Building Societies

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Family Building Society restores 60% LTV deals and cuts rates

Family Building Society has reintroduced 60% loan-to-value products across its core owner-occupier range and...

The Cambridge brings back fixed rates across core range

The Cambridge Building Society has reintroduced fixed-rate mortgages across its main range, offering new...

The Buckinghamshire adds fixed rates to impaired credit ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgages across...

Ecology completes core banking migration with Monument Technology

Ecology Building Society has completed the migration of its savings and mortgage operations onto...

Shared living pressures extend well into adulthood as affordability bites

Britons are continuing to live in shared households far later in life as housing...

The Vernon creates chief customer officer role with new appointment

Vernon Building Society has appointed Louise Thorpe as its first chief customer officer. Thorpe (pictured)...

The Melton adds to broker team with new hire and internal promotion

Melton Building Society has expanded its broker sales team with the appointment of Heidi...

Bath BS introduces valuation engine to speed up mortgage decisions

Bath Building Society has launched a new property decisioning engine aimed at cutting delays...

Mortgage deals vanish in days as rates surge

Mortgage deals are disappearing at record speed as lenders scramble to reprice in a...

Skipton to cut residential rates and revive three-year fixes

Skipton Building Society is cutting rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

The Leek lowers mortgage rates across residential and specialist products

Leek Building Society is cutting mortgage rates across parts of its residential, shared ownership,...

The Leeds strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Leeds Building Society has hired Michelle Ward as corporate account manager, adding more than...

The Cambridge reports record lending in milestone 175th year

Cambridge Building Society has reported a record year as mortgage lending rose sharply during...

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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Sort Group podcast sees industry figures joining conveyancing debate

Sort Group says its new podcast series is attracting strong interest from across the...

New first-time buyer ISA proposed as replacement for Lifetime ISA

The government has launched a consultation on a new First Time Buyer ISA, which...

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...

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