Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Halifax, has eased affordability calculations among its lenders for homebuyers and ...

Gatehouse Bank has relaunched its two- and five-year fixed-term home purchase plans with higher finance-to-value limits. The Shariah-compliant lender says this includes up to 95% FTV home purchase ...

Santander has reintroduced sub-4% fixed rates for home movers. The new rates will start from 3.97% for a two-year fixed rate and 3.99% for a three-year fixed rate, both at 60% loan-to-value (LTV). In ...

Lenders continue to make record levels of home loan products available, as the number of deals in March hit an all-time high, breaking levels set the previous month. Twenty7tec says last month closed ...

The Treasury has sold another slice of NatWest shares, taking the taxpayer’s stake in the high street bank to under 3%. The government took its holding in the lender to 2.99% from 3.95% in a share ...

The stamp duty changes created a spike in activity in Q1 2025 as completions increased by 30% over the quarter, Landmark Information Group reveals. The latest data shows that there was a 71% ...

As we enter the first few weeks of Spring, there continues to be a lot of noise around the future of buy-to-let (BTL) and the wider private rented sector (PRS). However, much as Spring carries ...

West Brom Building Society has lowered rates across its two-year fixed mortgage products by up to 0.31%. The society’s 80% loan-to-value (LTV) remortgage product with a fee of £999 will be cut by 0.30 ...

Access Financial Services’ mortgage brokerage saw its quarterly revenue increase 43% year on year. According to its latest figures, the company’s advisers completed 14% more loans than they did in the ...

Mansfield Building Society has returned its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for debt consolidation to 90% as part of various criteria changes. The society says the move is designed to help homeowners ...

The Financial Conduct Authority has established outposts in the US and Asia-Pacific for the first time as the watchdog bids to smooth regulatory friction and boost UK growth. In the US, the FCA will ...

The co-operative bank for intermediaries, HSBC, Gen H and Nottingham Building Society has all announced rate cuts. The co-operative bank for intermediaries will relaunch its mainstream and buy-to-let ...