Look up the lenders behind UK mortgages

This directory lists who regulates each lender, what kind of mortgage products they offer, and how long they've been operating. It does not include rates or fees, because those change daily and depend on your own circumstances, so check current deals with the lender or a broker directly.

UK mortgage lenders, listed by what's known about them

You'll find each lender's regulator status and the type of mortgages they offer here, not their current rates. Pricing changes daily and depends on your circumstances, so check with the lender directly or ask a broker for that part.

The Mortgage Lender The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is an intermediary-only specialist mortgage provider offering tiered residential mortgage products for borrowers with adverse credit including active DMPs, CCJs and defaults.

  • product_types tiered residential mortgages for adverse credit including active DMPs, CCJs, defaults, payday loans; Real Life 0 product for complex or variable self-employed income source

United Trust Bank United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank is an intermediary-only specialist lender offering residential mortgages including debt consolidation products for borrowers with adverse credit, assessed individually with no minimum credit score.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender, no minimum credit score source

Foundation Home Loans Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans is an intermediary-only specialist residential mortgage lender offering tiered products including for borrowers with adverse credit histories.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender source

Vida Homeloans Vida Homeloans

Vida Homeloans is an intermediary-only specialist mortgage lender offering residential and buy-to-let products including Credit Repair mortgages for borrowers with adverse credit histories.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender source
  • product_types residential Credit Repair mortgages, interest-only mortgages, mortgages for complex incomes, contractors, Right to Buy, joint borrower sole proprietor source

Mansfield Building Society Mansfield Building Society

Mansfield Building Society is a UK building society that uses manual underwriting and offers a tiered range of residential mortgage products including Versatility and Credit Repair ranges for borrowers with adverse credit histories.

  • lender_type building society using manual underwriting, intermediary-only for specialist products source
  • product_types standard residential mortgages, Versatility range, Versatility Plus, Credit Repair mortgages, buy-to-let, shared ownership, self-build, holiday lets source

Kensington Mortgages Kensington Mortgages

Kensington Mortgages is a specialist intermediary-only lender that has been providing mortgages for borrowers with adverse credit, complex incomes and other non-standard circumstances for over 25 years.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender source
  • product_types residential mortgages for adverse credit including active DMPs, defaults, historic CCJs, missed payments; mortgages for self-employed and older borrowers; Right to Buy and Help to Buy source

Pepper Money Pepper Money

Pepper Money is a specialist mortgage lender offering products for borrowers with adverse credit histories including CCJs, defaults and debt management plans, available only through authorised professional brokers.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender for adverse credit borrowers source
  • product_types residential mortgages, interest-only mortgages, secured loans for adverse credit borrowers including CCJs, defaults and debt management plans source

Bluestone Mortgages Bluestone Mortgages

Bluestone Mortgages is an intermediary-only specialist lender focused on bad credit mortgages, using a tailored individual assessment approach rather than credit scoring.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist bad credit mortgage lender source
  • product_types bad credit mortgages for first-time buyers, remortgage, Help to Buy, debt consolidation source

Aldermore Aldermore

Aldermore is a specialist mortgage lender offering fixed-rate residential and investment mortgage products, available exclusively through broker intermediaries.

  • lender_type intermediary-only specialist lender source
  • product_types fixed-rate residential mortgages, investment mortgages source

Paragon Bank Paragon Banking Group

Paragon Bank is a specialist UK lender that worked with ARLA members to design the first buy-to-let mortgage product introduced in 1996.

  • established_year 1996 source

Family Building Society Family Building Society

Family Building Society is a UK building society offering buy-to-let mortgages for individuals, limited companies, expats, and HMO landlords.

  • lender_type building society offering buy-to-let mortgages directly and via broker, accepting applications up to age 89 including expats source
  • product_types Individual Buy to Let mortgages, Limited Company Buy to Let mortgages, Expat Buy to Let mortgages, HMO mortgages source

The Mortgage Works Nationwide Building Society

The Mortgage Works is a specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender and wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society.

  • fca_firm_reference 189623 source
  • lender_type specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender, wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society source
  • product_types buy-to-let mortgages for first-time landlords and portfolio landlords, with deal periods from 1 to 5 years source
  • regulator_status authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under registration number 189623 source

Teachers Building Society Teachers Building Society

Teachers Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Wimborne, Dorset.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Cumberland Building Society Cumberland Building Society

Cumberland Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Carlisle, Cumbria.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Suffolk Building Society Suffolk Building Society

Suffolk Building Society (formerly Ipswich Building Society) is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Ipswich.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Scottish Building Society Scottish Building Society

Scottish Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Edinburgh and is the only building society headquartered in Scotland.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

National Counties Building Society National Counties Building Society

National Counties Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Epsom, Surrey, which also trades as Family Building Society.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Stafford Railway Building Society Stafford Railway Building Society

Stafford Railway Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Stafford, which also trades as Stafford Building Society since March 2024.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Ecology Building Society Ecology Building Society

Ecology Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Silsden, West Yorkshire.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Progressive Building Society Progressive Building Society

Progressive Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Newcastle Building Society Newcastle Building Society

Newcastle Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Wallsend, which also trades as Manchester Building Society following a 2023 merger.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Principality Building Society Principality Building Society

Principality Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Cardiff, Wales.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Leeds Building Society Leeds Building Society

Leeds Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Skipton Building Society Skipton Building Society

Skipton Building Society is a BSA member mutual building society headquartered in Skipton, North Yorkshire.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

Yorkshire Building Society Yorkshire Building Society

Yorkshire Building Society is the second-largest building society in the UK and a BSA member, operating under trading names including Chelsea Building Society and Accord.

  • lender_type mutual building society source

You know who to call. It helps to know your number before you do.

This directory tells you who's regulated and what they lend on, not what a new deal would cost you. Put your outstanding balance and remaining term through the calculator first, so you're asking the right question when you call.