BBC News - UK set for a 'booming' mortgage market, say analysts
Competition among lenders suggests that mortgage rates could be cut in the coming weeks, according to brokers and analysts.
In a newly-published report, financial information service Moneyfacts said "expectations are high for a booming market in 2026".
Aaron Strutt, from broker Trinity Financial, told the BBC some 1.8 million borrowers were coming to the end of their fixed rates and competition between the lenders to issue more mortgages was likely to be even stronger this year.
"We can expect to see some more criteria easing and hopefully even cheaper fixed rates," he said.