News and updates

As we wrap up another busy year, we thought it’d be a great time to look back at the conversations, insights and ideas that have helped shape 2025 through our Skipton Listens broker forums.

It’s almost time to close your office, put your feet up, and enjoy a well-deserved Christmas break. But before you tuck into the Christmas puds, we’ve put together a short video to show you all the ways we’ve helped you find a mortgage for your clients in 2025.

The journey to buying a first home can feel less like an exciting milestone and more like a marathon. Together we can help make the first step onto the housing ladder feel possible again for more people.

More first-time buyers are considering New Build homes over older properties. We offer ways to support brokers with clients looking for a mortgage on a New Build.

Discover how Skipton is helping brokers support first-time buyers with research, updates and innovative products like Track Record and Income Booster.

We recently asked first-time homeowners about their big move and 71% said it cost more than they thought it would. See how our new Delayed Start mortgages for first-time buyers could help.

We’re talking about clients who are in a situation that’s a little more complicated. Our diverse range of mortgage products means we could offer you a more flexible approach to lending. And with it, help even more of your clients.

Brokers are using Delayed Start mortgages in different ways to help their clients. Hear how a first-time buyer struggling with repair costs on their new property was able to focus her money on the essential repairs, to make the property safe and comfortable for herself and her daughter before moving in.

A broker from Countrywide spoke to us about how Delayed Start provided his clients with additional disposable income.