Lenders

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

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

Bailey signals Bank Rate hold as Iran conflict clouds outlook

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has signalled that interest rate cuts are likely...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge...

AI skills gap poses major challenge for financial services sector

The financial services sector will need to recruit and retrain around 450,000 highly skilled...

FCA and Bank of England tokenisation push could reshape mortgage funding

The FCA and Bank of England have set out a joint long-term vision for...

Monmouthshire soft launches new origination platform

Monmouthshire Building Society has begun the soft launch of its loans origination platform with...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 13

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Olympic medalist Fatima Whitbread backs MIMHC Walk and Talk

Olympic medallist and former world record holder Fatima Whitbread MBE has thrown her support...

Jeremy Duncombe to retire as the Yorkshire reshapes homes division

Jeremy Duncombe is to retire from Yorkshire Building Society after supporting a transition that...

The human adviser in an AI mortgage market

NatWest’s decision to place home-buying guidance inside ChatGPT is a story with large implications. It...

NatWest launches mortgage guidance through ChatGPT

NatWest Group has become the first UK bank to launch an app in ChatGPT,...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...
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COMMENT

Comment

A steadier second half of 2026 in sight?

The first half of 2026 has been a reminder that the mortgage market does not operate in isolation. While domestic economic conditions have remained...

How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

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Second charge mortgage lending volumes dip for first time in more than a year

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market fell by 1% in May,...
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Building Societies Association signs Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter

The Building Societies Association has become the latest organisation to sign the Mortgage Industry...
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Sprive urges first-time buyers to plan ahead as Leeds launches 2% deposit mortgage

Sprive has welcomed Leeds Building Society's new 98% loan-to-value mortgage but says borrowers should...
Building Societies

Leeds launches 98% LTV mortgage aimed at widening access for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new 98% loan-to-value mortgage designed to help more...

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