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Lloyds and Halifax to close combined 21 branches in May - full list
Lloyds Bank and Halifax - both part of the Lloyds Banking Group - will close 21 branches in May as part of wider plans to ...
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds: Lenders bank on interest rate cut as mortgage ‘price war’ heats up
Top UK lenders are offering more mortgages to prospective house buyers, the Bank of England has revealed, as falling interest ...
Mapped: the shops and banks that are going from the High Street
The rapid rate of Britain’s High Street decline has been revealed in a new interactive map which shows major retailers and ...
Mortgage Finance Gazette4d
Lloyds Banking Group relaxes mortgage stress tests to boost borrowing
Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Halifax, has eased affordability calculations among its lenders for homebuyers and ...
Mortgage Solutions4d
Halifax, Bank of Scotland, BM Solutions and Lloyds Bank tweak stress tests to boost borrowing power
Halifax, Bank of Scotland, BM Solutions and Lloyds Bank have adjusted their stress rates, which could add up to 13% to ...
Major lenders relax mortgage rules in shake-up that could see average borrower get £38,000 more
Lloyds Banking Group has relaxed its mortgage rules, meaning the typical household could potentially borrow £38,000 more. The ...
Birmingham Mail4d
Warning issued to anyone banking with Lloyds or Halifax in May
Lloyds and Halifax are set to close a combined 21 branches in May. Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, which are all part of the Lloyds Banking Group, will shut at least 254 bank branches in ...
Halifax eases mortgage "stress tests" so home buyers can borrow up to 13% more
Britain’s biggest mortgage lender has relaxed its lending “stress test” limits to make it easier for borrowers to raise more ...