Mortgages

Lloyds lent £342m under Help to Buy

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit increased 22% to £1.8 billion in the...

Kensington gets rid of administration fee

Kensington has removed the administration fee from all current products and introduced new incentives...

75% LTV is competitive area for buy-to-let

The first quarter of the year saw the availability of buy-to-let mortgage products one-third...

Kelly report into Co-op reveals management failings

The independent review chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly into the events that led to...

Strong rise in mortgage lending for Santander UK

Santander UK has reported gross residential mortgage lending of £5.7bn for the first quarter...

FCA to keynote Manchester FS Expo

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be providing the keynote address at the Financial...

Mansfield launches online affordability calculator

The Mansfield Building Society has launched an affordability calculator for intermediary introducers to enable...

TBMC launches 2.75% lifetime discount deal

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Hanley Economic Building Society. The...

Skipton publishes ‘A-Z of lending’

Skipton Building Society has today launched a new A-Z of lending, detailing its full...

LMS: 15% drop in gross remortgage lending

Monthly gross remortgage lending in March saw a monthly fall of 14%, LMS has...

CMC unveils international mortgage guide

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has introduced a new downloadable international and expat mortgage product...

Rise in numbers looking for 90%+ LTV deals

27% of those people looking for a mortgage are now hunting for deals above...

NatWest adds new deals and changes rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched two new three-year fixed rate deals and a sub-2%...

New deals from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched new residential and buy-to-let products including new Flexx for Term...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...

Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...

Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

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