Mortgage

MT Finance rolls out BTL product marking start of ‘new chapter’

MT Finance has rolled out its buy-to-let (BTL) product across the market, in what the lender describes as the start...

Landlord repayments jump 76% in a year: Octane Capital 

Landlords have seen the cost of their monthly buy-to-let mortgage interest payments on an average UK home jump by 75.7%...

LMS and Mortgage Brain join up to streamline conveyancing

LMS and Mortgage Brain have announced a new partnership which will further streamline the conveyancing process. Using the LMS SELECT...

Rental growth slows to 11.1%, but market still ‘running hot’: Zoopla

Annual UK rents slowed to 11.1%, or an average of £1,078 per month, in the first quarter of the year,...

Mortgage repayments ‘more than doubled’ since 2021: HBH

Buyers today are paying as much as 60% more on their monthly mortgage cost compared to 15 months ago, according...

Mortgage approvals rise for first time since August: BoE

The number of mortgage approvals made in February hit 43,536, shows Bank of England (BoE) data. This is the first...

Mortgage Advice Bureau posts higher profit despite mini-Budget  

Mortgage Advice Bureau posted full-year adjusted pre-tax profit up 13% to £27.2m after acquisitions – but adds it was on...

Virgin Money moves to accept Forces Help to Buy loans  

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank will now accept Forces Help to Buy loans as a mortgage deposit. This scheme allows...

Auctions ‘struggle’ with online and in-person sales: Propertymark  

Property agents are still “struggling with the decision” to return to in-person auctions or to remain online since the end...

Lenders to pilot MBT’s new mortgage modelling software

Five lenders will be piloting new predictive mortgage modelling software from Mortgage Broker Tools which will help them take a...

Guardian to launch income protection cover

Protection challenger Guardian has announced that it will launch income protection cover in the coming weeks. The new product will...

Exclusive: MIMHC launches interview series on mental health

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched a series of monthly video interviews called ‘Keeping the mental health...