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The Equity Release Council (ERC) has unveiled new guidance for member firms to consider when launching retrofit lifetime mortgages. In consultation with...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Digital property pack provider Moverly has analysed the average time it takes to sell a home in 12 countries - and...
21 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. When asked whether the new Government should introduce mandatory...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agents’ body Propertymark has issued a report called ‘A Dickensian Legal Process’ exploring why it takes long and longer to...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is predicting some 1.1m residential transactions this year - but it says the glacial pace of house buying in the...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Many buy to let landlords have made financial changes during the cost of living crisis to mitigate the rising costs of...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders during February-April was £269,963, some 1.5% higher...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Large gaps remain between Mortgage Approval Prices and Asking Prices - even though there is some evidence of vendors and agents...
22 April 2024
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MPs on the all-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee want to quiz representatives from across the house selling community about...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...
15 April 2024
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Shared ownership has failed to deliver an affordable route to home ownership for too many and for too long, says a...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove reveals that Thursday March 28 was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to...
08 April 2024
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New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...
04 April 2024
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A buying agency says stamp duty is one of the biggest obstacles to a healthy housing market driven. Recoco Property Search says...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The latest housing market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows the number of buyers has risen for the...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown has identified three major risks associated with the current market, characterised by falling house prices and larger...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...
05 February 2024
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London estate agency Foxtons says its latest survey shows a major uptick in the confidence of potential sellers. While 38 per cent...
29 January 2024
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The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...
29 January 2024
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Three years ago the Financial Conduct Authority banned discretionary commission arrangements in a bid to end the incentive for brokers to...
15 January 2024
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Metro Bank says it will not, after all, be selling its residential mortgage portfolio despite widespread industry speculation that it was...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a 46 per cent increase in ‘for sale’ stock hitting the market as sellers look forward to a Boxing...
04 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
From: Breaking News
UK Finance’s latest Household Finance Review - for the second quarter of this year - lifts the lid on mortgages. The headlines...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Brokers are wanting that the recent Rightmove asking price index does not mean that sellers are necessarily in a position to...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
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
From: Breaking News
Despite the recent economic turbulence, the bridging market has seen more requests for fast, short-term finance. This type of finance provides certainty...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...
28 March 2023
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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...
01 December 2022
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Revolution Brokers claim that bridging loan lending has increased by nearly 50% since the Bank of England base rates began rising...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed which postcodes estate agents with the highest turnovers reside. Registered property transactions over 3 months, the...
03 November 2022
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Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, recently shared where the nation’s best-performing estate agents are currently located. Estate agents that receive the best values...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Research by property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, has revealed that by adding an additional bedroom to your home could...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
When it comes to boosting the value of properties, property features can make a major difference. Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
New homes PropTech platform, Unlatch, has recently been appointed as a partner to Third.i Group, the Australian-founded developer now dominating the...
11 October 2022
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Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, suggests that the property market will remain steady throughout the autumn. An analysis of property market data over...
03 October 2022
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Mortgage broker, Henry Dannel, claim that over the past 12 months there has been a 22% increase in bridging loan lending...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, reveals that properties which are slow to sell by analysing all homes that have remained on the...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
During the home buying process, specific information and documentation is required to ensure that the buyer is suitable. These checks are...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, recently commissioned a survey of 1,225 UK homeowners to reveal the biggest worries and concens homeowners...
25 August 2022
From: Breaking News
While the nation’s estate agents are demonstrating an appropriate level of time and care to fully showcase the home they are...
23 August 2022
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Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, recently analysed the postcodes that are currently ranking as the nation’s home selling hotspots. The research revealed a...
18 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The pandemic property market boom and resulting market backlog continue to impact the property transaction timeline, with the average time to...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Research from Benham and Reeves, a lettings and estate agent based in London, shows that despite homebuyers having to pay 50% over...
07 July 2022
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While digital continues to dominate the way we purchase properties, the latest property insight from YourBusinessNumber suggests that homebuyers still find...
07 July 2022
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Limited housing stock is seeing one in 10 homes (11%) get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market –...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Despite being the quicker method of selling a home, property auctions are one of the least preferred methods for home sellers...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...
26 May 2022
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Despite a more lethargic pandemic property market performance, a recent study by debt advisory specialists, Henry Dannell, has analysed sold price...
12 May 2022
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In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, estate agent Barrows and Forrester discovers which Paddy’s-themed street names, from Guinness to Clover, command...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...
01 March 2022
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Property purchasing expert, HBB Solutions, revealed that the gap between the asking price expectations of the nation’s sellers and what buyers...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...
15 February 2022
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A study by estate agent comparison site GetAgent.co.uk has found that the average homeowner in England and Wales achieved 98% of asking...
08 February 2022
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Retirement non-profit company Cognatum Estates provides advice for those who are considering selling and buying in later life. It is unquestionably a difficult...
08 February 2022
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More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...
20 January 2022
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A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...
06 January 2022
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A new study by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has uncovered how much properties could make in the current...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...
25 November 2021
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Recent research from the estate agent comparison site,GetAgent, has analysed how a house price boom has affected the cost of selling...
25 November 2021
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British house sellers are overpricing by as much as 41% when it comes to the price at which they list their...
11 November 2021
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New data from the property website, Rightmove, has revealed the number of homes listed for sale across Great Britain with an...
04 November 2021
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New research by MoveStreets, the property portal made for the mobile generation, has revealed how a picture can do more than...
04 November 2021
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Bective, the sales, lettings and property management company, recently revealed how superstitions around the number 13 often lead to homebuyers paying less for properties. Traditionally it is considered to...
28 October 2021
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New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...
24 September 2021
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The threat of Covid remains a worry for the majority of home sellers when it comes to allowing prospective buyers into...
27 August 2021
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London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves recently publicised which London boroughs homebuyers can purchase a property at a reduced...
05 August 2021
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The latest mortgage search activity data from Legal & General Mortgage Club (L&G) shows signs that the market is beginning to...
17 June 2021
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Ahead of the Queen’s Birthday this weekend, estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester researched the sold prices of properties with...
10 June 2021
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New research from GetAgent has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are seeing homes sell the...
10 June 2021
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Research from an all-in-one property platform suggests homebuyers do not sufficiently understand the processes which can contribute to a fast and...
27 April 2021
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With tomorrow’s Budget expected to be one of the most significant in recent history, fresh research by MoneySuperMarket reveals 74% of...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech
Pure Retirement has announced further enhancements to its website to support advisers in the current climate. With four product ranges now available,...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
While obtaining a mortgage makes moving home a stressful experience, finding and securing a property is more anxiety-inducing to 46% of...
27 November 2019
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Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...
27 November 2019
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The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Nearly a quarter (23%) of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange their mortgage directly with...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network held its largest bi-annual event on how members can use marketing effectively to grow their...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Knowledge Bank has launched a real time management information (MI) product that will give lenders insight into the mortgage criteria that...
17 January 2019
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Pepper Money has appointed Phil Quinn to the new role of National Account Manager. Quinn will work with Pepper Money’s key distribution...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The launch of retirement interest only (RIO) products by lenders provides a valuable alternative to the growing number of later life...
07 September 2018
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The proportion of homeowners selling up increased in May, as sellers tried to secure offers before the housing market’s typical summer...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
It's only right and proper that as a mortgage adviser you spend most of your time helping your clients buy or...
21 February 2018
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One in five British homeowners purchased a property prior to selling their existing home, a new study conducted by CoverBuilder has...
21 November 2017
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The vast majority of mortgage advisers are at risk of failing to comply with the new rules and regulations set in...
14 November 2017
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Up to 18% of homeowner’s ready to climb the property ladder find it harder than buying their first home, according to...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News
First Complete and Pink have revealed that their mortgage, protection and general insurance sales all reached record highs in 2017. The two...
02 June 2017
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The adviser community has offered broad support to the merits of a standalone equity release qualification, according to a joint survey...
20 January 2017
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Buy-to-let investors have started selling off properties as Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown begins to bite. Demand is also likely to fall...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News
TMA has launched a new general insurance proposition that lets advisers quote and apply for residential household insurance from a panel...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
More than four out of 10 pensioner landlords are seriously thinking about selling their buy-to-let property even though it offers them valuable...
20 April 2016
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Holloway Friendly has teamed up with Synaptic Software to provide its income protection policies through its online portal. It said this will offer...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News
The popularity of buy-to-let looks set to defy Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown with nearly three out of 10 over-55s planning...
07 March 2016
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Almost half of young home movers plan to wait until after the Brexit referendum to complete their property transactions. Most also believe...
07 March 2016
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House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...