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Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from the impacts of higher mortgage rates with prices rising...

The Equity Release Council (ERC) has unveiled new guidance for member firms to consider when launching retrofit lifetime mortgages.   In consultation with...

Portfolio landlords seeking a new mortgage or remortgage are being warned of growing personal guarantee risks. Purbeck Insurance Services claims personal guarantee...

A monitor of the bridging sector suggests business is growing - mostly because of delays in the mainstream property conveyancing sector,...

Speculation continues to mount about the likely decision by the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee when it debates base rate...

Lettings agency giant Connells says the private rental sector performed strongly in the second quarter of 2024 despite worries over future...

Prime London demand climbed in Q2, reversing downward trend seen so far this year The latest Prime London Demand Index by lettings...

Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...

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

Buyers and sellers had to process a series of different numbers starting with five last week. The crucial number was 5.7%. That...

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

Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110...

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new non-standard credit buy to let mortgage, following what it calls “significant broker demand.”   The BTL...

UK Finance has released its financial services manifesto, outlining key priorities the next government should focus on. David Postings, Chief Executive of...

The European Central Bank has cut its key deposit rate to 3.75% - so moving faster than the Bank of England...

Rightmove says there should be a review of mortgage affordability criteria undertaken by the next government. The portal’s mortgages expert Matt Smith...

This accounts for some of the big rise seen recently in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on...

An analysis of period property transactions reveals that demand has slumped as low as 39.2% of previous highs because of premiums...

New data from Rightmove reveals that 95% of people planning to move home say the July General Election will not affect...

An online agency has analysed current housing market listings to see which types of home are most in demand from England’s...

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results shows the recent recovery in buyer demand has mellowed slightly, with the market impacted...

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

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

The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders during February-April was £269,963, some 1.5% higher...

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

A new report reveals the latest trends  in UK lending and borrowing, compiled by lending software company Lenvi. The most notable trends include...

FinTech company Mortgage Brain has struck a strategic partnership with SPF Private Clients, a whole-of-market mortgage broker. The deal caters for a...

The average volume of UK properties listed for sale month-on-month rose by 58% in 2023 compared to a year previously, underscoring...

New data from Zoopla suggests that the housing market is becoming buoyant despite widespread uncertainty over the exact direction of mortgage...

Homebuyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped. Demand dropped 1.1 per cent in the last quarter according to analysis by easyMoney of...

The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

Shared ownership has given the new-build division at national brokerage Just Mortgages a bumper start to 2024. New build leads and enquiries...

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

Unbiased, a platform for connecting with prospective clients, has slashed charges it imposes on mortgage advisers for a second consecutive month. Unbiased...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

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

Leading agency Knight Frank says demand for new homes is generally robust, dependent upon the location and pricing.  It says its regional...

The Family Building Society has commissioned the London School of Economics to explore the UK’s housing. Its report - called A Road...

Property lender Together is holding its third webinar for brokers in its Chalk Live series, offering new educational content along with...

One of the UK’s biggest house builders, the FTSE 250-listed Persimmon, says its 2023 sales were better than expected - but...

Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...

A record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day 2023 according to Rightmove. The 26 per cent increase in new...

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

High end estate agency Savills has issued an update on prime markets in and around London and south east England. And it...

Research from Coventry for Intermediaries has revealed that there is a clear generational difference in attitude when it comes to making...

A growing appetite amongst buyers for family homes is helping to drive London’s high value prime market, an agency claims.  Benham and...

SPF Private Clients has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Singapore office is to be headed by Scott Mitchell,...

New data from Legal & General - based on searches to its Ignite platform - suggests a diverse mortgage market during...

Following analysis of its 2023 buy to let mortgage market data, Twenty7tec has reported a significant fall in searches for buy...

End-to-end mortgage service Smartr365 has beefed up its platform to improve the experience of brokers sourcing protection packages for clients. These developments...

Contributors to a quarterly specialist finance publication have reported a 15.3 per cent increase in bridging loan transactions, totalling £191m, during...

The equity release market has seen growth for the first time in 12 months with quarterly increases in both new customers...

The Bank of England is expected to hold base rate at 5.25 per cent this week with many analysts expecting this...

Searches for interest-only mortgages rose a hefty 51 per cent in the past month as buyers seek to improve affordability. Research data...

Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul to tackle the risk of an unsustainable ratcheting up of debt. That’s the view of...

Analysts suggest that mortgage lending is likely to fall over the rest of 2023 with both demand and supply dropping thanks...

Brokers are warning that dramatic council ‘effective bankruptcies’ will increase local residents’ tax bills and so hurt mortgage affordability. This follows the...

Data from mortgage research and sourcing platform Legal & General Ignite reveals a significant spike in searches for Interest Only products...

Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market with two new products. Its variable rate BTL for UK customers is...

Legal & General’s new Ignite platform has seen a rise of 53 per cent in one month for broker searches for...

The latest house price index - this one from the Halifax - has triggered a huge wave of concern about the...

The latest monthly criteria index from Knowledge Bank highlights the pressing financial difficulties for many in the UK - and with...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...

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

Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...

Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused on helping borrowers in need of larger...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England meets on Thursday with the market expecting them to announce 0.5% raise...

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

Capricorn Financial Consultancy has released its market expectations for 2023, predicting that the UK mortgage market will have to acclimatise to...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, revealed that tenant demand has started to depreciate across the rental market. The new research is based...

Although the property market is starting to slow, Stripe Property Group claims demand for new-build homes are taking the lead. In an analysis of...

Barrows and Forrester reveal that the level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8%....

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed the busiest areas for estate agents and cities home to the most competitive markets.  The number...

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

Mortgage experts, Revolution Brokers, claim that landlords hoping to reduce void periods by investing in a buy-to-let within high-demand areas will pay...

A recent survey by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals the current homebuyer and seller sentiment. Many participants revealed feelings that...

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...

As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, reveals that properties which are slow to sell by analysing all homes that have remained on the...

The colder months are already creeping up on the nation which means that doing some patchwork around the house could make...

Despite the London market trailing the rest of the UK where the pandemic house price boom is concerned, research from London...

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

Warwick Estates recently revealed the most in-demand property features and properties in the UK. Knowledge about buyer preferences can be used...

An expert mortgage provider has grown its London team with the appointment of a new compliance manager. largemortgageloans.com (LML), a provider of...

While it seems like sold prices across England and Wales have slipped by -1.1% in the last year when compared to...

The pandemic property market boom and resulting market backlog continue to impact the property transaction timeline, with the average time to...

New research by rental platform, Rentd, shows the average price of rents continued to climb in England since the start of the...

London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed that homebuyer demand in the prime London property market has climbed on both...

There has recently been an increase in the number of buyers opting for chain-free properties, which research from property purchasing specialist,...

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...

The annual Wimbledon tournament has kicked off, with many travelling far and wide, however, recent research by London rental platform, Rentd,...

A recent analysis of the current commercial rental market reveals which sectors are currently most in demand when it comes to...

New findings by Giraffe 360 reveal that virtual tours continue to receive high levels of demand. At the height of the pandemic,...

Despite a move back to normality for those living and working within the capital, demand for apartment-style living across London is...

London rental platform, Rentd, recently analysed the current rental availability for short-term rents across the London market to reveal which boroughs...

Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...

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

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

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