Press releases for January 2026

09 January 2026

Rate cuts for Halifax mortgages from 9th January 2026 Rates cut by up to 16bps across the range Product Highlights Halifax homebuyer mortgage products from 9.1.26 Halifax Term...

09 January 2026

Recognise Bank has completed a £556k residential bridging loan to support the renovation of an investment property in central London, while also releasing capital to support the borrowers’ trading bus...

08 January 2026

We’re pleased to confirm we are reducing rates across a range of products, effective from tomorrow, Friday 9th January. Please find details below. Existing product decreases Residential Purchase On...

08 January 2026

Join us in Wetherby and London! We are proud to be sponsoring The Specialist Lending Event 2026, the premier roadshow for brokers that focuses on the specialist lending market. This event will provid...

08 January 2026

UK house prices dipped in December House prices dipped by -0.6% in December, following a -0.1% fall in November Average property price is now £297,755, the lowest since June Annual growth slowed ...

08 January 2026

Aspen has increased the market scope of its award-winning Bridge To Let product with the introduction of a combined term of up to five years, as well as reducing rates on both the initial bridge and t...

08 January 2026

Fleet Mortgages, the buy to let specialist lender, has today (8th January 2026) announced the launch of new remortgage products with cashback options, alongside a series of rate reductions and product...

08 January 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has promoted Barry Ireland and Wes Baker to Regional Account Director, reflecting their sustained performance across the bank’s Bridging Finance and Specialist Mortgages div...

07 January 2026

The Halifax House Price Index for December 2025 will be issued via press release at 0700 hrs on Thursday 8th January 2026.

07 January 2026

Black & White Bridging has appointed Nick Russell as Commercial Director with immediate effect. The role of Commercial Director has been recreated at Black & White Bridging to build on the business's...

07 January 2026

Firstly we’d like to wish you a happy & prosperous new year. We have a number of private lenders who are very keen to deploy funds and as such we have some market-leading Bridging Finance and Develop...

07 January 2026

Interpolitan Money today announced its strongest year of performance to date, as accelerating global mobility and rising demand for structured cross-border capital solutions drove exceptional growth a...

07 January 2026

Richard Pike, chief sales and marketing officer at Phoebus Software: “December rounded off a dismal year for UK housebuilders with another sharp fall in activity – although the rate of contraction ea...

07 January 2026

Happy New Year! As we kick off January, we want to wish all our partners a very happy and successful start to the year. We know this is often one of the busiest months, diaries fill quickly, reviews...

07 January 2026

Square 1 Media, the award-winning specialist PR and marketing agency, has announced the opening of a Leeds office as part of its national expansion. The move follows a strong period of client growth ...

07 January 2026

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading representative body for the conveyancing industry, has today (7th January 2026) confirmed it has submitted its formal responses to the Government consult...

07 January 2026

Fifth Due Diligence & Monitoring Report project hits £4.1m in total managed funds Goldentree Financial Services has appointed DPT Monitoring Surveyors on a fifth development project, representing £4...

07 January 2026

Acquisition enhances SmartSearch’s position as one of the UK’s foremost digital KYC and AML compliance platforms Wednesday, January 7th 2026: Ilkley-based digital compliance specialist SmartSearch ha...

07 January 2026

Analysis by lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has found that the proportion of people listing home improvements as the primary reason for releasing equity from their homes is the highest it’s b...

07 January 2026

Dudley Building Society has today launched three new five-year fixed mortgage products, cutting rates by between 15 and 50 basis points (bps) across its core residential and recently launched Skilled ...

06 January 2026

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has today (6th January 2026) announced a Spotlight webinar session looking at the economic outlook for 2026, featuring Simon French, Chief Economist at UK bank, Panmure Lib...

06 January 2026

Non-HMO landlords spend 25% of average gross rental income on running costs, while HMO landlords spend 45% Average annual running costs reach £19,604 for non-HMOs and £35,720 for HMOs Property mai...

06 January 2026

Stay ahead of the curve with HSBC UK’s CPD approved Mortgage Fraud Prevention webinars – with a brand-new theme for 2026. These sessions will give you practical insights into the latest fraud trends,...

06 January 2026

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has today (6th January 2026) outlined its calendar of member events which will take place throughout 2026 at venues across the country, as well as online. The ...

06 January 2026

The Brightstar Group has appointed Clare Jupp as Managing Director of The School Fees Company; the Group’s newly launched specialist business designed to help families organise and fund school fees wi...

06 January 2026

Complex case and bridging finance specialist Market Harborough Building Society has made a host of rate reductions to start the new year. This includes lowering its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) by 0.1...

06 January 2026

Aspen is cementing its position as one of the leading specialist lenders to UK developers and foreign national investors with cuts of 60bps across all its products. On its new 2026 Rate Card, Heavy ...

06 January 2026

GB Bank has delivered its first full year of post-tax profitability alongside significant growth across its balance sheet, lending and deposit base, according to its latest Annual Report and Accounts....

06 January 2026

The Wealthy Advisers Club, the largest protection and mortgage adviser training community in the UK, has announced its plans and date (21st January 2026) for its London Conference. The Conference wil...

06 January 2026

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £4.49 million advance to support the share-purchase acquisition of two residential portfolios in South Wales comprising 65 properties. The transaction was in...

06 January 2026

Darlington Building Society has increased the maximum LTV across its limited company buy to let range from 75% to 80%. The move builds on the society’s entry into the limited company market in Novemb...

06 January 2026

Hope Capital Property Finance has begun the new year with exceptional momentum, reporting record-breaking performance across all department within the business. Comparing year-end 2024 with year-end ...

05 January 2026

Adrian Moloney, Group Intermediary Director at OSB Group, said: “Behind the ‘Divorce Day’ headlines, the biggest pressure point for many separating couples is housing. Research from Legal & General l...

05 January 2026

From today, Monday 5th January we’ve reduced the stress rates used in our domestic Buy to Let affordability calculations. Stress rates are an important part of the assessment when understanding mortg...

05 January 2026

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05 January 2026

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today (5th January 2026) announced the appointment of Alan Davison as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Alan will join the Fo...

05 January 2026

Paradigm, a leading provider of mortgage, protection, and compliance services, has today (5th January 2026) released a set of three Special Edition Mortgage Market videos as a part of its Paradigm Ins...

05 January 2026

Malgwi will lead the bank’s newly re-branded Afin High Net Worth proposition Afin Bank has made Tippie Malgwi its Head of High Net Worth and Diaspora Banking in a move acknowledging the growing impor...

05 January 2026

Specialist broker Loans Warehouse has completed almost £2 million in regulated bridging finance last month, working in partnership with Market Harborough Building Society across two highly complex tra...

02 January 2026

With effect from Monday 5th January, we’ll be making a number of reductions to our residential and BTL mortgage rates. Please click here to view the upcoming changes. HSBC UK For Intermediary use o...

02 January 2026

From Friday 2nd January 2026, Leeds Building Society will make reductions of up to 0.26% across its mortgage range to support first-time buyers, home movers, and mortgage holders coming to the end of ...