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New five-year fixed rates from Paragon Mortgages

Paragon Mortgages is launching a new range of five year, fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products for individual and limited company landlords, with interest rates starting from 3.75%.

Homeowners across UK could save over £14 billion by overpaying on their mortgage

UK mortgage holders could see significant savings and wipe years off their mortgage term by making regular overpayments.

Skipton has cut rates on its two and five year fixed residential range

Skipton Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.20% across selected two and five year residential fixed rate mortgages and has launched an exclusive low rate product with Personal Touch Financial Services.

HSBC launches new best in class mortgage fixed at 0.99% for two years

HSBC has launched a market leading mortgage rate fixed at 0.99% for two years. The product has a £1,499 product fee, is available for purchases and remortgages up to 65% LTV and customers can overpay up to 10% of mortgage balance per year without incurring Early Repayment Charges (ERCs).

Halifax reduces rates on first time buyer mortgages

Halifax has reduced its rates on its mortgage products designed to support first time buyers.

Skipton refreshes additional borrowing fixed rate range for residential and buy to let

Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of 2 and 5 Year Fixed Rate additional borrowing products for residential and buy to let.

Stamp duty inspired malaise easing as landlords look to buy more property

A survey of more than 1,000 Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords undertaken by BDRC Continental on behalf of Paragon Mortgages reveals that, while confidence remains low among landlords as a result of recent government interventions in the buy-to-let market, buyers are slowly returning to the market.

New fees assisted competitive remortgage deals for Buy to Let homeowners

Leeds Building Society has launched two new competitive fixed rate deals for Buy to Let landlords looking to remortgage:

Gross mortgage lending increases 16% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £18.5 billion in April.

Skipton cuts rates on new build fixed range and simplifies its Help to Buy range

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates up to 0.34% on 2 year New Build products at 90% LTV and is also launching a simplified Help to Buy range.

Leeds criteria changes aid interest only borrowers

Improvements to its interest only mortgage range are enabling Leeds Building Society to help more under-served borrowers.

Gross mortgage lending £17.6 billion in February

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £17.6 billion in February.

Paragon launch consumer buy-to-let offering

Paragon Mortgages will now be accepting applications for consumer buy-to-let via its sister brand Mortgage Trust.

Buy-to-let gained chokehold over first time buyers in 2015

New statistics from comparethemarket.com reveal that the rapid growth of the buy-to-let market during 2015 has come at the expense of first-time buyers, despite Government initiatives to encourage home ownership.

Leeds lowest ever 10 year fix rated “outstanding”

The lowest ever 10 year fixed rate mortgage launched by Leeds Building Society has been rated “outstanding”.