Mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries trims PT rates ahead of maturities

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its product transfer range, with pricing now...

Furness Building Society partners with Gen H to widen access to homeownership

Furness Building Society has entered into a partnership with residential mortgage lender Gen H...

HLPartnership strengthens southern recruitment team with senior appointment

HLPartnership (HLP) has appointed Matthew Creswell as senior recruitment manager (South), with responsibility for...

West One cuts residential mortgage rates by up to 25bps

West One has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range, with cuts of up...

Santander renews broker pledges for 2026

Santander has renewed its Broker Pledges for 2026, extending its commitments on pricing transparency,...

Housing market steadies as November transactions rise on a seasonal basis

Residential transaction volumes edged higher in November, according to the latest provisional data from...

West Brom targets first-time buyers and movers with £2,000 cashback launch

West Brom Building Society has launched two new five-year fixed mortgage products offering £2,000...

Suffolk widens lending criteria to support more complex households

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a series of criteria changes aimed at expanding access...

Barclays reduces rates across residential and remortgage ranges

Barclays Mortgages has reduced rates across a wide range of residential purchase, remortgage and...

Hanley widens rent to own mortgage to cover England, Wales and Scotland

Hanley Intermediaries has expanded its rent to own mortgage across England, Wales and Scotland...

RAW Capital Partners adds fee-free overpayment flexibility to mortgage range

RAW Capital Partners has introduced a new overpayment feature across its mortgage range, allowing...

Halifax reports house prices slip back in December

UK house prices dipped by 0.6% in December, following a marginal fall of 0.1%...

Gen H reshapes sales team to strengthen broker coverage nationwide

Gen H has announced a series of internal appointments within its sales team, introducing...

Instamo launches FastSubmit with backing from L&C and Haatch

Mortgage fintech Instamo has launched a new submission tool aimed at reducing friction in...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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