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interest-only mortgages
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Consumer buy-to-let
Green BTL
Let-to-buy
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Development finance
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Commercial mortgages
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SME finance
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Asset finance
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Later Life
Equity Release
RIO mortgages
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Product Transfers
Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026
A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has...
3 February 2026
Virgin Money launches new 80% LTV fixes alongside wider pricing increases
Virgin Money has confirmed a new round of mortgage product changes, including the launch...
2 February 2026
Clydesdale Bank trims selected residential and buy-to-let fixed rates
Clydesdale Bank has confirmed a series of rate reductions across parts of its residential...
23 January 2026
Barclays steps up broker investment as mortgage volumes shift to intermediaries
Barclays is deepening its commitment to mortgage brokers as it accelerates its push for...
21 January 2026
Virgin Money cuts selected fixed mortgage rates
Virgin Money has announced a series of reductions across selected residential, buy-to-let and product...
19 January 2026
HSBC trims mortgage rates across first-time buyer and home mover ranges
HSBC UK has reduced rates across a wide range of residential mortgage products, with...
14 January 2026
Newcastle for Intermediaries trims PT rates ahead of maturities
Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced rates across its product transfer range, with pricing now...
12 January 2026
Santander renews broker pledges for 2026
Santander has renewed its Broker Pledges for 2026, extending its commitments on pricing transparency,...
12 January 2026
Barclays reduces rates across residential and remortgage ranges
Barclays Mortgages has reduced rates across a wide range of residential purchase, remortgage and...
9 January 2026
Fixed rates dominate as first-time buyers drive activity in 2025
The UK mortgage market in 2025 was shaped by falling rates towards year-end, a...
29 December 2025
Growth in mortgage lending forecast to continue despite tighter affordability
UK Finance has released its latest Mortgage Market Forecast for 2026 and 2027, projecting...
15 December 2025
Homebuyers continue to rely on brokers despite rise of digital tools
Santander has reported that mortgage brokers remain central to the homebuying process, with new...
10 December 2025
Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and withdraws Retrofit Boost and Own New deals
Virgin Money is reducing selected fixed rates across purchase, remortgage and product transfer ranges...
8 December 2025
Santander reduces rates ahead of 2026
Santander has made a further round of rate cuts, effective from 9 December, as...
7 December 2025
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COMMENT
Cover
The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up
Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...
9 June 2026
Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck
For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...
8 June 2026
The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about
There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...
3 June 2026
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...
1 June 2026
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,...
29 May 2026
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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey
Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...
10 June 2026
Blogs
Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers
Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...
9 June 2026
News
Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering
Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...
9 June 2026
Appointments
NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion
NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...
9 June 2026
PROFILES
Steve Caruthers on understanding how lenders operate
Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom
Profile: Andrew Lloyd, CEO of Fignum