Building Societies

Buckinghamshire BS launches one-year mortgage with no early repayment charges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has introduced a one-year discounted rate mortgage aimed at borrowers seeking...

Building Societies Show donates to MIMHC

The Building Societies Show 2026 has donated £1,250 of profit from its inaugural event...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

Leeds BS offers £200 cashback on product transfers

Leeds Building Society has launched a £200 cashback offer for existing mortgage customers completing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let rates by up to 0.12%. The...

Leeds appoints BDM to support Midlands brokers

Leeds Building Society has appointed Lee Nicholls as business development manager for the Midlands. Nicholls...

The Buckinghamshire joins Mortgage Broker Tools platform

Buckinghamshire Building Society has partnered with Mortgage Broker Tools to make its lending proposition...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been...

The Newcastle launches base rate tracker mortgage range

Newcastle for Intermediaries has launched a range of base rate tracker mortgages for new...

West Brom lends more than £1bn as first-time buyers dominate new homebuyer loans

West Brom Building Society completed more than £1 billion of new homeownership lending in...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month...

The Mortgage Works adds tracker deals and trims fixed rates

The Mortgage Works is adding new two-year tracker products to its buy-to-let range and...

Hanley Intermediaries cuts mortgage rates across residential, RIO and self-build

Hanley Intermediaries has reduced rates across its residential, retirement interest-only (RIO) and self-build mortgage...

Coventry lowers selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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