Mortgages

Zero-deposit mortgage sales reach five-year high as affordability pressures persist

The number of zero-deposit mortgage sales reached 574 in the first three quarters of...

Q&A: Claire Cherrington, Sesame Bankhall Group

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Claire Cherrington, director of PMS and Bankhall, Sesame...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or...

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...

Mortgage availability rises as lenders cut pricing

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

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be...

Broker survey opens as lenders face scrutiny over service and technology

Smart Money People has opened its H1 2026 Mortgage Lender Benchmark survey, inviting brokers...

Income protection confusion leaves borrowers exposed

Widespread misunderstanding of income protection is leaving UK homeowners exposed to financial risk with...

Market stalls as rates surge on Middle East tensions

The UK housing market lost momentum in March with rising borrowing costs and geopolitical...

HSBC UK opens registrations for Q2 mortgage fraud and masterclass webinars

HSBC UK has opened registrations for its Q2 2026 mortgage fraud webinar series, with...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage and product transfer rates

Virgin Money will increase a range of selected purchase, remortgage and product transfer rates...

Newcastle trims intermediary mortgage rates by up to 14bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has cut rates across its new lending range, with reductions of...

Finova Broker Payments links with Mortgage Broker Tools on broker research offering

Finova Broker Payments has agreed a partnership with Mortgage Broker Tools that will give...

Gen H cuts rates across mortgage range including New Build Boost

Gen H has reduced rates across its full mortgage range, including its New Build...

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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