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A new study by David Wilson Homes reveals over half of Britons are unfamiliar with the stamp duty fee – and...

Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad totalled £9.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest analysis from...

A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. When asked whether the new Government should introduce mandatory...

The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, according to the latest Lloyds Bank...

Nationwide has joined a year-old campaign to speed up the home buying process through increased digitisation. The society has joined the Open...

Estate agents’ body Propertymark has issued a report called ‘A Dickensian Legal Process’ exploring why it takes long and longer to...

The Nationwide has calculated that house buyers with mortgages are now pay far above the long term average. The lender, in its...

Fewer than half (46%) of potential first-time buyers believe this week’s General Election will improve their buying prospects, despite manifesto pledges. Labour...

Intermediary the Mortgage Advice Bureau claims to be breaking new ground by partnering with Effective Home to transform the landscape of...

Official Bank of England figures shows that net mortgage approvals for house purchases totalled 61,100 in April, little changed from 61,300...

Rightmove is predicting some 1.1m residential transactions this year - but it says the glacial pace of house buying in the...

Londoners looking to buy a home can expect to spend 42% more on monthly mortgage payments than tenants pay on rent,...

Chain-free homes command asking price premiums of 3.9% over homes on sale with buyer-chains - and in one location at least,...

UK mortgage lending is forecast to grow just 1.5% (net) in 2024, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Outlook for...

Purplebricks has launched Purplebricks Mortgages Limited - taking over from the old Strike Financial Services brand.  A year ago the Strike online...

An analysis of government house price data by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests the typical mortgage term for a first time...

MPs on the all-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee want to quiz representatives from across the house selling community about...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...

A 2,000-person survey has revealed the diverse financial routes that first time buyers take to get on the property ladder. The survey...

A buying agency says stamp duty is one of the biggest obstacles to a healthy housing market driven. Recoco Property Search says...

Fewer people are concerned about paying their mortgage and fewer believe mortgage affordability is a barrier to home buying.  That’s the verdict...

The ‘average’ 25 year mortgage term is increasingly becoming a thing of the past says USwitch. A recent study of the data...

The true cost of stamp duty is two thirds greater than the tax itself because it obliges buyers to spend far...

The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

The vast majority of high net worth individuals have faced mortgage rejections and had to accept lower loan-to-value ratios than they...

Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...

New research indicates that the Bank of Mum and Dad may not be as prevalent as it once was, with the...

New research from Aldermore suggests that some 55 per cent of prospective first time buyers are currently seeking to raise a...

The average price of property coming onto the market for sale rises by 1.3 per cent (equivalent to £4,571 for an...

A high proportion of first time buyers take advantage of some form of assistance when purchasing their initial home. That’s the verdict...

The government has launched a consultation setting out plans to improve the transparency of land trust information. Land ownership through a trust...

The Conservatives are working on a series of schemes to help first time buyers to be unveiled at the Budget in...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Britain dropped back sharply in 2023, following two years of...

London accounts for the highest proportion of homebuyers using family inheritance to fund property purchases, according to compliance platform Thirdfort.  Some 18...

Online Mortgage Advisor has conducted a research by looking at how much property prices have outgrown local wages during the past...

Knight Frank says a reduction in mortgage costs as early as February - or perhaps more likely in Q2 next year...

First time buyers aged 18 to 34 are primarily relying on advice from family and friends rather than a broker for support on the homebuying process, according to Coventry for...

The Mortgage Lander is warning that mortgages rates will need to come down more, and faster, to really kick-start the housing...

Some 45 per cent of homebuyers cited in a survey say slow property lawyer response time is a key pain point...

A new study by a price comparison platform suggests that many younger Britons are waiting to inherit before buying a home. In...

A digital mortgage broker has launched an online tool aggregating data from over 50 Buy to Let lenders to calculate what...

Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...

The number of three-year fixed mortgage products available from lenders has been rising over the last few months as borrowers coming...

Metro Bank customers will now benefit from a smoother house buying process thanks to a new partnership with Legal & General...

LendInvest has launched automatic DIPs - decisions in principle - as part of its latest platform update. The automated DIP process means...

UK Finance’s latest Household Finance Review - for the second quarter of this year - lifts the lid on mortgages. The headlines...

UK mortgage customers are turning to fixed rates and lump-sum payments as interest rates rise, according to new research by Butterfield...

Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...

Research published by the Home Builders Federation shows that the new homes owners will save an average of £135 on monthly...

It’s turning into a buyers’ market as sellers are accepting on average £14,000 or 4% less than their asking price, according...

Autumn 2023 will see the return of the Homebuyer Show Scotland in Glasgow, a dedicated show for Scottish homebuyers looking to...

The latest sentiment survey by Knight Frank saw the demand for electric vehicle charging points continue, and 35% of respondents rating...

Technology firm, OneDome, has bought CMME Mortgage and Protection for an undisclosed sum. Describing itself as the world’s first eHomebuying platform, OneDome...

With the festive season around the corner, many homeowners are itching to pull out the stops with their Christmas decorations.  According to...

Revolution Brokers claim that bridging loan lending has increased by nearly 50% since the Bank of England base rates began rising...

New findings by Revolution Brokers suggest that despite the increasing cost of borrowing, buying is less expensive than renting.  The analysis was conducted by...

The FinTech mortgage lender using AI to simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, MPowered Mortgages, has recently expanded its...

Foreign buyers from the United States have been benefitting from a weakening pound to the greatest extent, the latest research by...

Older borrowers could be missing out on the best mortgage and equity release deals through fears about the security of their...

New findings by Revolution Brokers reveal exactly how much more money homeowners and buyers can expect to pay for their mortgage...

An interesting notion to contemplate has recently been dissected by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, which looked at what the...

After a hot season, research by property developer Stripe Property Group, has revealed that Newcastle United sits top of the Premier...

During the home buying process, specific information and documentation is required to ensure that the buyer is suitable. These checks are...

Amidst the soaring cost-of-living research by Warwick Estates reveals that homebuyers could save £1,200 a year by purchasing a new-build home...

Since seeing a pandemic inspired boost back in 2019, the latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...

Recently, MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to enhance the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgages, announced it has...

After the phenomenal win, England was crowned UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 champions after the 31-game tournament came to an end with...

Although the property market is excelling, sustained levels of buyer demand have caused pertinent delays at the back end of the...

As a first-time buyer looking for your first home can be quite a daunting prospect, especially when it comes to figuring...

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

In this guest piece, Adrian Plant, director of Shared Ownership at Leaders Romans Group and Calum Toone, mortgage advisor at Mortgage Scout, delve into the...

This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...

Often, we are sold the dream of settling down with a partner and purchasing our dream house together – but, what...

New research from sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, claims that new build homes are likely to sell 28 days faster compared to existing...

Stipendum, the platform that aims to simplify life’s complex events, has released a number of top tips to help the nation’s...

The pandemic has changed the way people have grown accustomed to travelling, with many forced to opt for other methods of...

One in 10 Britons have been deterred from applying for a mortgage due to poor credit scores, new research by The...

As the average property price is up 9.6% in 2022, many buyers want to get the best deal for their new...

The 'National Home Buying Week: Live in London' show is set to return to London on Saturday March 19. The event, formerly...

A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...

Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...

First Time Buyer’s Fortnight aims to give potential homebuyers the information they need to make more informed decisions about the home...

This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...

In this guest piece, Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and director at regulated property buyers, GoodMove, presents tips on everything home movers need to...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that living close to one of the...

With the interest rate rising from 0.25% to 0.5%, Brian Murphy, head of lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, shares his top tips homeowners...

Scott Clay at Together - the specialist lender - has shared a few tips for couples considering buying their first home...

Retirement non-profit company Cognatum Estates provides advice for those who are considering selling and buying in later life. It is unquestionably a difficult...

A study by specialist mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, has discovered that homes surrounding London’s royal parks command an average house price...

New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...

As we’ve entered another New Year, now is as good a time as any to re-evaluate our spending habits and get...

Research from estate agent Nested has found how decking the halls could impact the sale of your property this festive season as...

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has found the cost of buying a property across one of the nation’s festive road names, with a...

First-time buyers (FTBs) that have bought their home in the last 18-month period since March 2020 have experienced an increasingly expensive...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...

In this guest piece, Uswitch compiles a list of common occurrences that can impact a credit score, along with potential remedies...

New research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has revealed how much money the UK government lost as a result...

Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...

James Andrews, senior personal finance editor at money.co.uk, offers up top tips on how those planning to purchase a home with...