Building Societies

Saffron launches Large HMO BTL product with no bedroom cap

Saffron for Intermediaries has launched a Large HMO buy-to-let product designed to give brokers...

First northern building society to gain B Corp status named

The Cumberland has become the first building society in the North to achieve B...

LMS adds Bath BS to its lender network

LMS has added Bath Building Society to its lender network, with the mutual joining...

The Vernon targets professional borrowers with new mortgage range

Vernon Building Society has launched a new mortgage range aimed at professional borrowers whose...

Market Harborough takes specialist lending offer into Scotland

Market Harborough Building Society has expanded its lending footprint to include properties in Scotland,...

The Darlington adds digital BDM role for Wales and South West

Darlington Building Society has appointed Rebecca Russell as digital business development manager for Wales...

Market reaches 90% coverage under Financial Abuse Code

UK Finance has confirmed that almost 90% of the UK’s mortgage market is now...

Nationwide extends six times income lending to movers and remortgagers

Britain’s biggest building society has widened access to higher loan-to-income borrowing, extending six times...

The Family BS reduces owner-occupier rates and extends HMO criteria

Family Building Society has reduced rates across its owner-occupier mortgage range and widened its...

Hinckley & Rugby expands higher-LTV lending

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has unveiled a broad update to its mortgage range,...

Vernon cuts variable rates across specialist mortgage range

Vernon Building Society has reduced variable mortgage rates by up to 0.16% across 11...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates across residential and let ranges

Market Harborough Building Society has cut rates across its fixed-rate mortgage range, with reductions...

Affordability gains lift first-time buyer activity

Improving affordability helped to support a rebound in first-time buyer activity during 2025 although...

The Cambridge lifts LTV on expat and holiday let buy-to-let mortgages

The Cambridge Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-value on two specialist buy-to-let ranges...

COMMENT

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...

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

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FORTO Finance launches with focus on expat mortgage market

FORTO Finance has launched in the UK mortgage and protection market following a pilot...

Just Mortgages appoints Gina McLaren as Midlands area director

Just Mortgages has expanded the management team within its self-employed division with the appointment...

Brokers value access to underwriters over slick technology

Mortgage brokers would rather have access to an underwriter than a sophisticated lender portal...

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone golf day raises £11,000 for MNDA

Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone Finance Group have raised more than £11,000 for the Motor...

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