Building Societies

West Brom cuts rates and adds options to strengthen remortgage appeal

West Brom Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 30bps while widening...

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

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates by up to 25 basis points for first-time...

The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...

The Dudley begins broker portal roll-out as it overhauls intermediary systems

Dudley Building Society has begun a phased roll-out of a new intermediary portal to...

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...

The Saffron broadens criteria across buy-to-let, self-build and residential lending

Saffron for Intermediaries has widened criteria across its buy-to-let, self-build and residential mortgage ranges...

Brokers report rising caution among borrowers as remortgaging picks up

Mortgage brokers are seeing more remortgage activity, but say geopolitical uncertainty, cost of living...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

The Mansfield launches broker portal to speed complex case processing

Mansfield Building Society has launched a new mortgage broker portal as it looks to...

Skipton cuts rates and adds new fixed deals for existing borrowers

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates on parts of its residential mortgage range and...

Market Harborough cuts fixed rates and adds pre-completion switch option

Market Harborough Building Society has cut fixed mortgage rates by up to 36bps and...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

Darlington posts record lending as mortgage growth lifts assets above £1bn

Darlington Building Society reported record gross mortgage lending of £234m in 2025, as the...

Earl Shilton turns to OMS for mortgage origination platform

Earl Shilton Building Society is to adopt One Mortgage System’s Originations platform as the...

COMMENT

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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AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing...

Hodge broadens property lending criteria across residential ranges

Hodge Bank has expanded its property lending criteria, widening access to mortgage finance for...

GCC searches for UK homes rise 16%

Searches for UK residential property from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investors increased by 16%...

Mortgage market still failing to understand freelancers

The mortgage market has yet to fully adapt to the growth of freelance and...

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