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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Homes in England and Wales spend an average of 36 days on the market before a sale is agreed, Zoopla data reveals. The latest figures show that 52% of sales are agreed within the first two months of a ...

Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Halifax, has eased affordability calculations among its lenders for homebuyers and remortgagers, adding that typical households will now be able to borrow an extra £38 ...

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 ...