Mortgage

Virgin Money expands Fix and Switch range   

Virgin Money has added new Fix and Switch loan-to-value ratios at 95% and 70% to its product suite. These five-year...

England and Wales house prices and transactions down: e-surv

England and Wales annual house prices fell in January, while transactions remained at the lowest levels of the last 17...

Fleet intros limited edition BTL loans with no completion fees  

Fleet Mortgages has launched limited edition five-year fixed-rate loans, with no completion fees. The move by the buy-to-let lender runs...

News Analysis: Clampdown on conditional selling ‘is long overdue’

The suggestion that buying a house is one of the most stressful experiences in life is universally accepted. But brokers...

West One ties up with MAB for exclusive residential launch in Scotland  

West One has selected Mortgage Advice Bureau’s Scottish adviser firms to exclusively launch its residential mortgages across the region. The...

L&G Mortgage Services hires co-head of strategic accounts, expands team  

Legal & General Mortgage Services has hired Greg Cunnington as co-head of strategic accounts and boosted its distribution team. Cunnington...

Editor’s note: Hopes for a new spring in our step

Welcome to the first print issue of Mortgage Strategy for the ‘new’ year! As a child thinking ahead to life...

How landlords can meet the changing expectations of their tenants

While I was idly flicking through the TV channels recently, I came across an episode of the 1980s comedy The...

Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 05 Feb to 09 Feb

Catch up on this week’s top stories on Mortgage Strategy. From the MPC’s surprising stance on rate cuts to Aldermore’s...

NatWest and Halifax latest lenders to lift home loan prices  

NatWest will raise fixed-rate prices across new business and existing customer product ranges by up to 15 basis points, while...

Fiba adds Paragon Bank to lender panel  

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association has added Paragon Bank to its lender panel. Specialist lender Paragon lends to landlords...

Buyer demand strongest in 2 years: Rics  

New buyer enquiries lifted to a balance of plus-7% last month, up from minus-3% in December, and is the strongest...