The Lender’s Corner: How can we bring borrowers along on the net zero journey?

Climate change is the defining issue of our generation, yet as the shift to a low carbon world gathers pace, a number of key questions remain. Many homeowners know there’s a need for change but are unsure how to get there. Others may not realise the role they will need to play, or the options […]
The Lender’s Corner: The Great Housing Squeeze

In recent years, the number, size, and the type of new homes being built in the UK has been a huge topic of discussion for politicians and homeowners alike. We all know that the number of new homes being built has been dropping each decade with the latest figures showing that just over 1 million […]
The Lender’s Corner: The golden age of UK housebuilding

The Lender’s Corner: May 2023 | Martese Carton, Director of Mortgage Distribution, Leeds Building Society When the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took place in June 1953 the average house cost just £1,692 and the average salary was £333. Now, on the eve of His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation on May 6th, […]
The Lender’s Corner: To fix or to track?

33 years on from 1st March 1990, Martese Carton, Director of Mortgage Distribution at Leeds Building Society, looks at what borrowers must consider when choosing their mortgage 1st March 1990 has long been an important date in the history of the UK mortgage market: it was the date when mortgage rates hit their all-time peak […]
The Lender’s Corner: EPCs, climate change, and the faltering “retrofit revolution”

Our chance to combat climate change is quickly slipping away, says Leeds Building Society’s Martese Carton in the latest iteration of The Lender’s Corner The statistics are worrying. The UK has not only got the oldest housing stock in Europe with around one in five homes failing to meet the Government’s definition of a “decent […]
The Lender’s Corner: Utilising existing stock to help the housing crisis

Everyone agrees that we need to build more homes – but let’s not forget about utilising our existing housing stock, says Leeds Building Society’s Director of Mortgage Distribution Martese Carton Addressing the supply of homes is not just about building more new homes. It is also about looking at how we can make more use […]