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A new analysis of the housing market suggests approvals will rise following the first Bank of England base rate cut of...

The average shelf-life of a mortgage product has dropped to just 17 days, down from 30 days a month, according to...

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

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

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

Atom, a UK app-based bank, has been accredited as a lender by the British Business Bank under the new Growth Guarantee...

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

oneyfacts data reveals the average shelf-life of a mortgage has dropped to 15 days, down from 28 days a month prior. Month-on-month...

Jersey's mortgage rates have been consistently higher than those in the UK, sparking concern among consumers and prompting our investigation, according...

The proposed merger between mortgage and financial service providers Nationwide and Virgin Money is to be investigated by the UK's competition...

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

Building societies' mortgage balances grew in the six months between October 2023 and March 2024, when they had declined across the...

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

Independent mortgage monitor service Moneyfacts says rises to average two- and five-year fixed mortgage rates have gained pace month-on-month. The overall five-year...

Many buy to let landlords have made financial changes during the cost of living crisis to mitigate the rising costs of...

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

Lloyd’s pre-tax profits were just £1.6 billion between January and March, down from £2.3 billion for the same period last year. The bank...

Mortgage lending has fallen by -28.6% in the past year, according to a new analysis. Octane Capital analysed gross mortgage lending data*...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

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

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Mortgage advisers Larry Barreto and Tassib Hussain have been sentenced for fraud offences following a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct...

Mortgage approvals jumped 7.7% in February to 60,383, and were 40% higher than they were a year ago, new figures from...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Thursday March 28 was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to...

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

The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...

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

There’s been an angry reaction to news that from today - March 18 - Halifax is changing the maximum age allowed...

The average shelf-life of a mortgage product is just 15 days, with lenders increasing fixed rates, says Moneyfacts. Average mortgage rates on...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown has identified three major risks associated with the current market, characterised by falling house prices and larger...

At the middle of last week Nationwide slashed its rates to the most competitive of all in the current lenders price...

The UK’s residential mortgage market has started 2024 with the biggest choice of products for prospective borrowers in over 15 years. A...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

A poll of leading economists for London-focussed business newspaper City AM reveals that some believe a Bank of England base cut...

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

The Office for Budget Responsibility - part of the Treasury but operating independently of government - is forecasting house prices to...

Moneyfacts is reporting that there’s what it calls a “thriving choice” of mortgage options.  Its latest UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report shows the number...

The Bank of England has held base rate at 5.25 per cent, with most analysts saying this is likely to be...

PriceHubble, a supplier of data solutions for real estate and finance, has acquired WhenFresh, delivering data and decision engines to banks,...

A range informal media briefings on behalf of the UK government suggest that an extension of the current mortgage guarantee scheme...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, which equates to an extra...

There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...

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...

There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...

New seller asking prices rise by just 0.2% (+£890) this month to £366,247, which is notably lower than the average increase...

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

With many borrowers under the cosh because of the cost of living crisis, lenders are offering brokers a chance to learn...

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

New research by RIFT Tax Refunds reveals that by March 2023 household bills will cost 11% of the average person’s salary. The cost-of-living crisis...

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

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

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...

A new analysis from the specialist lender Together finds that 24% of UK’s FTBs would prioritise and pay more than the...

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

Q1 2022 saw the average number of mortgages placed per year by intermediaries fall slightly from the previous quarter, according to...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, estate agent Barrows and Forrester discovers which Paddy’s-themed street names, from Guinness to Clover, command...

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

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

New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...

Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...

More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...

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

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

Data released by independent equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), shows that there’s a continued desire amongst their customers to...

According to new research from equity adviser Key, the Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day...

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

Despite market delays, over half a million homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the...

Some areas of the UK market have seen house price growth slow substantially, suggesting they could be in for a rough...

Activity in the housing market continued to increase in March, with Legal & General seeing a record number of searches after...

More than eight out of 10 brokers use the affordability calculator of up to six lenders when sourcing a single case,...

New research from Knowledge Bank has revealed that homeowners are utilising second charge mortgages to raise money to invest in buy-to-let...

Savings made during lockdown have allowed some borrowers to reduce their debt commitments, with a record £17.6 billion of mortgages repaid...

The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...

Adviser-facing resources have been released in recognition of the equity market predicted to pick up in 2021. Pure Retirement has put together a...

With tomorrow’s Budget expected to be one of the most significant in recent history, fresh research by MoneySuperMarket reveals 74% of...

The managing director of bespoke property search firm Index West Midlands says the government must urgently review the UK’s ‘outdated and...

Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...

In the rush to complete property transactions by 31 March, it would be too easy to overlook putting buildings insurance in...

As we leave behind one of the strangest years in memory, we anticipate starting fresh in 2021. With a buoyant housing...

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has reported the behavioural shifts and factors still influencing customers due to the ongoing effects of the...

Together has updated its criteria to allow more automatic property valuations to reduce costs and speed up mortgage applications. The specialist lender...

Like most industries impacted by the Covid pandemic, the world of bridging finance has experienced a contradictory, sometimes stormy and altogether...

The current stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers an estimated £817 million, with the potential to reach £1.5 billion before...

A mortgage advisor is urging prospective buyers to act now before the stamp duty holiday comes to an end. Matt Colley, director...

Half (47%) of people who haven’t yet retired and experienced lockdown loneliness are now reconsidering their later life plans, according to...

Shawbrook Bank has announced the return of some of its pre-pandemic criteria following the easing of lockdown. The specialist bank was among...

Paymentshield has launched a series of webinars to help brokers develop general insurance (GI) knowledge to enable them to protect and...

There is evidence of continuing volatility in the mortgage market, with different criteria searches among brokers reaching the top five, according...

Pure Retirement has started the new year by making changes to its heritage range criteria, aiming to give consumers more choice...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Specialist banking group, Paragon, has reported a 16% increase in first-half mortgage lending to £834 million – up from £721 million...

Trussle, the UK’s first online mortgage broker, is campaigning for fairer mortgages. The company has launched a manifesto which seeks to champion...

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

There has been a shift in broker searches regarding equity release, while searches for lenders that allow houses of multiple occupation...

My Home Move has won the title of ‘Best Conveyancing Firm’ at this year’s Mortgage Strategy Awards. This award follows the firm...

HL Partnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) have announced that they will host a series of eight regional conferences in...

Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...

The buy-to-let sector could be entering another period of stabilisation, according to recent analysis carried out by Mortgage Brain. The cost of...