House prices are holding steady with a 0.3% monthly rise and 0.1% quarterly rise in August, according to the latest Halifax house price index.

HSBC UK has announced a number of improvements to its criteria to help workers on 'zero hour' contracts to gain access to its mortgages.

The FCA has appointed Kate Collyer as its new chief economist.

Much is written about consumers engagement with the financial services industry. As with all things we should however avoid generalisations. Take a look, for instance, at three different categories...

50% of borrowers who remortgaged in July took out a 5-year fixed rate product, up from 46% in June, according to the latest data from LMS.

Dynamo for Intermediaries, formerly the Buy to Let Club, has added Bluestone Mortgages to its lender panel.

Scottish Widows has launched its standard annuity to the open market to sit alongside its existing enhanced annuity.

Vernon Building Society has appointed Caroline Shard as a business development manager.

OneFamily’s lifetime mortgage criteria is now available on the Knowledge Bank platform.

Mortgage Brain has launched Affordability Hub - a new solution displaying the maximum lending amounts of over 30 lenders.