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![Higher Mortgage Rates sucking life out of the housing market](/upload/images/240617%20%2001.jpg)
A number of major mortgage lenders have announced rate increases just as the election campaign enters its second half. Barclays has increased...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Moans - Watchdog asks why rates are so much higher](/upload/images/240612%20%2002.jpg)
Jersey's mortgage rates have been consistently higher than those in the UK, sparking concern among consumers and prompting our investigation, according...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Digital bank buys out specialist buy to let mortgage lender](/upload/images/24%2005%2028%20%2004.jpg)
UK digital bank Chetwood Financial has completed the acquisition of the buy to let mortgage lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Debt Consolidation Range from lender targets older borrowers](/upload/images/24%2005%2022%20%2005.jpg)
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has launched a new up to 100% standalone debt consolidation...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![At last! Mortgages market confidence finally recover from Liz Truss disaster](/upload/images/24%2005%2020%20%2001.jpg)
The latest report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) reveals that intermediary confidence in the industry increased in Q1 2024. Some...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds and Barclays profits drop as mortgage competition surges](/upload/images/24%2004%2029%20%2005.jpg)
Lloyd’s pre-tax profits were just £1.6 billion between January and March, down from £2.3 billion for the same period last year. The bank...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as major mortgage lenders increase rates](/upload/images/24%2004%2024%20%2001.jpg)
Five major lenders - NatWest, Barclays, Accord, Leeds Building Society and HSBC - have all announced rate increases so far this...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender hires TV property guru to highlight empty homes scandal](/upload/images/240327%20%2001.jpg)
Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealth manager launches attack on Halifax’s age limit U-turn](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2001.jpg)
Mortgage lender Halifax is imposing a new 70-year age limit on the terms of its home loans for some borrowers. This has...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing Mortgage Arrears set off alarm bells for leading analyst](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2002.jpg)
New Mortgage Lenders and Administrators statistics for Q4 2023 paint a very worrying picture of the mortgage market. That’s the view of...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many landlords to end fixed-rate deals soon, says lender](/upload/images/24%2003%2018%20%2005.jpg)
Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide’s bold move will make it even bigger mortgage lender](/upload/images/240311%2001.jpg)
The Nationwide Building Society has agreed to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9 billion deal - a rare example of a...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![IMLA accuses Hunt of “sop” in Budget that does nothing for rental sector](/upload/images/240311%2005.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents impatient with mortgage lenders despite better news on sales](/upload/images/24%2003%2006%20%2002.jpg)
The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Halifax throws “a massive mortgage curveball” defying rivals](/upload/images/24%2002%2026%20%2001.jpg)
Halifax moved entirely in the opposite direction to its rivals at the very end of last week, cutting rates instead of...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Higher LTVs for borrowers aged 70 and 80, says Pure Retirement](/upload/images/24%2002%2019%20%2005.jpg)
Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has continued its ongoing product development in its Heritage range. The Special 3 product will offer up...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![It’s Back! Confidence returns to the mortgage market says IMLA](/upload/images/240214%2001.jpg)
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals that confidence has returned to the mortgage market,...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![No more progress chasing for lenders, pledges HM Land Registry](/upload/images/24%2001%2022%2004.jpg)
HM Land Registry says it’s working with mortgage lenders to ensure they will no longer need to chase conveyancers for updates...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders sacrifice profits for volume as rates fall yet again](/upload/images/24%2001%2015%2003.jpg)
The war between rival mortgage lenders continues with Halifax late last week undertaking its second re-price of the year (and it’s...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Building Society warns it may stop lending on holiday lets](/upload/images/24%2001%2010%2001.jpg)
A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Turning A Corner? Confidence grows says mortgage chief](/upload/images/24%2001%2003%20%2002.jpg)
Some 74 per cent of residential buy to let landlords feel confident about the performance of the property market over the...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Swap Rate falls trigger speculation of early 2024 rate cut](/upload/images/23%2012%2027%201.jpg)
Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - year ends on optimistic note as brokers hope for better 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2018%202.jpg)
With the Bank of England maintaining base rate - as expected - at 5.25 per cent, the broker community ends 2023...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords to expand portfolios in 2024 despite huge increase in costs](/upload/images/23%2012%2018%205.jpg)
Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Plea to lenders to understand more complex mortgage applicants](/upload/images/23%2012%2011%203.jpg)
Some 40 per cent of self-employed individuals think lenders need to be more understanding when it comes to those with complex...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage industry’s low LTVs blamed for homes being empty](/upload/images/23%2012%2006%2001.jpg)
Low loan to value ratios from mortgage lenders are leaving an estimated 90,000 new build homes empty across the UK as...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Winner! Best Buy To Let Mortgage Lender honoured at awards](/upload/images/23%2012%2006%2003.jpg)
The 2023/24 Your Mortgage Awards’ ‘Best Buy to Let Mortgage Lender’ has been named. It’s The Mortgage Works, and this is not...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![More help for first time buyers needed now, says leading mortgage lender](/upload/images/23%2011%2029%2005.jpg)
The Nationwide wants greater government support for first-time buyers as rising costs delay owning a home. As one of the UK’s biggest...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide’s slashed rates means price war goes on to end of year](/upload/images/23%2011%2027%2001.jpg)
Nationwide has reduced selected mortgage rates by up to 0.43 per cent across its New Business, Switcher, Additional Borrowing, Existing Customers...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lender warns rates must drop further and faster to boost housing market](/upload/images/__thumbs/2023%2011%2020%204.jpg/2023%2011%2020%204__399x210.jpg)
The Mortgage Lander is warning that mortgages rates will need to come down more, and faster, to really kick-start the housing...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage insurance initiative aimed at professional landlords at risk](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2015%203%20shutterstock_2135288951.jpg/23%2011%2015%203%20shutterstock_2135288951__399x266.jpg)
A new personal guarantee insurance protection service has been launched for professional landlords - triggered by a surge in incorporation. Purbeck Personal Guarantee...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Lender gives dire warning about UK house price future](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2001%201.jpg/23%2011%2001%201__400x267.jpg)
The UK's largest mortgage lender expects house prices to fall this year and next before rising in 2025. Lloyds Banking Group -...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Innovative buy to let mortgage product launched by digital lender](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2030%204.jpg/23%2010%2030%204__400x267.jpg)
Molo, which calls itself the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender, has launched a Non-Resident Buy-to-Let Mortgages, unlocking investment opportunities for...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Artificial Intelligence deployed to help brokers attract new business](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2025%2002.jpg/23%2010%2025%2002__400x243.jpg)
A residential mortgage lender is using AI to help brokers attract more customers as well as engage existing customers. MPowered Mortgages says...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgages and Climate Change - Bank makes pioneering partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
Atom bank has announced a partnership with climate tech business Kamma to give “an unparalleled view on both the physical and...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bad Timing? New product for landlords committing to EPC improvements](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2025%203.jpg/23%2009%2025%203__400x225.jpg)
Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Brokers angry at lenders’ “brutal” buy to let arrangement fees](/upload/images/23%2008%2023%202%20Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn as a...
23 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good News - market sentiment strong across all mortgage sectors](/upload/images/23%2008%2021%202%20HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association shows surprisingly upbeat market sentiment among advisers during the second...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Company’s Gloomy Trading Statement Lifts Lid On Mortgage Crisis](/upload/images/2%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
A financial service trading statement by a major player this week highlights the issues facing the industry. LSL is one of the...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New guide for brokers explains funding, pricing and availability](/upload/images/1%20.png)
After the interest rate volatility, impact on product availability and consequent pressure on advisers, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association and Association...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![New bid to help self-employed mortgage applications win approval](/upload/images/5%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
Saffron for Intermediaries has launched a campaign to help and support broker partners get more self-employed mortgage applications approved first time...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK Finance reminds lending sector of obligations](/upload/images/4%20BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
Trade body UK Finance has issued a timely reminder to the mortgage lending sector of its obligations to borrowers struggling following...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Preview: what it means for mortgages](/upload/images/1%20Rate%20Rise%20Preview%20-%20what%20it%20means%20for%20mortgages%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
There’s almost complete unanimity amongst analysts that this week will see yet another Bank of England base rate rise - and...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage experts tell government: ‘Cut landlords some slack’](/upload/images/3%20Mortgage%20experts%20tell%20government%20-%20%E2%80%98Cut%20landlords%20some%20slack%E2%80%99%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association wants the government to give additional support to landlords It says the cumulative effects of regulatory and...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Backing for 24-hour Mortgage Product Withdrawal Pledge](/upload/images/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Support appears to be growing for a campaign to improve lender communication and increase the notice given about withdrawn mortgage products. Brokers...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Will There Be A Housing Crash?](/upload/images/will-there-be-a-housing-crash.jpg)
Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property expert gives his verdict on new mortgage products](/upload/images/__thumbs/Property%20expert%20gives%20his%20verdict%20on%203%20mortgage%20products.jpg/Property%20expert%20gives%20his%20verdict%20on%203%20mortgage%20products__400x267.jpg)
After the latest rise in Bank of England Base Rate, mortgage lenders are offering new products to help those struggling to...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market confidence recovers in Q1, says IMLA](/upload/images/__thumbs/Mortgage%20market%20confidence%20recovers%20in%20Q1%20says%20IMLA%20-%20Intro.jpg/Mortgage%20market%20confidence%20recovers%20in%20Q1%20says%20IMLA%20-%20Intro__400x267.jpg)
There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Returning Homebuyer Show Scotland partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage%20approvals%20down%20MortgageApplication_400x310.png)
Autumn 2023 will see the return of the Homebuyer Show Scotland in Glasgow, a dedicated show for Scottish homebuyers looking to...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![SHW adds two new partners to its South East-based team](/upload/images/D%2BG(2).jpg)
SHW has announced that it has promoted two of its Directors to Partner level, taking its Partner total to 25. Gemma Quinn...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rises put squeeze on buyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![MPowered Mortgages cuts rates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, has...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![The Mortgage Lender announces rate reductions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
The Mortgage Lender has announced rate cuts across its entire residential range, including purchasing and re-mortgaging products. The specialist lender’s rate reductions...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market will see a new normal, says Capricorn](/upload/images/Mortgage-400x310.png)
Capricorn Financial Consultancy has released its market expectations for 2023, predicting that the UK mortgage market will have to acclimatise to...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chain reaction - buyers in a chain are cut off from the majority of the market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Newly released figures from MPowered Mortgages has revealed that two thirds (66%) of the housing market is cut off from homebuyers...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![MPowered Mortgages strengthened with a launch of 85% LTV mortgages](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
The FinTech mortgage lender using AI to simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, MPowered Mortgages, has recently expanded its...
13 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property forecast - mortgage repayments are predicted to rise by £300 per month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
New research by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, shows that monthly mortgage payments could increase by £300 each month. Homebuyers coming to...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Down valuations cause an £8,000 gap between buyers and sellers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Agent-Boards-2-400x310.jpg)
Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, claim that buyers and sellers are having to negotiate an £8,000 reality gap due to down...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage transactions dip as interest rate hikes put strangle hold on borrowing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageRates-1-Wide.jpg)
We don’t like being the bearer of bad news, but a market analysis carried out by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Everything you need to know about the cost-of-living crisis and your property](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingCrisis-400x310.jpg)
Every day on the news we hear more and more about the ever-mounting cost-of-living in the UK, and households are now...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fluent Money to offer MPowered Mortgages’ prime residential range to homebuyers and remortgages](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TeamSelection400x310.jpg)
Recently, MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to enhance the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgages, announced it has...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage roundup – a month of firsts in the mortgage sphere](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MortgageRoundup-400x310.png)
This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...
05 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![8 time win - building societies rated top mortgage lenders](/upload/images/Headshots%20and%20Property%20People/JaquelineHeadshot400x310.jpg)
The UK’s largest financial services review site, Smart Money People, announced that building societies remain the top-rated sector for broker satisfaction. Leek...
21 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage roundup – industry firsts and product enhancements](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MortgageRoundup-400x310.png)
This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Study shows self-employed are twice as likely to face mortgage rejection](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDeclined-400x310.png)
Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, a new report from The Mortgage Lender (TML) shows. Its...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Average intermediary mortgage volumes fall in Q1 2022](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageApproved-1-400x310.jpg)
Q1 2022 saw the average number of mortgages placed per year by intermediaries fall slightly from the previous quarter, according to...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sales hit a snag: Almost half of transactions subjected to down valuations](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/housing-market400x310.png)
A recent survey carried out by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has estimated that almost half of pandemic property purchases across...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers – top tips to getting mortgage ready](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-in-Hand-400x310.jpg)
Stipendum, the platform that aims to simplify life’s complex events, has released a number of top tips to help the nation’s...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Poor credit scores deter 1 in 10 Brits from applying for a mortgage](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
One in 10 Britons have been deterred from applying for a mortgage due to poor credit scores, new research by The...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage delays caused 38% of transaction fall-throughs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
Nearly two-fifths of UK homebuyers have experienced a property purchase fall through due to mortgage delays, new research by Butterfield Mortgages...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pandemic pinch – 3.2m adults have missed some form of major payment](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
Some 3.2 million adults in the UK have missed some form of major payment over the last two years as the...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Addressing the UK’s homelessness crisis as the eviction ban ends](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homeless-1-400x310.jpg)
The housing industry, like many other sectors, experienced a tumultuous 2021 as the pandemic continued to trigger exponential house price rises....
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Bad news? One in three borrowers could face mortgage rejections](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDeclined-400x310.png)
New research from The Mortgage Lender (TML) reveals that 34% of UK adults planning to buy a home in the next...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage roundup – enhancing the homebuying journey](/upload/images/Site%20logos/MortgageRoundup-400x310.png)
This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Australian fintech launches in UK to ‘shorten remortgaging process’](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
PEXA, the Australian-founded fintech, has announced its plans to launch in the UK this year, following significant progress in testing its...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage cost rises could hit London buyers the hardest](/upload/images/library/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
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
![Just 25% of lenders currently offer green or net-zero mortgages](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
COP26 saw ambitious global net-zero targets being promised and industries are having to adapt to meet the national targets. Mortgage Advice...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hometrack's new Broker AVM set to boost the mortgage market](/upload/images/library/Hometrack-logo400x310.png)
Hometrack, the leading provider of insight and intelligence to the UK mortgage market, has launched a Broker AVM, building on its 20-year...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK homeowners borrowing more than ever to fund home improvements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculator.png)
According to new figures released by Mojo Mortgages, UK homeowners are now borrowing more money from mortgage lenders than ever before...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage market levels out as adviser search activity surges in May](/img/default/it.png)
The latest mortgage search activity data from Legal & General Mortgage Club (L&G) shows signs that the market is beginning to...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Broker satisfaction with lenders’ speed has increased by 6.5% – study](/img/default/it.png)
2020 was a year when every sector needed to learn how to adapt to challenging circumstances and the mortgage industry seems...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Pure launches new adviser resources to develop the later-life market](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Mortgage roundup – fresh products for advisers and landlords incoming](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Legal & General – new partnership and top mortgage searches revealed](/img/default/it.png)
Legal & General has integrated with mortgage and protection network HLPartnership to simplify access for advisers using the SmartrCriteria and SmartrFit...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Value of new mortgage commitments reached record high in 2020](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Shawbrook bolsters resi presence with The Mortgage Lender acquisition](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Brilliant Solutions adds Pure Retirement to equity release partners](/img/default/it.png)
Mortgage club and specialist mortgage distributor, Brilliant Solutions, has announced the addition of lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement to its equity...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landbay increases buy-to-let LTVs to 80%](/img/default/it.png)
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...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Dynamo for Intermediaries adds Roma to lending panel](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Mortgage expert – buyers must act now before stamp duty cut ends](/img/default/it.png)
A mortgage advisor is urging prospective buyers to act now before the stamp duty holiday comes to an end. Matt Colley, director...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![How is Land Registry digitalising the mortgage system?](/img/default/it.png)
For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech
![Borrowers can still benefit from the Bank of Mum and Dad - claim](/img/default/it.png)
As the industry starts to tighten its criteria, Saffron Building Society is affirming that there is still hope for borrowers as...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![The Mortgage Lender increases LTV for capital-raising landlords](/img/default/it.png)
The Mortgage Lender has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) for capital-raising landlords from 65% to 75% on all remortgage products. The rise means...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landbay exits retail P2P lending to focus on institutional investment](/img/default/it.png)
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
![Positive industry outlook – UK intermediaries remain confident](/img/default/it.png)
The vast majority of UK intermediaries (91%) remain positive about the outlook for the mortgage industry despite ongoing political uncertainty, according...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![The Mortgage Lender joins Master Private Finance panel](/img/default/it.png)
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 Mortgage Lender brings BTL low rate high fee to market](/img/default/it.png)
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...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed ‘jumping through extra hoops’ to secure a mortgage](/img/default/it.png)
Nearly three quarters (71%) of the UK’s growing self-employed population believe their employment status makes it harder to get a mortgage,...