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interest-only mortgages
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Let-to-buy
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Remortgages
Taylor Rose appoints firm stalwart as head of remortgage
Taylor Rose has promoted long-standing team member Vicki Maflin to head of remortgage as...
13 January 2026
December slowdown masks steadier footing for mortgage market heading into 2026
Mortgage activity eased sharply in December as the year-end lull set in, but annual...
13 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
Borrowers moved early as rate cut expectations built, Twenty7tec data shows
Mortgage search activity reached its highest level of the month on 9 December, nine...
19 December 2025
Stonebridge data points to resilient mortgage market as rates ease
Stonebridge, one of the UK’s largest mortgage networks, has published its latest Mortgage Market...
17 December 2025
IMLA predicts sustained growth in mortgage lending through 2027
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is forecasting rising mortgage lending volumes through 2026...
16 December 2025
Barclays lowers rates again as three-year fixes see sharpest cuts
Barclays has announced further reductions across its mortgage range, with three-year fixed rates seeing...
15 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
Mortgage lending rises sharply but affordability pressures persist
The Bank of England’s 2025 Q3 Mortgage Lenders and Administrators Return shows a notable...
9 December 2025
Barclays cuts mortgage rates across remortgage and existing customer ranges
Barclays has reduced a wide selection of mortgage rates, with several products now dropping...
9 December 2025
Newcastle cuts two-year residential rates amid demand for shorter fixes
Newcastle for Intermediaries has cut rates across its two-year residential range for both purchases...
8 December 2025
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COMMENT
Analysis
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
Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion
If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...
28 May 2026
Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
27 May 2026
Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20
The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...
26 May 2026
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The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors
Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...
2 June 2026
banks
HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges
HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
2 June 2026
First-time buyers
NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens
Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...
2 June 2026
Appointments
Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team
Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...
2 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