Remortgage rush funds school fees, house improvements and Bank of Mum and Dad

Bank of England rate move and uncertainty prompt increase in longer-term products

Rise of the Rio mortgage as banks offer flexible terms to those in later life

Big lenders refuse customers with government loans

Range from Leeds Building Society offer high fees and low rates to maximise tax relief

Monthly repayments based on borrowing £200,000 over 25 years

Blockchain, digital mortgages and automated valuations could all accelerate transactions

We have increased the value of the property

Mortgages given to landlords continues to decline, UK Finance figures show

Significant proportion will be more than 65 by the time debts mature

Thousands of positions under threat as rising rates put brakes on refinancing volumes

Tax relief changes will have a huge impact on landlords’ mortgages, report finds

Refinancing may prove difficult two years on from the stamp duty surcharge

Banks will assess the viability of portfolios not single properties before lending

One homeowner uses a £2m mortgage to bet on bitcoin

Third of home loans written in 2017 will not be repaid until after borrowers turn 65

A repayment crunch looms with repercussions for hundreds of thousands of borrowers

Lenders raise upper limit on loans in challenge to private banks

Potential movers wait to see outcome of Brexit negotiations

Competition ‘shows no sign of abating’ as bank launches 1.69% deal

Lenders reluctant to help retired borrowers without annuities

Other lenders could follow suit as discounting war continues

Lenders increasingly using ‘flash sale’ techniques to attract attention