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HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Barclays to cut residential mortgage rates

Barclays Mortgages is reducing rates across selected residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer products...

Leek Building Society secures double win at British Bank Awards

Leek Building Society has secured a double success at the 2026 British Bank Awards...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 19

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

Tenant support for Renters’ Rights Act grows

Awareness and support for the Renters’ Rights Act has risen sharply among tenants since...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

Santander cuts rates across higher LTV fixed and tracker mortgages

Santander has reduced rates across a range of first-time buyer, home mover and remortgage...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 17

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

Rising unemployment raises fresh arrears concerns for lenders

The UK labour market showed further signs of weakening this morning as unemployment rose...

LHV Bank completes £22m buy-to-let portfolio deals

LHV Bank has completed two specialist buy-to-let transactions totalling about £22 million to support...

FCA and Bank of England tokenisation push could reshape mortgage funding

The FCA and Bank of England have set out a joint long-term vision for...

HSBC UK automates remortgage cases through LMS platform

HSBC UK has become the first lender to automate remortgage cases through LMS’s Decisioning...

Afin Bank appoints Beth Jeffs to lead product strategy

Afin Bank has appointed Beth Jeffs as head of product and proposition, with responsibility...

Lloyds Banking Group cuts deposit barrier with £5k first-time buyer deal

Lloyds Banking Group has launched a new mortgage allowing first-time buyers to secure a...
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Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

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Hodge broadens property lending criteria across residential ranges

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