The new rates come as part of widespread rate cuts of up to 0.20% across HSBC's residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges.

Bridging completions grew to a new record of £2.30bn in Q4 2024.

Rates now start from 3.19%.

Trudy Woolf, director of lender services at e.surv Chartered Surveyors, says that for brokers, and for everyone else with a stake in seeing new build succeed, the opportunities will...

In a small number of cases, the FCA says firms aren't attempting to provide the services customers are paying for.

Just 14% think that three more cuts before the end of 2025 is still realistic.

Rates now start from 6.34%.

The government and FCA are considering relaxing mortgage affordability rules to boost first-time buyer lending.

Grant Hendry, director of sales at Foundation Home Loans, explores how a shift towards limited company ownership is also shaping refinancing patterns.

As part of the changes, second homes for immediate family or personal holiday use are now accepted.