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Rightmove says the average first-time buyer mortgage payment is nearly £150 lower than the mortgage rate peak in July 2023.   Rightmove’s weekly...

New data from Santander shows that parents wanting children to attend one of the top 500 state primary schools outside of...

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

Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...

New research suggests that last year cash buyers accounted for the highest percentage of market activity seen in the last decade...

UK lender Standard Life Home Finance has announced a new EPC scheme to encourage consumers to make their homes more sustainable.   Upon...

Virgin Money has launched The Retrofit Boost, a new mortgage product designed to help home owners improve their property’s energy efficiency. The...

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

The West Brom - the UK’s seventh largest building society - is now offering a range of fixed rate mortgages to...

There’s been particularly sharp criticism for the Bank of England’s decision at the end of last week to hold base rate...

Overall, the total value of the UK housing market contracted by 21% in the year to March 2024, on the back...

LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has launched a new up to 100% standalone debt consolidation...

It might look like house prices have stabilised, staying relatively flat over the first four months of 2024, but at least...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, claims...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

HSBC used the Easter period to launch its Energy Efficient Homes range, tailored for UK residential first time buyers, home movers...

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

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

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

Lenders are offering more fixed deals with incentives since the start of last month - November - but analysis by Moneyfactscompare...

A new analysis of the new build housing market for next year suggests that eventually there will be a bounce, triggered...

The research chief at lettings agency Hamptons says it’s likely that landlords have been hit harder by high interest rates than...

The UK's largest mortgage lender expects house prices to fall this year and next before rising in 2025. Lloyds Banking Group -...

A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year...

A specialist business bank is strengthening its proposition for portfolio landlords with a new Green Reward cashback offer. Redwood Bank says it...

The latest industry index on property fall throughs by quick-buy property firm House Buyer Bureau shows the problem accelerating across the...

Mortgage-related fraud has increased by 32.8 per cent in the past year, it’s been claimed. Apex Bridging has analysed the number of...

Fleet Mortgages is offering landlord borrowers £1,000 cashback if they improve the Energy Performance Certificate of the property to a C...

Accord is once again cuts rates across its residential mortgage range by between 0.15% and 0.25%, at a time when market...

Accord Mortgages is making further changes to its buy-to-let and residential rates. For the second time in as many weeks, buy to...

Despite the recent economic turbulence, the bridging market has seen more requests for fast, short-term finance. This type of finance provides certainty...

Accord Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let range to offer lower rates to brokers and their clients. The intermediary-only lender is...

Newly released figures from MPowered Mortgages has revealed that two thirds (66%) of the housing market is cut off from homebuyers...

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

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

Equity release allows homeowners aged 55 and over to gain access to the value of their property by turning it into...

In the tough current economy, British homebuyers will cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a...

Equity release allows the older generation to release some of the money from the value of their home through a series...

In this guest piece, Jess Gerrow, vice president of marketing at Token provides insight into the human side of Open Banking. Driven...

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

Giraffe 360, a leading estate agent media provider has shown that homes marketed via the use of virtual tours boast a...

In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...

The average first-time buyer (FTB) is spending £223,751 on their first property, 24% more than in 2016, according to new analysis...

Over the weekend, Nat Daniels - CEO of Angels Media, the founder of the Today sites - penned this piece in...

New research from HBB Solutions claims that 54% of all available land plots listed for sale across England have already gone under offer...

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

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

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

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...

Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...

Deposit Unlock, a mortgage scheme that allows new build buyers to purchase with a 5% deposit, has launched nationally with 17...

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...

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...

Roma Finance has launched new bridging and development ranges with improved rates and enhanced criteria. The new bridging range, called RomaPrime, is...

According to new research from the homebuying platform, YesHomebuyers,  the majority of UK homeowners spend between £500 to £1,500 a year on...

The latest mortgage search activity data from Legal & General Mortgage Club (L&G) shows signs that the market is beginning to...

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...

Mortgage borrowing in the UK has now reached its highest level since 1993, with home buyers looking to make the most...

Complete FS Ltd is working with Roma Finance to provide a brand-new buy-to-let exclusive. After partnering with the bridging, buy-to-let and development...

Mortgages have not typically been viewed as a high-risk service when it comes to money laundering, but as the practice becomes...

Advisers have recently faced a relentless succession of challenges in the attempt to source consistent returns for clients in an environment...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its fee-free five-year fixed rate mortgage at up to 95%...

Conveyancing technology provider ULS Technology has announced the arrival of DigitalMove Remortgage for mortgage brokers. This new functionality aims to help brokers...

Furness for Intermediaries has made reductions across its 95% product range. This includes the two-year fixed rate products, which now start from...

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has lowered rates on selected products across its core buy-to-let (BTL) F1 and F2...

Paragon Bank has improved the way customers can apply for its saving range by introducing a postal application process for selected...

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...

Knight Frank Finance has launched a later life finance team, making it the first major player in the property sector to...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new product suite for advisers, named the Heritage range. The product, which is available...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased its loan to income (LTI) multiplier across its residential range for applications where the...

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...

Nottingham Building Society has cemented its position as a leading Cash Lifetime ISA (LISA) provider as it becomes the only society...

Over-55s now make up nearly 200,000 owner occupier housing transactions in England each year, according to the latest study from the...

Leek United has launched a new suite of mortgages including fixed rates with interest only, cashback and no fees options. Its new...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new cashback mortgage with no completion fee. The new residential mortgage is a two-year...

Tougher lending rules are surfacing after the expansion of the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) into one of the UK’s...

M&S Bank has extended its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 95% on three new products in a bid to further assist first-time...

Retirement Advantage has announced new enhancements to its range of mortgage products aimed at older landlords. Last year, the retirement income provider...

Over three quarters (76%) of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications via intermediaries resulted in a completion in Q1 2018, the highest number...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) have launched an exclusive product for homeowners who want to pay...

Specialist finance provider Together recorded strong progress and record lending volumes in the quarter to 31 December 2017, with its loan...

Accord Mortgages has launched five competitive remortgage options for borrowers with a 25%, 20% or 10% deposit. The new remortgage range from...

M&S Bank has launched its first mortgage range and developed a first-time buyer range to support first-time buyers (FTBs). The bank’s first...

LSL Group has announced two exclusive five-year fixed rate products with Leeds Building Society. The buy-to-let products – with rates of 2.94%...

The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a range of two-year mortgages to help first-time buyers (FTBs) take their first steps on the...

Free legal assistance is still a popular option among the majority of borrowers remortgaging with Accord Mortgages. Figures from the lender show...

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) has announced a two-year fixed rate of 2.49%, which will be available to appointed representatives of the...

Half of BTL brokers still unware of upcoming PRA changes Just over half (54%) of brokers believe that they fully understand what...

Figures from Accord Mortgages show a jump in remortgage applications over the summer, with borrowers grabbing competitive mortgage deals ahead of...

TMA Mortgage Club is giving its members an exclusive fee-free 75% LTV discount rate deal following its partnership with The Melton...

Approximately 1,500 members of The Nottingham Building Society (The Nottingham) are to receive a share of a £70,000 ‘cash back’ reward...

Accord Mortgages has revealed competitive remortgage options with a £495 fee and the benefit of additional features. The new products from the...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced its new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help brokers prepare for the PRA Phase 2...

Accord Mortgages has now added more choice to its product range by reducing rates at most LTVs and offering a new...