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Portfolio landlords seeking a new mortgage or remortgage are being warned of growing personal guarantee risks. Purbeck Insurance Services claims personal guarantee...

New data from Legal & General’s Ignite platform shows a significant increase in over-50s seeking remortgages with terms taking them close...

Almost a quarter of prospective homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable...

Despite a more subdued period for the mortgage market, analysis by Moneyfacts shows a handful of lenders pulled higher loan-to-value deals.   Last...

Purplebricks has launched Purplebricks Mortgages Limited - taking over from the old Strike Financial Services brand.  A year ago the Strike online...

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

The Bank of England says there was £18.8 billion of mortgage borrowing in arrears in the third quarter of this year. That’s...

More lenders have green mortgage deals on the market now compared to a year ago, according to the Mortgage Advice Bureau. Some...

Lenders are offering more fixed deals with incentives since the start of last month - November - but analysis by Moneyfactscompare...

First time buyers aged 18 to 34 are primarily relying on advice from family and friends rather than a broker for support on the homebuying process, according to Coventry for...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, which equates to an extra...

The interest rate on the average five-year fixed mortgage has dropped below 6.0 per cent for the first time in nearly...

The number of three-year fixed mortgage products available from lenders has been rising over the last few months as borrowers coming...

Half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas or...

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

Research published by the Home Builders Federation shows that the new homes owners will save an average of £135 on monthly...

A new analysis by Moneyfactscompare - perhaps still better known by its old name, Moneyfacts - shows precisely how many mortgage...

After the latest rise in Bank of England Base Rate, mortgage lenders are offering new products to help those struggling to...

The Bank of England last week hiked interest rates by 0.5 percentage points - pushing the benchmark rate to 4% up...

Mortgage rates in the UK have risen significantly during 2022, which appears to have proven an issue for homeowners hoping to switch...

As the weather begins to warm up, many will be starting to think about giving their homes a seasonal spring clean....

First Time Buyer’s Fortnight aims to give potential homebuyers the information they need to make more informed decisions about the home...

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...

With the Bank of England raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years, Brian Murphy, head of lending...

Multiply AI, a fully automated financial adviser app, has partnered with digital mortgage broker Mojo to provide the first end-to-end digital...

Thousands of borrowers could be missing out on a better mortgage deal by not speaking to an adviser, research from Legal...

Borrowers opting for the ‘cheapest’ mortgage deal with one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ lenders could be paying almost £900 over...

Some 81% of UK homeowners who purchased a home in the last year would consider a mortgage broker if they were...

Landlords have increasingly been switching to five-year fixed rate products over the past two years, new data from Commercial Trust Limited...

Over half (55%) of UK consumers are unaware that a mortgage broker could offer more product options than a bank or...

Figures from Accord Mortgages show a jump in remortgage applications over the summer, with borrowers grabbing competitive mortgage deals ahead of...

Bank customers are at risk of paying an extra £400 if they chose not to remortgage after their fixed term deal...

Accord Mortgages has confirmed that it will continue to provide free legal assistance or cashback up to £500 to both residential...

Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...

Post Office Money has launched a number of mortgage deals and reduced rates on many existing deals. It says the new deals...

Mortgage distributor 3mc has been appointed to provide a specialist mortgage desk and packaging support service to members of The Right...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has held interest rates again with a unanimous 9-0 vote yesterday and experts say there is...

Newcastle Intermediaries has extended distribution of its buy-to-let mortgage range through its partner Legal & General Mortgage Club.  The range was previously...

There has been a sharp rise in "mortgage freebies" as lenders increasingly compete on incentive packages rather than just price. New research...

Post Office Money has enhanced its mortgage range by announcing new fee-free mortgage deals. It has also unveiled what it claims is the...

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

The number of mortgages on the market has hit a post-crisis high with broker-distributed deals leading the charge. Total deals on the...

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,...

The number of offset mortgage deals on the market has fallen to a five-year low, new research suggests. And the decline is...

NatWest and RBS have unveiled their plans to help more people get a foot on the capital's property ladder through the...

Leeds Building Society will launch its first Help to Buy London mortgages from on Monday 1 February. The society is among the first...

Coventry Building Society and The Co-operative Bank have both launched competitive new mortgage deals. Coventry has reduced the rate on its residential and...

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...

The mortgage industry faces months or years of the increasingly tiresome "will they, won't they" interest rate hike game after a...

Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have plunged to new lows despite speculation of a base rate rise next year. Comparison...

Mortgage approvals leapt 24% in the year to September driven by a resurgence in remortgaging. Remortgages jumped 40% over the year, against...

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...

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...

Metro Bank has launched a brand new portal designed to help intermediaries switch their customers’ mortgage deals online. The portal has been...

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

Lenders have launched another round of "best ever" mortgage rates as the prospect of a Bank of England base rate hike recedes further...

Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...

Platform has reduced rates on its buy-to-let mortgage range by up to 0.10%. Highlights include two year fixed rates starting from 2.24%...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be increasing its mortgage rates by up to 14 basis points (bps) amid signs that rates are...

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

First-time buyers are £2,000 better off thanks to a sharp drop in rates on 95% LTV mortgages over the past two...

New figures suggest that mortgage rates are continuing to fall despite growing expectations of a base rate hike. There was a further...

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...

Lenders have started to push up the cost of their mortgage deals as the Bank of England moves a step closer to the first base...

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

A fall in the number and value of mortgage deals taken out by first-time buyers in May is a sign this...

Buy-to-let investors should make it a priority to ensure they have the most competitive mortgage deals following the government’s announcement that...

Would-be borrowers should ensure they are “mortgage ready” before applying for a loan, according to credit-reference firm Equifax. The company said that,...

The Co-operative bank has launched the UK's lowest ever two-year fixed-rate mortgage rate at just 1.09%. The loan, available up to 60%...