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Fixed rates
First-time buyers face pressure as high LTV mortgage choice falls
First-time buyers remain under pressure from reduced mortgage choice and stretched affordability, despite signs...
11 May 2026
HSBC lowers rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges
HSBC UK is reducing a broad range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, with...
7 May 2026
The Cambridge relaunches buy-to-let and residential mortgage products
The Cambridge Building Society has relaunched a selection of mortgage products across its buy-to-let...
7 May 2026
HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 0.31bps
HSBC UK has reduced rates across parts of its mortgage range, with cuts of...
30 April 2026
The Market Harborough cuts holiday let rates and ups max loan size to £3m
Market Harborough Building Society has reduced rates across its holiday let range by up...
30 April 2026
Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker
Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...
29 April 2026
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...
24 April 2026
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...
23 April 2026
Halifax Intermediaries cuts fixed mortgage rates
Halifax Intermediaries is reducing fixed mortgage rates for homemovers and first-time buyers. The lender will...
23 April 2026
HSBC UK cuts mortgage rates by up to 25bps across residential and buy-to-let range
HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across parts of its residential and buy-to-let range,...
23 April 2026
Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers
Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...
22 April 2026
Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing
Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...
22 April 2026
Barclays cuts rates across more than 20 mortgage products
Barclays is cutting rates across more than 20 residential mortgage products from Wednesday 22...
21 April 2026
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...
21 April 2026
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COMMENT
Analysis
Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows
High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...
1 June 2026
The cost of knowing less
There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...
29 May 2026
Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion
If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...
28 May 2026
Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
27 May 2026
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 finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
26 May 2026
Latest news
banks
HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges
HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
2 June 2026
First-time buyers
NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens
Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...
2 June 2026
Appointments
Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team
Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...
2 June 2026
Appointments
Lloyds strengthens housing development team
Lloyds Banking Group has strengthened its housing development team with a new specialist role...
2 June 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum