Mortgage
House buyers paid £899m in Stamp Duty in January – Mortgage Strategy
Homebuyers paid £899m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in January, according to the latest HMRC statistics – up 6% from...
Skipton posts mortgage balances up 7.9% to £33.3bn – Mortgage Strategy
Skipton Group posted mortgage balances growth of 7.9% to £33.3bn in 2025, up from £30.9bn in 2024. The firm, which...
Santander lowers FTB fixes by up to 0.32% – Mortgage Strategy
Santander has reduced rates across all its 85% to 95% loan-to-value (LTV) first-time buyer products by up to 0.32%. The...
09 Feb to 13 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: Nationwide allows mortgage deeds to be signed digitally and NatWest and Rightmove announce three-year partnership Explore...
A quarter of FTBs paid stamp duty before last year’s shake-up – Mortgage Strategy
Almost 37,000 first-time buyers were liable for stamp duty in the year to last April, with an average bill of...
Bellway completions nudge up as order book dips – Mortgage Strategy
Bellway’s half-yearly housing completions rose 2.7% but its order book dipped in a “subdued” Autumn, the housebuilder’s latest trading update...
02 Feb to 06 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: Virgin, Nationwide and Principality lift mortgage rates and ‘mortgage prisoners’ lose Court of Appeal challenge against...
Leek BS enhances lending policy with new 12-storey property criteria – Mortgage Strategy
Leek Building Society has expanded its lending criteria. The society has doubled its maximum storey limit for flats, alongside introducing...
Barclays, Notts, Moda and CHL raise rates – Mortgage Strategy
Barclays is increasing rates tomorrow by up to 16 basis points, while Nottingham Building Society, Moda and CHL are also...
Alternative Bridging appoints Mistry as BDM – Mortgage Strategy
Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Jignesh Mistry as business development manager for the Midlands. Mistry joins Alternative Bridging with more...
Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 26 Jan to 30 Jan
This week’s top headlines: Ground rent to be capped at £250 per year and the FCA seeks views on how...
SDKA appoints Holehouse at underwriter – Mortgage Strategy
SDKA has appointed its sixth customer-facing underwriter James Holehouse. Holehouse joins from Salboy where he held the position of development...
