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Santander renews broker pledges for 2026

Santander has renewed its Broker Pledges for 2026, extending its commitments on pricing transparency,...

Barclays reduces rates across residential and remortgage ranges

Barclays Mortgages has reduced rates across a wide range of residential purchase, remortgage and...

Former Ramsbottom mill site redeveloped for housing with Paragon backing

A long-derelict industrial site in Ramsbottom is being brought back into use as a...

Hampshire Trust Bank promotes pair to regional account director roles

Hampshire Trust Bank has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to regional account director,...

GB Bank posts first full-year profit as balance sheet growth accelerates

GB Bank has reported its first full year of post-tax profitability, alongside sharp growth...

HSBC UK trims buy-to-let stress rates in bid to ease landlord affordability

HSBC UK has reduced its buy-to-let affordability stress rates for domestic landlords, a move...

Afin Bank announces high net worth and diaspora strategy lead

Afin Bank has promoted Tippie Malgwi to head of high net worth and diaspora...

Lloyds data points to shifting housing hot spots as regional markets diverge

The South West city of Plymouth topped Lloyds’ latest ranking of housing hot spots,...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Atom bank cuts operational carbon emissions by 22% as business continues to grow

Atom bank has reported a 22% reduction in its operational carbon emissions over the...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale to cut SVR to 6.74% after Bank rate move

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are reducing selected variable and tracker rates following the...

Barclays lowers rates again as three-year fixes see sharpest cuts

Barclays has announced further reductions across its mortgage range, with three-year fixed rates seeing...

Q&A: Richard Harrison, Atom bank

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Richard Harrison, head of mortgages at Atom bank. Mortgage...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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