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The Equity Release Council (ERC) has unveiled new guidance for member firms to consider when launching retrofit lifetime mortgages.   In consultation with...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates by up to 0.45 percentage points across its product range, with rates starting from...

Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy to let mortgage provider, has launched a two-year, fixed, 80% mortgage product across its standard, HMO...

Mortgage approvals on house purchases for June were 59,976 according to the Bank of England - down marginally (0.3%) from 60,134...

Landbay has announced a raft of rate reductions across its buy to let product range, with rates falling by as much...

Prime London demand climbed in Q2, reversing downward trend seen so far this year The latest Prime London Demand Index by lettings...

HSBC has made extensive cuts to rates levied on a vast range of residential and buy to let mortgages, coming into...

After a brief absence for what it calls “operational reasons” the Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% market with...

There’s a warning that the general election campaign will probably mean that the interest rate cuts hoped for in June will...

There was good news over the weekend as rates reductions announced late last week kicked in. Barclays has cut a number of...

Buy to let lender Landbay has enhanced its like-for-like remortgage range with new lower stress testing, alongside new rate reductions. For landlords...

The mutual has announced a refresh of its product range to ensure it continues to meet the complex needs of today’s...

Five major lenders - NatWest, Barclays, Accord, Leeds Building Society and HSBC - have all announced rate increases so far this...

There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...

Almost half (45%) of UK homebuyers would consider using an ethical finance provider that follows Islamic principles, finds Gatehouse Bank. Gatehouse Bank,...

The Bank of England has signalled that more than one interest rate cut is likely this year - but the question...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries - part of the OSB Group - has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and...

New data from Zoopla suggests that the housing market is becoming buoyant despite widespread uncertainty over the exact direction of mortgage...

Last week Halifax - previously an outlier amongst major lenders - announced it was raising rates, following the likes of Santander,...

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

At the middle of last week Nationwide slashed its rates to the most competitive of all in the current lenders price...

The vast majority of high net worth individuals have faced mortgage rejections and had to accept lower loan-to-value ratios than they...

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

The UK’s residential mortgage market has started 2024 with the biggest choice of products for prospective borrowers in over 15 years. A...

The war between rival mortgage lenders continues with Halifax late last week undertaking its second re-price of the year (and it’s...

Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...

Since the peak in July, the average five year fixed mortgage rate has reduced from 6.11 to 5.07 per cent while...

A growing appetite amongst buyers for family homes is helping to drive London’s high value prime market, an agency claims.  Benham and...

Many of the country’s major lenders - and quite a few smaller ones, too - have slashed mortgage rates in response...

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...

Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...

After six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate reductions - and the expectation of more soon - there are hopes of sub-5.0...

There’s been a flurry of rate cuts from lenders serving all sector of the market as a battle begins for market...

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

MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, has...

The Mortgage Lender has announced rate cuts across its entire residential range, including purchasing and re-mortgaging products. The specialist lender’s rate reductions...

Total Landlord Insurance claims that throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, insurance claims increased by 13%. The most common type of claim was...

The pandemic property market boom is causing many homesellers to enter the market with a little too much enthusiasm when pricing...

The annual Wimbledon tournament has kicked off, with many travelling far and wide, however, recent research by London rental platform, Rentd,...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...

The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...

Bective, the sales, lettings and property management company, recently revealed how superstitions around the number 13 often lead to homebuyers paying less for properties. Traditionally it is considered to...

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...

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...

Property buyers in certain cities could enjoy a hat-trick of savings via the stamp duty holiday, a reduced mortgage deposit requirement and...

Principality Building Society has launched rates on over 20 products across its holiday let, buy-to-let and residential mortgage range. The reductions include...

Mortgage costs in the buy-to-let (BTL) market have continued to fall over the last three months, according to Mortgage Brain. Its quarterly...

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

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...

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

The buy-to-let sector could be entering another period of stabilisation, according to recent analysis carried out by Mortgage Brain. The cost of...

Specialist lender Masthaven has announced the launch of a first charge residential three-year fixed rate mortgage and other product enhancements to...

Specialist lending brand Keystone Property Finance has reduced all rates across its classic range. The cost of a two-year fixed rate at...

Two new seven-year fixed rate mortgages and rate reductions of up to 0.10% have been introduced to Skipton Building Society’s residential...

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...

Metro Bank has announced a variety of changes to its residential fixed, buy-to-let (BTL) and large loan product ranges. Rate reductions by...

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

Mortgage lender Kent Reliance - part of OneSavings Bank - has announced major changes to its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range. The firm...

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,...

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...

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

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

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the majority of residential and buy-to-let rates coming down in cost over the past three...

Accord Mortgages and Leeds Building Society have launched new five-year fixed-rate mortgages with added incentives. Intermediary-only lender Accord’s deals are aimed at borrowers...

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...

Broker-only lender Accord and Coventry for Intermediaries are the latest to cut mortgage rates as the lender price war continues. Accord is...

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 have unveiled mortgage rate cuts as they look to boost business levels in the final months of 2015. Chelsea Building...

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...

New research suggests that now is the perfect time to remortgage as more products hit the market and rates fall significantly. As...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages in its broker portfolio from today. It will also...

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

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

Nationwide has cut its two-year fixed rates for borrowers with smaller deposits by up to 0.25%. And it has made further reductions...

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...

Nationwide is making a series of rate reductions across its mortgage range from today with fixed rates cut by up to...

Halifax has reduced product rates on its first-time buyer and homemover mortgages by up to 0.31%.  Rates on its two-year fixed rate for...