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Older home owners taking equity release from their properties are, on average, £12,400 worse off today than they were last year,...

Mojo Mortgages’ data has revealed that extending a mortgage from 25 to 35 years can cost the average first-time buyer an...

Half of all UK homes have increased in value in the first half of 2024 by 1% or more, says Zoopla. This...

Some 3m UK households are to be hit with further increases in mortgage repayments over the next two years, the Bank...

Almost three quarters of Millennial and Gen Z buyers - those aged 18 to 34 - think energy efficiency improvements will...

Higher mortgage rates are a drag on house price growth says Zoopla - and it’s produced startling figures to prove it. The...

Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...

The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...

Nearly four in 10 portfolio landlords, those with four or more properties, plan to increase the size of their portfolios in...

After reaching the milestone of £250m in 2022, specialist lender Cohort Capital increased originations by 60 per cent in 2023 to...

Respected estate agency and property consultancy Savills is warning that house prices may dip in 2024. In the run-up to Christmas it...

The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Two-year fixed rate mortgages have dipped below six per cent for the first time since June this year. Back in June there...

Just Refer, a new referral portal for national brokerage Just Mortgages and financial services arm Just Wealth, has supported brokers in...

The first time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, will reach £74.1 billion by 2025, according to research by Coventry...

The Nationwide says high interest rates are helping to redefine the housing market in terms of transaction volumes and choices of...

Almost 400 misleading promotions by later life mortgage firms have been binned or amended, thanks to the Financial Conduct Authority.   The...

The Bank of England says net mortgage approvals decreased from 54,600 in June to 49,400 in July, although approvals for remortgaging slightly increased...

Nationwide says the sharp rise in the costs of mortgages is causing a "significant drag" on the housing market - but...

Maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, recently shared news that some maintenance jobs have risen up to £60. The average cost of eight...

According to a new analysis by Warwick Estates new build house prices have substantially risen over the past 12 months. The construction...

Living as a resident in London can burn quite a hole into your pockets, but in comparison, by how much exactly? Recent...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the housing market in a major way and has only added pressure for banks to give...

The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...

A mortgage advisor is urging prospective buyers to act now before the stamp duty holiday comes to an end. Matt Colley, director...

Activity levels of members of the mortgage and protection network HL Partnership (HLP) are 32% higher than in the first quarter...

Mortgage, lending and banking customer relationship management (CRM) system, eKeeper, has successfully integrated DocuSign’s eSignature functionality into its intermediary-focused CRM, MortgageKeeper. The...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage products for spring 2019. The restored range includes a choice of two and five-year fixed rate...

Fluent Money is taking another 1,400 sq ft in its head office building in Horwich, near Bolton. This follows a combination of...

Brits only own the equivalent of an average-sized kitchen and bathroom at the point of officially entering into a mortgage, according...

Fresh data from UK Finance has found that borrowing and lending for house sales increased in both value and volume in...

The number of mortgages in arrears has declined in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, being the lowest level since...

Bank customers are at risk of paying an extra £400 if they chose not to remortgage after their fixed term deal...

First-time buyer sales soar last month as landlords abandoned the market following the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge on 1...

First-time buyer activity grew strongly in March as they fought back against property investors. Total first-time buyer transactions 32,500, the highest monthly...

The average amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging has hit a new high with borrowers taking out £31,887 on average. This is...

Two-fifths of UK workers earned less than the increase in the average UK home’s value last year, new research shows. House prices...

New research suggests that the Government's clampdown on buy-to-let is scaring off investors. Almost one in 10 UK adults say they have...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...

Britain is becoming a nation of "forever renters" as the lifetime cost of renting exceeds £50,000, driving home ownership out of reach...

Nationwide Building Society has announced the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy Isa savers. Savers are free to claim the minimum...

More than 7,000 Nationwide Building Society customers opened Help to Buy Isa accounts in the first week. Some have already applied for Nationwide’s Save to...

Leading lenders Halifax and Nationwide have announced how much interest they will be paying on their Help to Buy Isas. The new...

Life remains tough for first-time buyers with a shock fall in completions in the three months to October. The new figures underline the...

The Chancellor's pledge to build 400,000 new homes and support young buyers in London have been welcomed by the property industry but...

Halifax is offering first-time buyers and homemovers a £500 giftcard to spend in Currys and PC World. The offer is available to...

Five-year fixed rates are the latest mortgage battleground with HSBC and Leeds Building Society both launching market-leading rates. This shows that lenders...

Repossession rates have fallen to another new low but brokers warn that will quickly reverse when interest rates finally start rising. Repossessions...

Equity release lending has surged to an all-time high in the second quarter of this year. The £384.3 million of lending is...

The British Bankers’ Association is working on a project that ensures small businesses won’t be left out in the cold. Banks will...