Building Societies

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...

Coventry targets energy-efficient buy-to-let with new intermediary range

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let products aimed at landlords...

Credit supply eases as mortgage margins narrow

Banks loosened the flow of credit to households at the end of last year...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Nationwide has reduced mortgage rates across its fixed rate range for first-time buyers and...

The Swansea’s lending rises as mortgage outlook improves

Swansea Building Society completed £117.5 million in gross mortgage lending during 2025, up from...

The Dudley appoints head of intermediary relations

Dudley Building Society has appointed Paul Purewal as head of intermediary relations as it...

Saffron brings development finance range to Brickflow platform

Saffron for Intermediaries has entered into a strategic partnership with Brickflow, placing its end-to-end...

The Suffolk lowers holiday let fixed rates and cuts SVR by 25bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced fixed rates across parts of its holiday let and...
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COMMENT

Comment

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

Latest news

News

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...
House prices

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...
Regulation

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...
New build

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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