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Benge joins Black & White Bridging as Midlands relationship director
1+ week, 2+ day ago (214+ words) Benge has more than 30 years of experience in sales and relationship management roles, and has previously worked at Hodge, Assetz Capital, and Norwich & Peterborough Building Society. He was most recently a senior business development manager (BDM) at Afin Bank. Black…...
Nat West, Coventry BS and Skipton BS close the week with mortgage rate cuts " round-up
1+ week, 5+ day ago (382+ words) Highlights include its fee-free two-year fix at 60% loan to value (LTV) for residential purchase, which has been cut by 13 basis points (bps) to 4. 74%, while the five-year fixed counterpart has been reduced by 24bps to 4. 6%." With a "995 fee, the two-year fix has…...
Market Harborough BS cuts bridging rates
1+ week, 6+ day ago (179+ words) The reductions are up to 0. 12%, and the mutual said it had streamlined the offer into two bands up to 70% loan to value (LTV). It noted that this would mean more customers could access the lower pricing. Effective today, the firm's…...
Nottingham BS adds Attia as non-executive director
1+ week, 6+ day ago (264+ words) Attia has in excess of 35 years of operational experience and over 17 years of board-level experience in financial services firms across the UK and Europe. This includes in the SME lending, specialty finance, mortgage finance and structured credit sectors, alongside risk…...
Vernon BS launches free legals for remortgage
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (299+ words) The initiative will be primarily focused on prime residential lending up to 80% loan to value (LTV) and later life products, according to Brendan Crowshaw, head of mortgage and savings distribution at Vernon Building Society. Crowshaw (pictured) continued: "Partnering with Optimus…...
Halifax takes top spot for broker experience
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (383+ words) The Smart Money People H1 2026 Mortgage Lender Benchmark found that the satisfaction brokers had when dealing with mortgage lenders overall stayed stable, with a score of 4. 22 out of five, just 0. 03 down on the score given in H2 last year." Pure Retirement"maintained…...
Nationwide trims product transfer rates
2+ week, 1+ day ago (156+ words) The reductions apply to two-, five- and 10-year fixed rate deals. For borrowers with 40% equity, they can access two- and five-year fixed rates of 4. 56% and 4. 59% respectively. An arrangement fee of "999 applies to both deals. At 75% loan to value (LTV), a…...
Lloyds, Halifax and Darlington BS cut mortgage rates " round-up
2+ week, 5+ day ago (334+ words) This includes its two-, three- and five-year fixed homemover and first-time buyer mortgage rates, which will be reduced by up to 0. 1%, and similar reductions to its remortgage rates. Its two-, three- and five-year product transfer and further advance mortgage rates…...
The friction holding back specialist mortgage cases " Upton
2+ week, 6+ day ago (628+ words) Recent analysis from Propertymark found that 43% of housing transactions are now taking more than 17 weeks to complete, while separate research from House Buyer Bureau highlighted the impact local authority search delays can have in some parts of the country. Those…...
Leeds BS cuts rates; The Tipton improves BTL rates and adds high LTI deals " round-up
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (476+ words) For first-time buyers, a two-year fix with no fee has been reduced from 5. 59% to 5. 27%. This is available up to 95% loan to value (LTV) and comes with a free standard valuation." There is also a five-year fix at the same tier,…...