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It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

Rightmove has broadly welcomed the raft of proposals put forward by the new Labour government to help first time buyers, but...

A left-wing academic is suggesting that the new UK Labour government should emulate the US and introduce life-long fixed-rate mortgages. Some 90...

An estate agency’s research shows a regional breakdown of how the first time buyer market could change if the new government...

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

One of the Bank of England monetary policy committee members has advised against a cut in base rate on August 1. Jonathan...

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

The Conservatives are set to lose nearly half of homeowner votes this week, latest polling from national estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals....

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

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

The significant majority of mortgaged residential properties currently below Energy Performance Certificate band C could achieve band C or above by...

Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...

The industry is sceptical about the effectiveness of Labour’s nw ‘Freedom To Buy’ initiative, which effectively makes the current mortgage guarantee...

The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment Bill) successfully passed its legislative stages as part of the last minute ‘wash up’ of...

Bank of England base rate has been held at 5.25% - where it has been for nine months. The Bank’s monetary policy...

The Bank of England has signalled that more than one interest rate cut is likely this year - but the question...

A think tank is urging the UK government to initiate mortgage market reforms to promote higher home ownership. The Social Market Foundation...

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

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says first time buyers could benefit from a "revolution in home ownership" with 25-year fixed-rate mortgages. Reeves says...

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

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

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

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

A national brokerage has warned there is a danger of a shortfall in protection cover for borrowers. Just Mortgages claims there is 'a business and...

Throughout the years the government has pledged to deliver new homes to make more affordable properties available to the public.  New build-...

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

According to new figures released by Mojo Mortgages, UK homeowners are now borrowing more money from mortgage lenders than ever before...

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...

House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...

The mortgage market has started 2016 "with a bang" as gross mortgage lending rose 21% year-on-year. Lending hit £17.9 billion in January,...

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...

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...

Confidence among buy-to-let landlords remains high despite the threat of new taxes and tough regulatory changes. The latest survey from Paragon Mortgages shows...

The Labour party has outlined plans to impose further cuts to tax breaks for landlords and introduce rent controls to keep...

The prospect of an interest rate hike in the UK may be closer than markets realise, according to a Bank of...

Recent surveys showed UK rental prices have hit a record high and it shows no slowing down. According to the figures, landlords...

Help to Buy schemes have created 131 new homeowners every day since April 2013, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has said. More than...