Notices

Savings customers - the interest rates on many of our variable rate savings products will be decreasing from 6 January 2025. Find out more

We will be emailing or writing to you shortly to let you know of how these decreases affect you. In the meantime, you can see all of these changes here.
Mortgage customers - our Managed Mortgage Rate (MMR) will decrease by 0.25% from 20 January 2025. Find out more:

From 20 January 2025, we'll be decreasing our Managed Mortgage Rates (MMR) by 0.25%. 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 be writing to existing customers who have been impacted by this change, shortly, with details relevant to them.
View our Christmas opening hours here. For information on bank transfer processing times over the Christmas period please click here.
Rate changes following Bank of England decision to decrease its Bank Rate by 0.25% to 4.75% on 7 November 2024. Find out more

Savings: Interest rates for Windfall Bond and Tracker Savings Bond will decrease by 0.25% from 1 December 2024. We will be writing to all customers individually to confirm the new rates.
Mortgages: Tracker mortgages will change on 25 December 2024 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.
(Notice updated 08/11)

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Research reports

Working alongside the London School of Economics and the Resolution Foundation we've produced research reports on a range of topics.

Making better use of existing housing stock

A roundtable with the Royal Institute of British Architects: How to find more homes without building anew.

A call for integrated housing

Working with the London School of Economics, we look at why housing policy is failing.

Intergenerational wealth transfer research

Read about our research into how intergenerational wealth transfers are affecting UK families.

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Later life borrowing research

Read our research report, written in conjunction with the London School of Economics, which looks into how people are using housing wealth in later life.

Stamp duty research

Our research has revealed that Stamp Duty Land Tax is suffocating the housing market. A real change is needed.

Stamp duty holiday research

Our latest research report looks into the impact of the stamp duty holiday, that was introduced by the Government in July 2020. This academic study investigates the affects on the UK housing market and the UK economy in general.

The Generation Divide

Read about the research we undertook to understanding how the millennial generation approach important life events and how they set out to find the answers.

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