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Remortgages
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
Mortgage activity picks up in third quarter as FCA review reopens access debate
UK Finance’s third quarter Household Finance Review shows mortgage lending returning to growth after...
3 December 2025
Mortgage searches fall by 14.64% after Budget shake up
Twenty7tec’s latest data shows that November brought a clear pause in borrower behaviour, with...
2 December 2025
Kensington cuts residential and buy-to-let rates
Kensington Mortgages has lowered rates by up to 0.47% across its residential Select and...
27 November 2025
HSBC to further cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates
HSBC is set to lower rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, including products...
19 November 2025
Santander makes third round of November rate cuts as pricing drifts lower
Santander will cut a wide swathe of its residential and buy-to-let pricing next week,...
16 November 2025
Mortgage applications rise as lenders drive competition, says Stonebridge
Mortgage applications rose 7% year-on-year in October as borrowers continued to respond to falling...
12 November 2025
HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates
HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...
10 November 2025
Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options
Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...
9 November 2025
Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates
Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...
7 November 2025
West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers
West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...
7 November 2025
SortRefer posts record-breaking month for completions and revenue
SortRefer recorded its strongest-ever month for completions and revenue in October. The Derby-based conveyancing and...
7 November 2025
Virgin Money cuts rates across purchase, remortgage and buy-to-let ranges
Virgin Money is reducing a wide range of mortgage rates this week, with changes...
5 November 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