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Approvals for both purchases and remortgages fell again in August, with mortgage borrowing and consumer credit borrowing rising from the previous month, according to the Bank of England’s latest data.
The central banks' Money & Credit statistics for August found that net mortgage approvals - an indicator of future borrowing - for house purchases fell to 54,900 from 55,900 in July and were below the six-month average of around 60,100
29/09/2026
Almost half of Britons feel financially unprepared for major life events, despite recognising the importance of long-term financial planning, according to new research
28/09/2026
More than half (55%) of Scottish adults with complex income who do not own their own home fear they may never get on the property ladder, according to research from Pepper Money
24/09/2026
Building societies paid savers an extra £2.1bn in interest in 2025 compared with average rates offered by the UK’s largest banks, Moneyfacts has found
24/09/2026
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) receipts from income tax, capital gains tax (CGT) and national insurance contributions (NICs) reached £230.9bn between April and August, up £16.6bn on the same period last year.
PAYE income tax and NICs accounted for exactly £214bn of the total, £16.9bn higher year-on-year
22/09/2026
£85.5bn is held in instant-access cash ISAs opened before 2020, with savers earning an average interest rate of just 1.94%, according to analysis from Skipton Building Society.
The analysis of CACI Current Savings Database stock data for June 2026 found that the £85.5bn held across adult instant-access ISAs opened between 2000 and 2019 could generate almost £1.7bn more interest a year if it were earning 3.90%, equivalent to Skipton’s highest-paying easy-access ISA rate at the time of the analysis
21/09/2026
Today's round up of developments coming out of the consumer finance space, featuring Monmouthshire Building Society, Pepper Money, Saffron Building Society and Leeds Building Society
17/09/2026
Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced its seminar schedule for MBE London, which will take place at the Business Design Centre on 20 October
17/09/2026
The vast majority of business leaders in the financial services sector have said their roles have become more complex since 2020, Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) has stated
17/09/2026
Consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose 3.1% in the 12 months to August, up from 2.9% the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.
On a monthly basis, CPI inflation rose 0.5%, up from 0.3% the previous year
16/09/2026
Major UK lenders have begun a second wave of mortgage rate increases ahead of this week’s Bank of England (BoE) base rate (BBR) decision, according to new research
15/09/2026
The number of first-time buyers (FTBs) borrowing more than 4.5 times their income increased two thirds year-on-year following changes in regulation, Plum has revealed
14/09/2026
Overall product choice in the savings market has continued to beat all-time high, increasing to 2,642 deals including ISAs in September, Moneyfacts has revealed.
The firm’s latest UK Savings Trends Treasury Report found that excluding ISAs, product count rose to 1,894, which is the highest number of non-ISA products on record
10/09/2026
Over two in five (41%) mortgage holders who switched banks said they did so to access a better mortgage rate, the Current Account Switch Service (CASS) has revealed
08/09/2026
Major lenders are raising mortgage rates as higher swap rates put pressure on pricing margins, with HSBC and NatWest among the biggest banks to increase rates since the start of September, Moneyfactscompare has warned
07/09/2026