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The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals that intermediary confidence has now recovered to its...

Growing mortgage product choice shows growing confidence in aspects of the housing market, even before anticipated rate cuts. That’s the view of ...

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

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

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...

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

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries - part of the OSB Group - has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and...

A new analysis of the UK’s buy to let mortgage market shows just how much it’s grown over the past decade,...

An internationally-ranked chess player who swindled £750,000 through mortgage and tax fraud has been jailed. Robin Moss spent more than £115,000 of...

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

During these uncertain economic times, people are extra careful with their money, and to this end, new research reveals that 48%...

If you’re a single person, you may have realised that one-bedroom units are hard to come by, and this isn’t all...

This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...

The value of the nation’s spare rooms is estimated at around £791.5 billion, and that’s just those of homeowners that admit...

New research by MoveStreets, the property portal made for the mobile generation, has revealed how a picture can do more than...

Wealth management and property lending specialist Tier One Capital has secured a £6.5 million revolving credit facility from Shawbrook Bank for...

This week, West One Loan’s buy-to-let (BTL) division has revealed a raft of product and criteria changes, including a new product...

Action must be taken to encourage greater gender diversity in the adviser community and help support female clients, as part of...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has announced major criteria changes which will see maximum borrower exposure limits raised by more...

UK buy-to-let lender Landbay has joined the network panel of Commercial Finance Brokers UK (CFBUK). CFBUK is a whole of market commercial...

Specialist property finance trade body FIBA has confirmed that it will hold a virtual ‘Annual Conference 2021’ on January 20. The event,...

One Mortgage System (OMS), the enquiry-to-completion processing platform for brokers, has broadened its support and development teams with two new additions. The...

Specialist lending distributor Promise Money has launched a brand-new website and processing system for brokers. Following a rebrand from Promise Solutions, Promise...

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

Brits only own the equivalent of an average-sized kitchen and bathroom at the point of officially entering into a mortgage, according...

The voting for the national customer service awards which recognises the nation's best mortgage brokers closes at the end of this...

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance for intermediaries across its specialist buy-to-let and...

After a period of expansion and steady growth, Mortgage brain has completed a £2.5 million redevelopment of its office in Croydon. The...

Tenet, a Leeds-based mortgage adviser support group, has announced a new partnership with specialist lender Vida Homeloans, the latest in a...

The surge in buy-to-let transactions in the run-up to the stamp duty surcharge on 1 April has left first-time buyers facing...

Buy-to-let landlords have announced a new summit as part of their crowdfunding campaign to abolish the Chancellor George Osborne's tax grab. The...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has held interest rates again with a unanimous 9-0 vote yesterday and experts say there is...

A rush of investors to complete their transactions ahead of the new stamp duty surcharge is driving a surge in buy-to-let...

The number of mortgages on the market has hit a post-crisis high with broker-distributed deals leading the charge. Total deals on the...

Interest rates on buy-to-let mortgages continue to drop as lenders tempt landlords rushing to beat the stamp duty surcharge deadline. New figures from...

Buy-to-let investors have been urged to choose their conveyancer carefully if they want to beat the new stamp duty surcharge. Specialist lender...

New figures show that the UK tax rate on buy-to-let investments is already higher than in many other countries, even before Chancellor George...

Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...

More than 10,000 buy-to-let landlords have disclosed previously undeclared income following a campaign by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). HMRC's Let Property Campaign,...

Changes to the stamp duty system introduced at the end of last year have led to a slowdown in sales of...

Nearly one in five landlords plan to buy more buy-to-let properties despite the looming threat of Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown. New...

The over-55s are set to go on a property buying spree, new research suggests. More than a third of homeowners over the age...

Residential property transactions fell by 4% between June and July, according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. July's seasonally-adjusted figures...

As many as four million 18-39 year olds are actively trying to purchase a buy-to-let property to cash in on the...

A London mortgage broker who evaded almost £115,000 in corporation tax by lying about his company profits has been sentenced for...

A sharp drop in new property supply is forcing house prices ever higher with the average asking price now just a...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages increased sharply in the first month following Chancellor George Osborne's pension freedom revolution. The choice of deals has...