Annual UK house price growth eased to 1.8% in July as economic uncertainty and higher mortgage costs continued to restrain the market, Nationwide has reported.
The building society's house price index showed that annual growth slowed from 2.2% in...
Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of 2026, down 23.1% from £2.6bn during the corresponding period last...
Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding a green HMO deal and reducing holiday let rates.
The intermediary-only...
UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is beginning to strengthen despite continued economic and political uncertainty.
HM Revenue...
About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to research from specialist lender Together.
The properties, representing about 6% of...
Consumer Duty has prompted a cultural shift across financial services, but standards continue to vary between firms three years after its introduction, according to Capco.
Michael Shand, managing principal at the financial services and technology consultancy, said the regulation...
More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements, research from Uswitch suggests.
A survey of 1,500 people found that 20% had already postponed improvements, while a further 23% were considering doing so.
The findings...
Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the risk of mortgage offers expiring or borrowers’ circumstances changing before funds are released.
Rightmove analysis found it takes 154 days on average to progress from...
More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because of reimbursement concerns, treatment costs and confusion about overseas health systems, research has found.
Some 93% of expatriates surveyed had health cover, but 53% had...
After nearly four decades in financial services, Sesame Network distribution director Toni Smith still believes technology should make advisers stronger, not replace them.
When Toni...
The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...
It often feels like there is only one conversation taking place in financial services at the moment: artificial intelligence. Whether it’s trade shows and...
First-time buyers and home movers proved more resilient than remortgage borrowers during a weaker second quarter for the mortgage market, figures from HSBC UK show.
MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS DECLINE
The total number of mortgage applications fell by 19% between the first and second quarters of 2026. First-time...
There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political situation or what happens at the next Bank of England meeting. It's about who's coming through the door – and...
For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...
Molo has appointed Lynne French as chief operations officer as the specialist mortgage lender looks to support continued growth and expand its intermediary distribution capability.
French (pictured) joins Molo from Chetwood Bank, where she was director of secured lending operations and oversaw the lender's CHL...
