of a wider shake-up aimed at making it easier for intermediaries to...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage rates have fallen to record lows as the prospect of an interest rate hike retreats and product choice continues to...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Applications for limited company buy-to-let mortgages have soared since December and now make up to one in three new cases. Growth has...
30 March 2016
From: Breaking News

New Street Mortgages has announced a new buy-to-let distribution partnership with Legal & General Mortgage Club. The tie-up will initially be via...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned against further intervention in the buy-to-let market as the forthcoming tax crackdown looks...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the launch of its Later Life Lending Hub. The new tool helps its members offer...
21 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending in February hit its highest level for eight years after leaping 30% year-on-year. Lending totalled £17.6 billion which marks a fall from £18.5...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), could bar accidental landlords from switching to cheaper mortgage deals on affordability grounds. Many could be told they...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News

House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross bridging lending burst through the £3.5 billion barrier in 2015, against £2.42 billion last year. This means the sector grew almost 44%...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The rush to complete buy-to-let purchases before April has driven mortgage approvals to a two-year high, property experts say. The number of...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells Survey & Valuation has announced a new valuations partnership with Precise Mortgages. The partnership involves Precise outsourcing its residential survey and...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending surged 38% in the past year to hit £13.6 billion last month, the highest figure for nearly eight...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of high-LTV deals aimed at first-time buyers is almost back at pre-financial crisis levels. Mortgages at 90% and 95% LTV...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The mortgage market has started 2016 "with a bang" as gross mortgage lending rose 21% year-on-year. Lending hit £17.9 billion in January,...
19 February 2016
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Building society mortgage approvals totalled £57.8 billion in 2015, a rise of 10% by value over the year. The mutual sector now...
18 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage brokers have suggested that the wheels may be coming off the buy-to-let bandwagon after new figures showed lending to landlords...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News

First-time buyers returned in force in December to borrow £4.5 billion, a rise of 18% on one year ago. This also marked a rise of...
17 February 2016
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Legal & General Mortgage Club has posted 15% sales growth to make 2015 another record year. It pinned its £46 billion of sales...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The housing market has been given a one-off boost from the surge in buy-to-let lending triggered by April’s tax changes. New figures show that...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Access to the mortgage market is widening as lenders rediscover their appetite for higher-LTV lending. Lenders have partly been encouraged by Government...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

New Street Mortgages has launched into the UK market as a new mass market lending brand under the recently announced Northview...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England voted to hold interest rates by 9-0 yesterday which means they will stay at 0.5% for a full seven...
05 February 2016
From: Breaking News

New figures show the housing market defying the traditional seasonal slowdown in December as mortgage approvals hit a two-year high. The number of...
02 February 2016
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London property prices rose at double the pace of the rest of the UK last year, new figures show. Prices in the capital...
01 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Monthly mortgage approvals soared 24% year-on-year to £12.4 billion in December but brokers deny lending is getting out of control. Across 2015,...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages said that £1.2 billion of business has flowed through its system in its first year of lending. The...
26 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Gross mortgage lending jumped 8% in 2015 to hit a better-than-forecast total of £220.3 billion. Lending in December totalled £19.9 billion, up 23% on...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The shortage of properties for sale has hit house purchase approvals which fell more than 3% in December. There were 68,218 house purchase...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let investors are being charged more for limited company mortgages even though the lending risk is the same. Bracknell based specialist lender...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

UK house prices leapt by 7.7% in the year to November after rising at the fastest rate for eight months. This compares...
20 January 2016
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Mortgage lending for house purchases slumped nearly 10% to £10.7 billion in November as the winter slowdown set in. Despite the dip...
15 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The besieged buy-to-let sector has enjoyed a rare piece of good news as a new study says landlords are displaying "considerable financial...
07 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals for house purchases rose again in November as the market defied a seasonal winter slowdown. Loan approvals for house purchases...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

The Treasury has launched a consultation on giving the Bank of England more powers to control buy-to-let and could introduce new lending...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Kensington has launched its new website for intermediaries. The site, which has been developed based on feedback from brokers, includes a number...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of 95% LTV mortgages rose by 84% in the last year after a surge of product launches over the...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let enjoyed another strong month in October with a 7% jump in lending and 5% rise in remortgages. But property experts warn...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The property market is set for a strong finish to 2015 after a healthy 8% rise in house purchase lending in...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The crackdown on buy-to-let has already begun as banks voluntarily tighten their lending rules ahead of official action. Bank of England governor Mark...
15 December 2015
From: Breaking News

House purchase lending has leapt almost 20% in the past 12 months but first-time buyers remain locked out of the booming...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The IMF has warned that the UK's unbalanced housing market could threaten future economic growth. It said the UK economy is on...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Property market experts have warned that the forthcoming buy-to-let surcharge on stamp duty will trigger a shortlived scramble for property in...
30 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Stafford Railway Building Society is reminding older borrowers that they can take advantage of its standard variable rate mortgage up to...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Christmas has come early for the mortgage industry which is celebrating the highest monthly lending figure for more than seven years. Gross mortgage lending...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Specialist intermediary lender Kensington enjoyed a record month for lending in October with applications up 50% year-on-year. Applications rose 60% by value compared to...
19 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has committed to review its maximum age limits for mortgage borrowers to help those who need...
13 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Two new sets of figures published today showing the housing market firing on all cylinders into the autumn. House in England and...
12 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let lending continued to race ahead of the mortgage market in September as investors ignore Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors drove large quarterly and...
12 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme has boosted both first-time buyer lending and higher-LTV mortgages, new figures show. The number of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Second charge mortgage lending is set to top £1 billion this year with £93 million worth of monthly secured lending in...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A dip in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in September was offset by a sharp rise in remortgaging. The Bank...
30 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a sharp decline in the number of buy-to-let investors taking out two-year fixed rates. Two-year fixed rates made up...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approvals leapt 24% in the year to September driven by a resurgence in remortgaging. Remortgages jumped 40% over the year, against...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Equity release has posted the biggest quarterly rise for 11 years as over-55s withdraw a record £5 million of housing wealth...
27 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Mortgage lending is enjoying its best spell for seven years after surging 12% year-on-year to £61.4 billion in the third quarter. The...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...
22 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of criteria changes offering increased flexibility for brokers and their clients. The buy-to-let and specialist lender has...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has reduced its loan-to-income (LTI) maximums for mortgage applications up to 85% LTV. It has reduced its maximum LTI...
13 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Nationwide has announced a string of cuts to its fixed-rate range just one day after analysts warned of yet another mortgage price...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Two new sets of figures published today show that September was another buoyant month for the housing market. There was a 20% year-on-year...
08 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The cost of fixed rate mortgages is set to plummet as lenders rush to meet 2015 lending targets. London estate agent Portico.com...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The government-backed Help to Buy home-loan scheme continues to offer vital support to the mortgage market two years after its launch,...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A new report from the Bank of England shows that approvals of loans for house purchases hit a 2015 high in...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

There are now more than 15,000 mortgage products available in the UK, the highest level recorded since the financial crisis of...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Fears that the Bank of England will soon raise the base rate from its all-time low is driving a rise in...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News

August was the strongest month for gross mortgage lending since the financial crisis with loans totalling £20 billion. That is 12% higher...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

New figures confirm that buy-to-let continues to outperform the mortgage market but industry experts warn that the forthcoming tax crackdown may...
16 September 2015
From: Breaking News

UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...
15 September 2015
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First-time buyers with relatively small deposits are finding it increasingly hard to get on the property ladder, new research shows. The typical...
15 September 2015
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The large majority of brokers and lenders fear that new EU regulations may hit UK mortgage lending. New research shows that 74% of...
14 September 2015
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Santander has announced that it will lend at 95% loan-to-value outside of the Government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme. The scheme...
14 September 2015
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Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...
10 September 2015
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Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...
10 September 2015
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Lloyds Banking Group has held onto its lead as the UK's biggest mortgage lender despite losing market share. Santander hopped above Nationwide to...
07 September 2015
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling on the industry to help young first-time buyers understand the process of buying...
27 August 2015
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The number of remortgages has leapt almost 90% in the last year after a major surge in July, new figures show. The...
25 August 2015
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Residential property transactions fell by 4% between June and July, according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. July's seasonally-adjusted figures...
24 August 2015
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The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) is holding an interim conference to support the next set of changes that...
21 August 2015
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Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...
21 August 2015
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Brokers bucked the traditional summer mortgage slowdown helped by the continuing boom in buy-to-let, new figures show. Overall lending totalled £16.4 billion, a...
20 August 2015
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Building societies approved 189,000 mortgages in the first half of 2015, accounting for 29% of the total market. Societies also lent £26.4...
20 August 2015
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The mortgage market enjoyed a buoyant June with a resurgence in new lending and remortgaging, with buy-to-let leading the charge. House purchase...
12 August 2015
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Banks are set to launch a new clampdown on buy-to-let in a bid to stop the boom getting out of control. They are looking...
10 August 2015
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Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...
07 August 2015
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Chancellor George Osborne's crackdown on buy-to-let tax relief is set to curb lending and temper house price growth. Despite this short-term setback, 2015...
05 August 2015
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Halifax has this week introduced a new online service which will allow potential customers to receive a mortgage agreement in principle...
03 August 2015
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Mortgage regulators have given buy-to-let investors an unfair advantage over residential buyers and the balance needs to be redressed, a broker has claimed. Independent...
30 July 2015
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House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...
29 July 2015
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Equity release lending has surged to an all-time high in the second quarter of this year. The £384.3 million of lending is...
28 July 2015
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The Treasury has recently proposed that a new type of Isa will be launched that’s dedicated solely to peer-to-peer funding. This is...
27 July 2015
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Nationwide Building Society will back the new government-backed Help to Buy Isa from 1 December. The new offering will run alongside its...
27 July 2015
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The Bank of England could be handed new powers to restrict buy-to-let lending and curb the property boom. Chancellor George Osborne is...
22 July 2015
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June was the strongest month for broker mortgage lending since the financial crisis in 2008. Total lending soared 26.5% year-on-year to hit...
21 July 2015
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Lender Kensington Mortgages has revealed details of a new range of loans aimed at landlords. The company said it was removing minimum...
16 July 2015
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House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...
15 July 2015
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The amount of money generated by equity release deals in the first half of 2015 rose by almost a fifth according...
15 July 2015
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Demand for mortgage lending has risen to its highest level since the end of 2013, new figures from the Bank of...
14 July 2015
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Would-be borrowers should ensure they are “mortgage ready” before applying for a loan, according to credit-reference firm Equifax. The company said that,...
10 July 2015
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The Bank of England is facing criticism for recent comments which warned of the dangers to the UK economy of the...
07 July 2015
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The volume of residential and buy-to-let mortgage lending in May reached its second highest level in eight years, new analysis has...
07 July 2015
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The Bank of England has warned that the booming buy-to-let market poses a threat to the financial stability of the UK. It...
03 July 2015
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Mortgage distributor 3mc has reported strong growth during the first half of 2015 with significant gains in new broker registrations, mortgage enquiries,...
02 July 2015
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Barclays has eased its loan-to-income (LTI) criteria and will now lend up to five times earnings for those borrowing smaller sums. The...
01 July 2015
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The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...
30 June 2015
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Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...
29 June 2015
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Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...
26 June 2015
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It wasn’t exactly springtime in Paris, but our day in Brussels at the start of May was nonetheless a welcome trip...
25 June 2015
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Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...
25 June 2015
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Mortgage approvals hit a 14-month high in May after rising 4% year-on-year, according to new figures from the British Bankers' Association. It said 42,530 mortgages...
25 June 2015
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Bridging lending has seen rapid growth while the mainstream mortgage market has contracted, new figures suggest. Annual gross bridging grew 35% in year...
23 June 2015
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Legal & General has announced ambitious plans to become a leading provider of lifetime mortgages. The insurer has launched its own-branded Lifetime...
23 June 2015
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Barclays has improved its criteria for interest-only borrowers who are using the sale of their property as a repayment vehicle. Mortgage customers...
19 June 2015
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Specialist lender Kensington Mortgages has launched a new mortgage range targeted at self-employed customers who can't get a standard deal. The new...
18 June 2015
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Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...
17 June 2015
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Young borrowers increasingly expect to be paying their mortgage into retirement as they stretch themselves to get on the housing ladder. Around half of...
17 June 2015
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Lazy lenders are charging the over-50s more for their mortgages because of their age, according to new research from Saga Personal...