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Data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool found that searches for furlough friendly mortgage criteria continued to fall month...

A new membership-based community has launched for marketing professionals in the mortgage sector. The Mortgage Marketing Forum promises to provide knowledge, support...

Bridging loan firm SoMo has launched a new specialist finance product giving favourable rates for larger loans. The product is designed to...

Mortgage and protection advisor Loans Arena has launched a brand-new website and expanded its team to align with its revamped brand. The...

Broker optimism has increased since the beginning of 2021, according to a recent survey from savings accounts, bridging loans, development finance,...

Roma Finance has launched new bridging and development ranges with improved rates and enhanced criteria. The new bridging range, called RomaPrime, is...

According to new research from the homebuying platform, YesHomebuyers,  the majority of UK homeowners spend between £500 to £1,500 a year on...

Over the past year, many have experienced changes to their financial situations. With this in mind, Shawbrook Bank conducted a study...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...

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...

Wealth management and property lending specialist Tier One Capital has secured a £6.5 million revolving credit facility from Shawbrook Bank for...

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...

Roma Finance completed a record month in May, reporting a 50% increase in pipeline business on top of the 100% increase...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new flexible pricing methodology on the Classic lifetime mortgage product range. The new initiative...

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...

This week, West One Loan’s buy-to-let (BTL) division has revealed a raft of product and criteria changes, including a new product...

Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...

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...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the housing market in a major way and has only added pressure for banks to give...

New research from Knowledge Bank has revealed that homeowners are utilising second charge mortgages to raise money to invest in buy-to-let...

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a GoGreen Reward incentive to its self-build mortgage to encourage homebuilders to make conscious sustainable choices. The...

Private Finance, an independent whole of market mortgage adviser, has released its latest mortgage memo for February. We outline its key findings...

Specialist lender Together has added its bridging products to Legal & General’s digital criteria service, designed to improve the process of...

2021 looks set to be another year of change in the mortgage market, with the second charge market seeing the biggest...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has announced major criteria changes which will see maximum borrower exposure limits raised by more...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lender owned by Computershare, has reduced initial rates and introduced a 1% product fee option...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced new product launches and lower prices to broaden its product range. The new range will...

Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement to its equity...

Kuflink, the peer-to-peer (P2P) bridging lender, has passed the £100 million mark as new investment levels continue to accelerate. The company launched...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans has introduced an online self-serve platform to allow customers to manage their mortgage account online 24/7. Landlords can use...

Specialist short-term lender Hope Capital has launched a brand-new range of bridging loans specifically designed for borrowers undertaking property refurbishment projects. The...

Luxury asset lender Suros Capital has become the latest addition to Loans Warehouse’s lender panel to provide unique short-term finance propositions...

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

Landbay has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) from 75% to 80% and announced two new buy-to-let products. Both products are available on two...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Erica Pearce as head of intermediary relations to further extend its intermediary range. Pearce will oversee...

Bridge finance specialist Whitehall Capital has announced the launch of its brand-new website. The site – which can be accessed across multiple...

Landbay has released two new buy-to-let products on the back of its recent product refresh. The first of the new products is...

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

Evolution Money, the specialist second charge lender, has added its criteria panel to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank holds the full...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new Pure Servicing Solutions equity release sub-brand. The new project offers partners two levels...

Specialist development lender Puma Property Finance has bolstered its nationwide presence with the relocation of one of its managers, Paul Murphy,...

Roma Finance has slashed rates and increased loan-to-values (LTVs) and loan amounts across its product range. The bridging, buy-to-let and development finance...

Paymentshied has announced the appointment of Nasar Hussain as national account manager south to support its network partners and their members. He...

Kensington Mortgages has announced a variety of rate cuts and relaunches across its residential and buy-to-let ranges. Available since September 9, the...

Hope Capital has launched the ‘seventies collection’, which comprises two new bridging loan products. The HOPE 70 products offer a low rate...

Knowledge Bank, a market-leading criteria search system, is expanding with the appointment of three new roles. An increasing number of mortgage brokers...

Nucleus Commercial Finance has pledged to digitise the end-to-end user journey for all finance applications, including loans through the Coronavirus Business...

More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit,...

Mortgage Brain has witnessed thousands of advisers actively using its new Affordability Hub tool. The affordability-based technology allows advisers to source mortgage...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, part of the specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings Bank plc, has launched a new large...

Foundation Home Loans has added five products to its residential range to provide further options for first-time buyers (FTBs) and home...

Shawbrook Bank has announced the return of some of its pre-pandemic criteria following the easing of lockdown. The specialist bank was among...

Knowledge Bank’s criteria index for February has revealed some surprise results, with some sectors experiencing unprecedented change. It was all change in...

Together has revamped its second charge mortgages to introduce new fixed-term products and its lowest ever rate on some secured loans. The...

Roma Finance, the bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, has cut rates across its product range. This follows further funding lines with...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has extended its services to the North West of England with the appointment of Simon Bancroft as...

Mortgage applications will soon be as simple as buying car insurance for many borrowers, as technology begins to revolutionise the housing...

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...

For the third consecutive quarter, the most popular use of a bridging loan was to purchase investment property, according to Bridging...

Roma Finance has provided a loan of £1.85 million in its largest ever case. The loan was for Arcot Grange Developments Ltd...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has appointed Zephyr Homeloans to its lender panel to enable authorised advisers to access its buy-to-let...

Furness for Intermediaries has made reductions across its 95% product range. This includes the two-year fixed rate products, which now start from...

The property finance industry is rapidly changing. Everyone who’s part of it wants to know where we are heading, what’s working...

‘Interest-only loans’ have maintained their place in the top five most searched-for criteria in August after making their very first appearance...

Fluent for Advisers has reported an increase in home improvement secured loan requests from introducers. The latest second-charge figures for June from...

Some 77% of lenders believe the number of loans they broker will increase, showing a positive outlook for the future of...

Intermediaries can now access a discount for term retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage from Hinckley & Rugby. The building society is offering its...

Paragon’s buy-to-let switch and further advance product ranges have been refreshed for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The products include a range of...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has been appointed to the panel of specialist mortgage desk Master Private Finance. Launched by mortgage and protection...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has lowered rates on selected products across its core buy-to-let (BTL) F1 and F2...

Dudley Building Society is giving customers the chance to consolidate their mortgage and rental payments from a shared ownership or Help...

Bridging and development finance lender Roma Finance has launched a five-year mortgage to allow investors to purchase or refinance investment property. Through...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal to bolster its mortgage lending. The funding – which is from a...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh, which will expand and enhance more than thirty products for professional landlords. The...

The Mortgage Lender has extended its 2.83% initial rate with 2% completion fee buy-to-let product to the whole of the market. In...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new product suite for advisers, named the Heritage range. The product, which is available...

Paragon is expanding its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range with new short-term finance products for property acquisition and refurbishment. The products are designed...

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...

MortgageGym is adding four specialist lenders to its online platform for mortgage applicants with lower credit scores. These include Together and Precise...

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage products for spring 2019. The restored range includes a choice of two and five-year fixed rate...

Manchester-based bridging and development finance lender, Roma Finance, has secured institutional funding for a medium-term mortgage product. The five-year buy-to-let mortgage is...

Pure Retirement has announced that it is now servicing over £1 billion of loans for the first time in its history. The...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is now granting lawyers, barristers and accountants access to its specialist range of bespoke mortgages. The professions...

Fluent for Advisers has announced the appointment of two new Business Development Officers (BDOs) to its internal sales team, and a...

Saffron Building Society has launched a renewed affordability calculator to assist brokers and their customers when choosing a new residential mortgage. Findings...

Connect for Intermediaries has announced the addition of specialist brokers Fluent for Advisers and Lenderlink to its second charge panel. Connect’s ‘Network...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new adviser-facing mobile app. Believed to be the first of its kind in the...

Computershare Loan Services has launched Zephyr Homeloans, a dedicated buy-to-let lender that provides a range of mortgage products for portfolio landlords...

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...

Mint Bridging has announced that it will consider the acquisition of Amicus Property Finance’s entire loan book. Following the news that Amicus...

A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...

A staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting on their lenders’ standard variable rate (SVR),...

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has launched a range of mortgages for tenants using the Right to Buy Scheme to purchase their...

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

Demand for bridging loans increased in the third quarter of 2018, according to bridging lender mtf. Its latest Broker Sentiment Survey found...

Landbay has chosen Oracle NetSuite to create a more accessible buy-to-let mortgage marketplace for investors, borrowers and brokers. Through NetSuite, Landbay will...

First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging government to provide clarity around the future of the Help to Buy Equity...

Assetz Capital has agreed a deal with Connect for Intermediaries to be the first network that it distributes its products through. The...

The Finance Property Show will return for its fifth year and will feature almost 100 lenders and providers. Known as one of...

Legal & General Home Finance has announced a new 5-year partnership agreement with Virgin Money. The alliance will see the retirement lender...

The most search criteria by brokers during July has been revealed by Knowledge Bank’s ‘Criteria Activity Tracker’. Knowledge Bank – the source...

Scottish Building Society has added a retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage to its range of products for older people. Since the Financial Conduct...

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a new ‘Large Loans’ product which will enable larger buy-to-let loans of up to £1.5 million. Available...

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society is now accepting applications for second homes and holiday lets. The launch enables borrowers to rent...

Foundation Home Loans has extended its borrowing limit and reduced rates across its buy-to-let range. This includes products for limited companies...

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...

Some 25.6% of parents said they would charge interest on a home loan to their children, a new study from UOWN...

TMA Club has welcomed Masthaven, the specialist lending bank, to its lender panel to provide a broad range of products to...

Lenders must say what they mean and mean what they say! And that includes not offering a silly low monthly rate...

A growing group of over-55s are using lifetime mortgages to fund property moves to more expensive homes, a study from OneFamily...

Alternative Bridging recently completed a £15 million loan to fund Millingate’s development of Brockhurst Gate Retail Park – its largest loan...

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new 5-year fixed rate deal across its buy-to-let (BTL) range, aimed primarily at portfolio and...

Specialist mortgage lender for intermediaries Vida Homeloans has announced improved criteria following its full market launch just over a year ago. Vida...

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...

Intermediary-only specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has appointed Deb Smith as director of new business operations. Joining from The Mortgage Works where...

Connect for Intermediaries has launched new tools, features and expert guides in line with its brand-new website. Boasting over 160 different lender...

Specialist finance provider Together recorded strong progress and record lending volumes in the quarter to 31 December 2017, with its loan...

TMA Club has bolstered its panel of specialist packagers and master brokers, giving advisers access to a range of second charge...

Masthaven has launched its second charge mortgage range with competitive rates available via Legal & General Mortgage Club. With this partnership, Masthaven...

First Complete & Pink Home Loans, appointed representative networks of parent company LSL Property Services, have merged under a single brand:...

Intermediary-only specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of a pilot scheme in the second charge mortgage market. The ‘test...

Commercial Trust Limited is urging landlords to speak with specialist buy-to-let mortgage broker firms as many are considering remortgaging options once...

The borrowing limits on Foundation Home Loans’ buy to let range has increased from £2 million to £3 million. There is no...

Nationwide is the latest building society to join the Equity Release Council (The Council) following its introduction to the lifetime mortgage...

Specialist property finance lender LendInvest has announced its new buy-to-let (BTL) loan products for the specialist lending market. Targeted at professional property...

Kensington Mortgages has cut its residential range rates by up to 0.40% and selected buy-to-let products by up to 0.20%. Its select...

Castle Trust Capital has introduced a number of changes to its Development Finance offering and doubled its maximum loan size. The lending...

A new set of products across Foundation Home Loan’s buy-to-let range are available for both non-portfolio and portfolio landlords. The products complement...

Specialist lender Foundation Home Loans has announced multiple new appointments to its senior team, with more to follow. Andrew Ferguson is now...

Mortgage Brain has launched a new version of the Key, the company’s POS and CRM system, offering customers a streamlined service...

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...

Fresh data from UK Finance has found that borrowing and lending for house sales increased in both value and volume in...

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a range of two-year mortgages to help first-time buyers (FTBs) take their first steps on the...

The value of specialist mortgage lenders’ annual lending has increased 19% per year since 2009, according to a new report from...

Vida Homeloans has attracted £1.6 billion decisions in principle (DIPs) and £800 million in applications one year after launching its specialist...

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans has announced that it will change its name to Pepper Money and will also be launching a...

The Mortgage Hut is aiming to meet growing customer demand for complex property loans by launching a new bridging and commercial...

Due to an increasing demand, Foundation Home Loans is increasing its maximum loan size across its buy-to-let range. Working exclusively through intermediaries,...

When choosing a mortgage lender, customer service remains a “definitive priority” for borrowers, results from a Computershare survey found. Computershare, an Australian...

New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has joined Darlington Building Society to introduce exclusive discount mortgages, aimed at first-time buyers, homeowners or...

Skipton Building Society is aiming to reduce the rates on its interest only mortgage range. The residential interest only range provides 60%,...

Landlords are being urged to remortgage in order to prepare for the reformed buy-to-let lending criteria due to be introduced in...

First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...

Pepper Homeloans has been appointed to the mortgage lender panel of Intrinsic Network. Intrinsic will market Pepper Homeloans’ full range of residential...

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...

Members of ASTL have written approximately £3 billion worth of bridging loans in the last year, up from £2.8 billion for...

The Association of Short Term Lenders has announced the first two speakers - Lorna O’Brien of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Argued reasoning is the best way to help second-charge lending gain greater traction in the wider lending market, according to Fluent...

Specialist lender, Pepper Homeloans, has cut interest rates across both its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges by up to 0.70%. All five-year...

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging lender, has announced its most successful half year to 30 June 2017. Four of the six months...

Amicus Property Finance recently announced that it has appointed three new senior underwriters with long-standing banking experience. Alan Dorrington, Mark Heckles and...

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...

Annette Tilbury has been added to the Foundation Home Loans team as Regional Area Manager for the South East. Having previously worked...

Furness Building Society (FBS) has confirmed the launch of its improved product range with new competitive discount and tracker products. These new...

The commercial and private client practice, JPC Law, has now joined the ranks as an associate member of the Association of...

Specialist mortgage lender, Foundation Home Loans, has reformed its buy-to-let range with new first-time landlord products. New five-year fixed rate options will...

It’s been announced that Andrew Moss has been appointed as Product Manager at specialist lender Foundation Home Loans. Moss, who will be...

Specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has announced significant changes to its specialist buy-to-let range, enhancing its lending criteria and building on...

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

The partnership between TMA Mortgage Club and Mortgage Brain has been extended, with TMA committing to offer Mortgage Brain's latest technology...

Tenet, a Leeds-based mortgage adviser support group, has announced a new partnership with specialist lender Vida Homeloans, the latest in a...

Specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of its new online Residential Max Loan Calculator (‘Max’), which aims to...

Registration for the Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries. Organisers report that stands have...

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has announced that it will distribute its product range via Black Book Finance. Launched last November, Black...

Peer-to-peer mortgage lender Landbay has partnered with mortgage packaging and distribution experts Brilliant Solutions to provide a range of specialist lending...

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has appointed Pauline Hibbert as Regional Sales Manager. Once in post, she will have responsibility for...

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has announced it will distribute its full range of mortgage products through the specialist distributor and...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two competitive variable rate products specifically for loans between £300,000 and £500,000 have been launched by Furness Building Society. Suitable for loans...

The latest Broker Sentiment Survey by bridging lender MTF has found that delays to mortgage applications have caused brokers the most...

The NACFB’s annual survey results aren’t in yet but there is one prediction I feel I can safely make. The total business...

The NACFB is sometimes perceived as being an Association of commercial mortgage brokers and asset finance brokers, forgetting the other 20%...

Leeds Building Society has launched a new 2 year 70% LTV Buy to Let fixed rate product, available exclusively to the...

Teachers Building Society has announced the launch of a Help to Buy mortgage which will be discounted for two years. The new...

This month the Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the winners of its annual awards. The awards – which recognise excellence...

A new mortgage calculator is to allow prospective buyers considering shared ownership to work out the total cost of purchasing a...

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans have added Ryan Brailsford to their team as Regional Development Manager for the North. Brailsford, whose role involves...

Homemovers have just registered the highest success rate for turning mortgage applications into completions. Some 80% of homemover applications led to an...

More than eight out of 10 of brokers plan to include second charges in their advice process this year. A new survey...

Remortgage lending leapt 48% by value in the year to April to hit £6.4 billion, the largest sum recorded since November...

The gap between mortgage rates at different LTVs has narrowed dramatically, making life easier for borrowers with small deposits. Mortgage rates for borrowers...

Buy-to-let mortgage sales surged by 163% in the year to March as landlords raced to beat the new stamp duty surcharge...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has partnered with technology firm Twenty7Tec to provide brokers with a second charge sourcing solution. This follows...

Brightstar has announced that its specialist sourcing system and case management tool EasySource will launch for intermediaries shortly. The system, sponsored by...

Nationwide has announced that it is cutting fixed rates on smaller deposit mortgages. The building society is reducing selected fixed rate mortgages...

UK parents will lend or give more than £5billion over the course of 2016 to help their children get onto or move...

The latest edition of the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Figures show mortgage lending was strong in the first quarter...

The average amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging has hit a new high with borrowers taking out £31,887 on average. This is...

Magellan Homeloans is offering brokers the opportunity to book a one-to-one consultation session at the trade shows, conferences and events it is...

Private Finance is recruiting experienced mortgage brokers and support staff to develop its association with Strutt & Parker. The two have worked...

Chelsea Building Society has launched a competitive new fee-free offset range aimed at borrowers who want to reduce the upfront costs...

Mortgage Brain has announced its new whole-of-market secured loans sourcing system LoansBrain. The mortgage technology solutions provider said the new online system, which is...

The Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), could bar accidental landlords from switching to cheaper mortgage deals on affordability grounds. Many could be told they...

House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is to begin offering instructing valuations on day one in a bid to improve its mortgage speed-to-offer. From Monday, it...

Mortgage brokers say it is increasingly difficult for clients over 40 to find a mortgage because of their age. Two out of brokers...

Building society mortgage approvals totalled £57.8 billion in 2015, a rise of 10% by value over the year. The mutual sector now...

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...

Legal & General has launched a lifetime mortgage charging a market leading 4.99% APR on larger loans. Its Premier Flexible deal is a...

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...

Headline mortgage rates have hit an all-time low but rising arrangement fees mean that deals aren't always as cheap as they...

Landlord attempts to escape George Osborne's tax crackdown have triggered a 2000% rise in the number of limited company buy-to-let mortgage applications. New...

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,...

The shortage of properties for sale has hit house purchase approvals which fell more than 3% in December. There were 68,218 house purchase...

Buy-to-let investors are being charged more for limited company mortgages even though the lending risk is the same. Bracknell based specialist lender...

Mortgage lending for house purchases slumped nearly 10% to £10.7 billion in November as the winter slowdown set in. Despite the dip...

The number of investors purchasing buy-to-let properties through a limited company rose sharply in the final quarter of 2015, new figures...

The Treasury has launched a consultation on giving the Bank of England more powers to control buy-to-let and could introduce new lending...

Buy-to-let enjoyed another strong month in October with a 7% jump in lending and 5% rise in remortgages. But property experts warn...

The property market is set for a strong finish to 2015 after a healthy 8% rise in house purchase lending in...

Barclays is overhauling its fixed-rate mortgage range from today and will introduce a number of rate cuts. The bank claims it will be...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new best buy two-year fixed-rate as new figures show rates continue to fall. It has unveiled a two-year...

Buy-to-let investors are rushing to set up limited companies to avoid Chancellor George Osborne’s forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors are trying to escape the...

TSB has launched a competitive 10-year fixed rate mortgage and cut rates on other deals by up to 0.25%. The new 10-year...

Mortgage arrears and repossessions hit a new low in the third quarter but brokers have warned against borrower complacency. They fear borrowers...

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...

Ipswich Building Society has reviewed its mortgage range and is introducing six new deals with immediate effect. It aims to continue its...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has joined Pepper Homeloans’ growing network of UK distributors. Legal & General, the largest mortgage distributor in...

The mortgage price war for higher-LTV loans has intensified with Yorkshire Building Society launching a 3.78% two-year fixed rate mortgage for...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched what it claims is a unique “no fees and no hassle” mortgage covering all set-up fees including legal...

Specialist mortgage lender Masthaven Finance has applied to become a bank offering home loans and fixed-interest savings. It has now submitted its banking...

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has reduced its loan-to-income (LTI) maximums for mortgage applications up to 85% LTV. It has reduced its maximum LTI...

More lenders are announced cut-price mortgage deals just days after predictions that the market was heading for a new price war. Tesco...

Nationwide has announced a string of cuts to its fixed-rate range just one day after analysts warned of yet another mortgage price...

Three lenders have launched new residential mortgages aimed at buyers needing higher loan-to-value (LTV) deals. Yorkshire, Leeds and Teachers building societies have...

The number of home loans being marketed to landlords has reached a new high, research has revealed. The latest Complex Buy to...

A new report from the Bank of England shows that approvals of loans for house purchases hit a 2015 high in...

How much money does a small business need to borrow? “We’re looking into the idea of taking out a loan,” they...

There are now more than 15,000 mortgage products available in the UK, the highest level recorded since the financial crisis of...

The amount of money withdrawn by the typical remortgage customer has hit a new high, according to property service firm LMS. In...

Forthcoming tax and regulatory changes are set to inflict "unintended and perhaps damaging consequences" on the buy-to-let boom. A new report from...

Brokers have welcomed new figures showing a sharp decline in the number of interest-only loans over the past year. Over the past...

Jerrold Holdings has launched itself as a new financial services group offering niche mortgages under the brand Together. The specialist lender will...

August was the strongest month for gross mortgage lending since the financial crisis with loans totalling £20 billion. That is 12% higher...

New figures confirm that buy-to-let continues to outperform the mortgage market but industry experts warn that the forthcoming tax crackdown may...

First-time buyers with relatively small deposits are finding it increasingly hard to get on the property ladder, new research shows. The typical...

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...

Nearly one million homeowners with interest-only mortgages are a "ticking timebomb" because they have made no plans for paying off their debt. The...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages has unveiled a product with lower completion fees for loans up to £150,000. The two-year, fixed-rate product...

The number of remortgages has leapt almost 90% in the last year after a major surge in July, new figures show. The...

August has seen a spike in the number of mortgage deals as buyers look to snap up cheap loans before interest...

The mortgage market enjoyed a buoyant June with a resurgence in new lending and remortgaging, with buy-to-let leading the charge. House purchase...

Applicants with smaller deposits are increasingly securing mortgages as lenders offer more high-LTV loans, new research suggests. Nearly half of all homebuyers...

Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...

Lenders have started to withdraw their best mortgage deals in advance of the anticipated hike in base rates, threatening rising costs across the...

The mortgage market could go into a sharp long-term decline as elderly people pay off their home loans while younger people...

Lender Kensington Mortgages has revealed details of a new range of loans aimed at landlords. The company said it was removing minimum...

The amount of money generated by equity release deals in the first half of 2015 rose by almost a fifth according...

Lender Virgin Money has announced improvements to its range of residential mortgages, along with the temporary removal of its £99 application...

Mortgage lender Paragon has announced details of a new range of loans aimed at professional landlords. A new brace of three-year fixed-rate...

The volume of residential and buy-to-let mortgage lending in May reached its second highest level in eight years, new analysis has...

The number of home loans available to first-time property buyers has risen to its highest level since before the start of...

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...

Large loans: a user’s guide For those with less experience handling large loans, they can at first be a daunting prospect. This...

Platform has launched a new mortgage range for brokers and with cuts to selected fixed rate mortgages of up to 0.25%. The new rates...

Bridging lending has seen rapid growth while the mainstream mortgage market has contracted, new figures suggest. Annual gross bridging grew 35% in year...

Ipswich Building Society is rolling out new products for contractors and the self-employed as it looks to offer further support for...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...

The number of buy-to-let products on the market has hit a record high, although the pace of growth has slowed lately. There...

The value of remortgage lending slumped to a two-year low in March after falling 8% over the last 12 months. Total gross...

Private bank and wealth manager Investec has added a range of three and five-year fixed rates to its mortgages for qualified...