Notices

  • Savings customers - interest rates on many of our variable rate savings products will be decreasing from 29 January. We have emailed or written to you to let you know of how these interest rate decreases affect you. See our variable savings rate changes

  • UK Landlords - The Renters’ Rights Bill, introduced in September 2024, received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and is now law as the Renters’ Rights Act. Read more about what to expect.

  • Savings: Interest rates for Windfall Bond will decrease by 0.25% from 1 January 2026. We will write to all customers individually to confirm the new rates.

    Mortgages: Tracker mortgages will change on 25 January 2026 and we will write to customers individually with revised payment details where the new rate exceeds the minimum rate (or ‘floor’) already applying to their mortgage.

  • Mortgage products - On Tuesday 20 January 2026, we made changes to our mortgage product range. This includes enhanced Buy to Let HMO criteria, now catering to properties with up to six bedrooms (previously four bedrooms)

    Managed Mortgage Rates and Discounted Variable Rates

    From 7 February 2026, we'll be decreasing our Managed Mortgage Rates (MMR) by 0.15%. All on-sale discounted variable product rates and other details, including representative examples displayed on our website, have been updated to reflect these lower rates.

    We will shortly be writing to existing customers who have been impacted by this change, with details relevant to them.

  • Our Market Tracker Cash ISA (2) paying 4.03% AER is now back on sale. Find out more

Our lending criteria

Read about how much we may be able to lend, for how long and the types of property we will lend on.

Here is a summary of our current lending terms for our mortgage products:

Owner Occupier mortgage lending criteria Buy to Let lending criteria 

 

Please note that these documents offer a summary of our lending criteria and should be read in conjunction with product specific literature. Any specific queries should be referred to a member of our New Business Team.

 

If you do wish to speak to a member of our team please have the following information to hand before you phone us. This is so that we can refer you for a telephone assessment with a Mortgage Adviser as quickly as possible:

  • Full details of any income you receive (we do require exact figures)
  • Your projected pension income figures if the mortgage term will carry on after you retire
  • Your monthly / annual council tax payments
  • Details of any credit commitments
  • Details of any life insurance payments
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Maximum mortgage term guidelines

Find out the maximum term available for our mortgages depending on your age.

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