Mortgages

Accord changes rates and criteria on buy-to-let

Accord Mortgages has made cuts of 0.10 percentage points to its range of low...

The Nationwide makes widespread rate reductions

The Nationwide Building Society has cut all of its two year fixed and tracker...

First Complete offers 337 exclusives

First Complete has lined up 337 exclusive mortgage products for the start of the...

Rate reductions at the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society has cut the rate to two of its deals. The Society has...

New lifetime tracker from HSBC

HSBC has launched a new tracker mortgage rate. The new fee-free lifetime tracker rate is available...

Virgin Money revises product offering

Virgin Money has made a number of changes across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

The Leeds cuts fixed rates

The Leeds Building Society now has a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.09% between...

55% increase in mutual lending, year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £3.2 billion in...

New ‘spring specials’ from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a pair of seven day 'spring specials' with...

The Leeds cuts buy-to-let rate

Leeds Building Society has made reductions in the headline rate on a number of...

New fixes from Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank has launched three new fixed rate mortgage products over two, three and...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

Nationwide raises mortgage overpayment ceiling

Nationwide Building Society has increased the amount borrowers can overpay on their mortgage. The mutual...

Fee hikes often offsetting fixed rate decrease

The number of mortgages available for borrowers has risen by 34% since April 2012...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
Appointments

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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