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Santander makes third round of November rate cuts as pricing drifts lower

Santander will cut a wide swathe of its residential and buy-to-let pricing next week,...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Nationwide expands interest-only lending to first-time buyers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced a major expansion of its interest-only mortgage range, including...

Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

HSBC raises income multiple for Premier borrowers to 6.5 times salary

HSBC UK has increased the maximum loan-to-income (LTI) ratio available to its Premier customers...

Barclays’ reductions to see rates below 4%

Barclays will reduce rates across its residential mortgage range from tomorrow, 31 October, with...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates and expands energy-efficient home range

HSBC UK is reducing rates and broadening its product suite for both residential and...

Virgin Money unveils new tracker and fixed-rate deals

Virgin Money is launching a wide range of new mortgage products on Tuesday 28...

Santander cuts rates and launches new large loan products

Santander has reduced residential and buy-to-let fixed rates across its new business and product...

Barclays reduces rates with new products and cuts across higher LTV range

Barclays is set to reduce rates across a number of its residential mortgage products...

The Newcastle cuts PT rates and launches new three-year deals

Newcastle Building Society has cut rates across its five-year product transfer range and introduced...

Parents fear children will never be able to retire

More than 15 million UK parents believe their children may never be able to...

The Mortgage Works expands limited company buy-to-let range

The Mortgage Works has today introduced a series of new products designed to strengthen...

The Coventry joins Mortgage Brain’s new Submissions Brain platform

Coventry Building Society has become the latest lender to be added to Mortgage Brain’s...

COMMENT

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

Home and away: How appetite for UK property is rising

Conflicts in Ukraine and now the Middle East are a reminder that the catastrophic impact of war is not confined to war zones.   The...

Latest news

More than 255,000 homeowners to leave five-year fixes by the end of June

More than 255,000 UK households are due to come off five-year fixed mortgage deals...

The Leeds strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

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

Rising rental yields give landlords a stronger start to 2026, but March volatility clouds outlook

Fleet Mortgages’ latest Rental Barometer shows average yields reached 8.1% in Q1 2026, up...

Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

Mortgage availability increased in the first quarter of 2026 as lenders loosened supply and...

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