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Both mortgage and landlord possessions actions have continued to rise in the current quarter. Mortgage claims have reached their highest volume...
12 August 2024
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Mortgage approvals on house purchases for June were 59,976 according to the Bank of England - down marginally (0.3%) from 60,134...
31 July 2024
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Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...
03 July 2024
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Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110...
19 June 2024
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Newcastle for Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage platform for its broker partners. Following the announcement of its new broker website and...
10 June 2024
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The latest report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) reveals that intermediary confidence in the industry increased in Q1 2024. Some...
20 May 2024
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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
01 May 2024
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A new report reveals the latest trends in UK lending and borrowing, compiled by lending software company Lenvi. The most notable trends include...
17 April 2024
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Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...
04 April 2024
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The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...
27 March 2024
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The latest housing market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows the number of buyers has risen for the...
18 March 2024
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Homebuyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped. Demand dropped 1.1 per cent in the last quarter according to analysis by easyMoney of...
11 March 2024
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High street bank Virgin Money UK says there is light at the end of the tunnel for mortgages and the housing...
14 February 2024
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At the middle of last week Nationwide slashed its rates to the most competitive of all in the current lenders price...
05 February 2024
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Respected estate agency and property consultancy Savills is warning that house prices may dip in 2024. In the run-up to Christmas it...
31 January 2024
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The UK’s residential mortgage market has started 2024 with the biggest choice of products for prospective borrowers in over 15 years. A...
17 January 2024
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Awareness of green mortgages is dipping among buyers, according to new research. Almost two thirds of mortgage advisers say their clients have...
10 January 2024
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Two-year fixed rate mortgages have dipped below six per cent for the first time since June this year. Back in June there...
18 December 2023
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The research chief at lettings agency Hamptons says it’s likely that landlords have been hit harder by high interest rates than...
22 November 2023
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A range informal media briefings on behalf of the UK government suggest that an extension of the current mortgage guarantee scheme...
30 October 2023
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Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...
09 October 2023
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An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
04 October 2023
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Data from mortgage research and sourcing platform Legal & General Ignite reveals a significant spike in searches for Interest Only products...
13 September 2023
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LendInvest has launched automatic DIPs - decisions in principle - as part of its latest platform update. The automated DIP process means...
06 September 2023
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The latest Mortgage Market Tracker from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association shows surprisingly upbeat market sentiment among advisers during the second...
21 August 2023
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There’s general agreement amongst brokers and other finance sector professionals that the Bank of England will next week raise interest rates...
25 July 2023
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There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...
16 May 2023
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New seller asking prices rise by just 0.2% (+£890) this month to £366,247, which is notably lower than the average increase...
25 April 2023
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Research from eXp UK, the network of personal estate agents, has revealed that in 22 UK cities, house prices are continuing to...
28 March 2023
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Octane Capital expects the total level of UK mortgage approvals to be 1.570 million by the end of 2022. That is...
22 November 2022
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House Buyer Bureau reveal that transactions could drop by 17% in spring 2023 next year. The property purchasing specialist claim that the...
22 November 2022
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We don’t like being the bearer of bad news, but a market analysis carried out by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals...
18 August 2022
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New research by rental platform, Rentd, shows the average price of rents continued to climb in England since the start of the...
07 July 2022
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Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...
17 May 2022
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Q1 2022 saw the average number of mortgages placed per year by intermediaries fall slightly from the previous quarter, according to...
12 May 2022
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Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...
05 May 2022
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As summer sets in, Brits are looking forward to spending their time abroad with foreign travel back on the cards, but...
21 April 2022
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Mortgage approval levels could climb right through until Christmas as the pandemic property market boom shows little sign of slowing, new...
19 April 2022
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The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...
13 January 2022
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Research by GetAgent has revealed how asking prices across many areas of the property market tumbled in the wake of the...
13 August 2021
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According to new research from Direct Line Life Insurance, 6.3 million Brits would choose marriage over a mortgage. The research also...
17 June 2021
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Only a quarter (27%) of UK adults have sought financial advice ahead of ‘freedom day’ despite Covid-19 causing financial uncertainty, according...
02 June 2021
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Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...
13 May 2021
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Activity in the housing market continued to increase in March, with Legal & General seeing a record number of searches after...
29 April 2021
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More than eight out of 10 brokers use the affordability calculator of up to six lenders when sourcing a single case,...
27 April 2021
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Mortgage technology solution providers Twenty7Tec and Eligible ai have partnered to encourage advisers to use technology that will retain existing clients. The...
30 March 2021
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Landbay has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) from 75% to 80% and announced two new buy-to-let products. Both products are available on two...
15 December 2020
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Just Mortgages is set to launch a new wealth division next year called Just Wealth. The brand-new venture will see Just Mortgages...
26 November 2020
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Landbay has released two new buy-to-let products on the back of its recent product refresh. The first of the new products is...
10 November 2020
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UK specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced its partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, one of the largest mortgage and protection networks...
22 October 2020
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Virgin Money has become the latest lender to join Lendex, the new multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage Brain. Lendex allows...
03 September 2020
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Mortgage Brain has confirmed that Nationwide Building Society has joined Lendex, its new multi-lender application and submission gateway. This latest integration will...
19 August 2020
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The days when lenders would continue to overlook poorly prepared applications are coming to an end, specialist mortgage advisers Fluent Mortgages...
19 July 2019
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Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is the first UK lender to go live with an innovative digital system developed in Denmark. Developed...
13 February 2019
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A fifth of current mortgage holders believe they will still be paying off their mortgage beyond the age of 65 –...
28 November 2018
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Steve Olejnik has been appointed managing director of Mortgages for Business. Taking over from David Whittaker (who set up the independent brokerage...
21 August 2018
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Mortgage Brain’s next generation lender gateway, Lendex, will now be used as a digital mortgage transaction tool by nine major lenders. Lendex,...
30 July 2018
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One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance for intermediaries across its specialist buy-to-let and...
10 July 2018
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The buy-to-let sector could be entering another period of stabilisation, according to recent analysis carried out by Mortgage Brain. The cost of...
04 July 2018
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Bluestone Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec, a leading provider of technology solutions to the lending industry. This means Bluestone is the first...
27 June 2018
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UK lenders were given an insight into Mortgage Brain’s vision and technology strategy for the next generation at three exclusive events...
21 June 2018
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Specialist property finance lender LendInvest has announced its new buy-to-let (BTL) loan products for the specialist lending market. Targeted at professional property...
21 November 2017
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Vida Homeloans has attracted £1.6 billion decisions in principle (DIPs) and £800 million in applications one year after launching its specialist...
06 October 2017
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Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has announced the appointment of Dan Watson to its sales team. Watson will work predominantly in the South...
03 February 2017
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A 1.68% 3 year fixed rate online exclusive has been launched by Furness Building Society. The 80% LTV Product, with a £995...
07 November 2016
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Despite intense speculation that interest rates would be cut, the Bank of England has confirmed that its base rate will remain...
14 July 2016
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Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move and...
17 June 2016
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Demand for UK property has dipped for the first time in 12 months in the latest sign of housing market weakness. However,...
12 May 2016
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The surging remortgaging sector has helped to offset April's seasonal housing market slowdown, new figures show. Total valuations carried out in April rose...
09 May 2016
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The latest edition of the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Figures show mortgage lending was strong in the first quarter...
03 May 2016
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Lending to both residential buyers and property investors soared over the last year but experts warn there is a slowdown in...
14 April 2016
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UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...
13 April 2016
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The number of people buying their first home has grown almost 7% over the past year despite growing concerns over affordability. The...
31 March 2016
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House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...
09 March 2016
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Mortgage brokers have suggested that the wheels may be coming off the buy-to-let bandwagon after new figures showed lending to landlords...
17 February 2016
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Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...
15 February 2016
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Buy-to-let rents are growing strongly outside Greater London with an average increase of 5.5% over the last year. Rents in the South-East grew fastest...
10 February 2016
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First-time buyer numbers fell nearly 5% in December as the traditional winter cooling hit the UK property market. Some 26,600 buyers took...
29 January 2016
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Gross mortgage lending jumped 8% in 2015 to hit a better-than-forecast total of £220.3 billion. Lending in December totalled £19.9 billion, up 23% on...
22 January 2016
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Construction industry output fell by 0.5% in November to put even greater pressure on the UK housing market. The shortage of properties...
18 January 2016
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Average UK rents climbed 3.8% in 2015, twice as fast as wages, new research shows. This was largely down to the housing...
15 January 2016
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Mortgage lending for house purchases slumped nearly 10% to £10.7 billion in November as the winter slowdown set in. Despite the dip...
15 January 2016
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The number of first-time buyers topped 300,000 in 2015 for the second year in a row, new figures show. This is a...
11 January 2016
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The number of investors purchasing buy-to-let properties through a limited company rose sharply in the final quarter of 2015, new figures...
08 January 2016
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The housing market is set for its strongest December since 2006 and next year should be equally buoyant, according to Rightmove. Asking...
14 December 2015
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November has seen the smallest seasonal drop in new seller asking prices since 2011, setting the scene for higher prices in...
16 November 2015
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Buy-to-let lending continued to race ahead of the mortgage market in September as investors ignore Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors drove large quarterly and...
12 November 2015
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A dip in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in September was offset by a sharp rise in remortgaging. The Bank...
30 October 2015
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Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...
14 October 2015
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UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...
15 September 2015
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Lloyds Banking Group has held onto its lead as the UK's biggest mortgage lender despite losing market share. Santander hopped above Nationwide to...
07 September 2015
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Latest figures suggest housing market momentum is getting stronger despite a “wobble” in July that saw a sharp dip in activity. Housing...