This week’s top headlines: NatWest, Barclays and Virgin make rate changes and FCA boss talks mortgage risk trade-offs in candid,.. Read More;

Homebuyers paid £899m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in January, according to the latest HMRC statistics – up 6% from,.. Read More;

Fixed-rate mortgage pricing was flat this week, according to the latest Moneyfacts rate watch analysis. Moneyfacts found that the typical two-year,.. Read More;

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts reached £7.1 billion from April 2025 to Jan 2026, according to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC),.. Read More;

Whitehall Lending has re-joined the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) as a lender member. Whitehall Lending provides bridging, short-term, auction,.. Read More;

The Santander ‘Fixing the Broken Chain’ report published in Q3 last year, laid bare the true cost of inefficiency across,.. Read More;

The number of properties sold at auction rose by 53% year on year to 1,462 in January, new figures show. There,.. Read More;

RAW Capital Partners has joined L&G’s Mortgage Club lender panel, giving club members access to its full range of bridging,.. Read More;

The average monthly mortgage payment dropped by £119 in January compared to the same month last year, Rightmove has found. Its,.. Read More;

The Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) has appointed Vic Jannels as non-executive chair. Jannels was previously BDLA chief executive but,.. Read More;

Family Building Society has today relaxed its buy-to-let affordability assessment, resulting in additional borrowing of up to 35%. This will typically,.. Read More;

Atom bank has confirmed cuts to its Near Prime mortgages available to borrowers with small deposits. All products available at 90%,.. Read More;