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...

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...

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...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 0.31bps

HSBC UK has reduced rates across parts of its mortgage range, with cuts of...

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...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

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...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts fixed mortgage rates

Halifax Intermediaries is reducing fixed mortgage rates for homemovers and first-time buyers. The lender will...

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,...

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...

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...

Barclays cuts rates across more than 20 mortgage products

Barclays is cutting rates across more than 20 residential mortgage products from Wednesday 22...

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...

COMMENT

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Latest news

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...

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

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

Lloyds strengthens housing development team

Lloyds Banking Group has strengthened its housing development team with a new specialist role...

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