Mortgage
Day in the Life of… Yochai Zorno, underwriting team manager, bridging, Shawbrook
Illustration: Simeon ElsonMy alarm goes off at… …6.30am. I like to wake up early so that I have time to...
Broker Focus: Lee Johnson, director, Willow Private Finance
Describe your firm in a few sentences Willow Private Finance is a directly authorised, specialist, whole-of-market mortgage brokerage. We are...
Weekly rate watch: Five-year fix drops 11 basis points
The end of November hosted another week of rate drops across all fixes, shows Moneyfacts data, with the five-year fix...
Vida promotes Cawthra to head of intermediary relationships
Vida has appointed Helen Cawthra to the new position as head of intermediary relationships. Her new role follows the launch...
MBA: Emma Jones, managing director of When The Bank Says No
Starting a business in the mortgage industry is easy. The hard bit is making it last. If I could tell...
Coventry for Intermediaries cuts rates on owner-occupier resi fixes
Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced all owner-occupier fixed rates. The lender’s two-, three- and five-year options have all been reduced,...
BuildLoan launches two products funded by Furness BS
BuildLoan has increased its range of self and custom-build mortgages with the launch of two products funded by Furness Building...
Virgin Money lifts variable rates by 75bps after BoE hike
The Virgin Money group has made changes to its mortgage variable revert rates, following the Bank of England base rate...
Halifax Intermediaries reduces remortgage rates by up to 72bps
Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates within its remortgage range by up to 72 basis points. The two-year fixed 85% loan-to-value...
Nick Simmons and Magnus Duke Dadzie launch mortgage brokerage
A new mortgage brokerage The Finance Company (TFC) is being launched by Nick Simmons, backed by TAB founder and chief...
Housing completions down 16%: ONS
There were 14,812 housing starts on site and 12,118 housing completions delivered through programmes managed by Homes England in England...
Rent prices drop but still running 10% higher than 2021: Goodlord
Rents fell by 2% on average in November, says Goodlord. It reports the average rent bill in England dropping from...
