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Leek Building Society has used its annual report and publication of accounts to mount a stout defence of its methodology regarding...

Halifax moved entirely in the opposite direction to its rivals at the very end of last week, cutting rates instead of...

Unbiased, a platform for connecting with prospective clients, has slashed charges it imposes on mortgage advisers for a second consecutive month. Unbiased...

Banks are reporting that default rates increased in the final quarter of 2023, albeit more slowly than the quarter before -...

Metro Bank says it will not, after all, be selling its residential mortgage portfolio despite widespread industry speculation that it was...

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates on its buy-to-let range in what it calls a bid to “offer better value to brokers...

The nation’s landlords are responding to higher levels of mortgage interest rates by cutting their borrowing. The research comes from specialist property...

A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year...

Accord Mortgages is making further changes to its buy-to-let and residential rates. For the second time in as many weeks, buy to...

A leading national broker firm has warned that a return to dual pricing could destroy the years of goodwill that have...

The colder months are already creeping up on the nation which means that doing some patchwork around the house could make...

As we’ve entered another New Year, now is as good a time as any to re-evaluate our spending habits and get...

Nisha Vaidya, mortgage expert at Uswitch, explains how homeowners can use low-interest rates to their advantage and help make their mortgage more...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...

Legal & General has integrated with mortgage and protection network HLPartnership to simplify access for advisers using the SmartrCriteria and SmartrFit...

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...

UK specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced its partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, one of the largest mortgage and protection networks...

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) is asking members to consider the Bank of England’s (BoE’s) warning about lenders cutting...

Mortgage lender Pepper Money has revamped its pricing, cutting some rates by up to 0.55%. The biggest reductions are available on Pepper...

A record low in lifetime mortgage rates is driving enquiries about switching plans from existing customers, Bower Retirement say. The specialist retirement...

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

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...

Barclays Mortgages is cutting rates for home buyers and movers across its two and five-year fixed rate range from today. A new...

Kensington Mortgages has cut prices across its range of buy-to-let mortgages. It is reducing rates on products carrying a percentage fee by 25 basis...

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

Kensington has moved to paperless application processing as part of a wider shake-up aimed at making it easier for intermediaries to...

Fleet Mortgages has announced the first in a series of product and criteria changes to be rolled out over the next...

Interest rate cuts following the financial crisis have reduced annual mortgage costs by more than £22 billion, new figures show. The 4.5 percentage...

Nationwide is cutting selected deals by up to 0.40% across its range of 95% LTV fixed rate mortgages from today. Its two-year 95%...

New figures show that the UK tax rate on buy-to-let investments is already higher than in many other countries, even before Chancellor George...

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...

Accord Buy to Let is cutting the rates across its 75% LTV range by up to 0.35%. It is also offering a...

Barclays is launching fee-free mortgages with up to £1,000 in cash back from today. Its new purchase-only products are available on LTVs from 60% to...

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across its two and five-year fixed term residential mortgage range from today. The society's new fixed-rate...

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

Nationwide and The Co-operative Bank are the latest lenders to join in the recent bout of mortgage rate cutting. This follows a flurry...

Record low fixed rate mortgages may already be a thing of the past as lenders start pulling rates. New research from Moneyfacts.co.uk suggests...

Five-year fixed rates are the latest mortgage battleground with HSBC and Leeds Building Society both launching market-leading rates. This shows that lenders...

Accord Mortgages has launched a range of fee-free fixed rate mortgages aimed at cutting the cost of buying or remortgaging. Landlords can...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is cutting rates on a number of its buy-to-let deals as rates across the market continue to slide lower. New figures...

Platform has revised its mainstream mortgage range for brokers by cutting fixed rates at 80% and 90% LTV. The intermediary lender of...

Halifax has reduced the rates on its first-time buyer and home mover mortgages by up to 0.3%. It is also cutting its...

Nationwide Building Society is today cutting rates on a number of fixed-rate deals for customers with small deposits. The organisation said it...

Tesco Bank is cutting rates on its 95% LTV mortgage products aimed at first-time buyers. It claims its new 95% LTV five-year...