Mortgage

Products rise, deals last longer and rates fall: Moneyfacts 

Over 200 products came to market this month, the shelf life of mortgage deals rose and average two- and five-year...

Paragon cuts BTL rates by up to 70bps, extends loan terms   

Paragon Bank has cut rates on five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages by up to 70 basis points, lowered its reference rate...

Accord revamps buy to let range

Accord Mortgages has announced changes to its buy to let new business product range. The current range will be withdrawn...

United Trust Bank cuts bridging rates, lowers minimum loan size  

United Trust Bank has cut bridging rates by up to 14 basis points and has lowered its minimum loan size...

Lloyds Banking Group’s Andy Mason to retire

Lloyds Banking Group head of housing and sustainability Andy Mason is to retire after 30 years with the lender. Mason...

Chetwood Financial hires COO Hynd as it prepares for ModaMortgages launch  

Chetwood Financial, the digital bank behind the soon-to-launch ModaMortgages, has hired Julian Hynd as chief operating officer. The Wrexham-based lender,...

Politicians, BoE and local bodies needed for new housing roadmap: LSE  

Politicians, government departments and the Bank of England should work together to produce “a realistic, coherent and consistent policy” to...

StrideUp reduces fixed rate products by 80bps  

StrideUp has reduced rates on its two, five and ten-year fixed rate products by 80 basis points (bps). The lender’s...

Penrith BS scraps application fees for resi and BTL mortgages  

Penrith Building Society will temporarily scrap mortgage application fees for residential and BTL mortgages. The move by the mutual covers...

LiveMore cuts mortgage rates by 0.71%  

Specialist mortgage lender LiveMore has reduced rates across its entire range of products by up to 0.71%. The reduction covers...

Brokers more confident for 2024 despite pressures

Brokers are more optimistic for 2024 with 31% confident about the year ahead and fewer worried at 8% (26% and...

West One cuts resi rates by up to 100bps

West One Loans has lowered its residential rates by up to 100 basis points and overhauled its criteria as part...