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The Swansea reports mortgage growth at AGM

Swansea Building Society has reported growth in assets, mortgages, savings and capital reserves for...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

Darlington posts record lending as mortgage growth lifts assets above £1bn

Darlington Building Society reported record gross mortgage lending of £234m in 2025, as the...

The Cambridge reports record lending in milestone 175th year

Cambridge Building Society has reported a record year as mortgage lending rose sharply during...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

Tipton outlines transformation drive as profits dip and savings hit record high

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society has reported lower profits but record savings balances...

The Vernon grows assets to £534m as annual profits reach £2.8m

Vernon Building Society increased total assets to £534m in 2025, while reporting profit before...

Mortgage arm helps drive LSL to higher profits and record margin

LSL Property Services said growth in its mortgage business helped lift underlying operating profit...

MAB reports record £32bn of mortgages last year

Mortgage Advice Bureau said it arranged £32bn of mortgages in 2025, a record for...

TPFG hails record year as mortgage business hits 25,000 loans

The Property Franchise Group has put financial services firmly at the centre of a...

Vida Bank doubles new lending in first full year after banking transition

Vida Bank more than doubled new mortgage lending to £1 billion in its first...

The Swansea grows assets and mortgage book as 2025 profits hold firm

Swansea Building Society increased assets, savings and mortgage balances in 2025, while reporting profit...

The Newcastle reports strong 2025 results

Newcastle Building Society has reported a rise in profits and continued customer growth in...

Royal London protection sales rise 17% as new business approaches £1bn

Royal London has reported strong growth in its protection business during 2025, with new...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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