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Hamptons analysis of Countrywide estate agency data shows that in the first half of 2024, Londoners purchased 33,130 homes outside the...

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

Unencumbered rental properties present a big opportunity for brokers to grow buy to let business, says financial specialist Brightstar. In a video...

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

The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, according to the latest Lloyds Bank...

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

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

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

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

Data from UK Finance suggests that interest-only mortgage holders are showing no obvious signs of distress despite interest rates remaining high.  There...

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

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

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

The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

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

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

There’s been a 46 per cent increase in ‘for sale’ stock hitting the market as sellers look forward to a Boxing...

There’s been a backlash from the mortgage industry following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Eco U-turn last week.  In recent months a growing...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee does not meet until June 22 but that doesn’t mean there’s any let up...

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

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 which postcodes estate agents with the highest turnovers reside. Registered property transactions over 3 months, the...

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, claims that England’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) could surpass 5 million homes by 2025.  Over the past decade,...

The latest market analysis by Unlatch, the new home sales progression and aftercare platform for developers and housebuilders, reveals where Birmingham’s...

The latest research by Alliance Fund shows that the government’s decision to cut stamp duty could boost new housing delivery by 16%. The changes...

An interesting notion to contemplate has recently been dissected by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, which looked at what the...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, recently commissioned a survey of 1,225 UK homeowners to reveal the biggest worries and concens homeowners...

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...

New research by estate agent comparison website GetAgent reveals that holiday lets are heating up. The findings show that holiday lets account...

New research by the estate agent comparison website, GetAgent, suggests that there are major inconsistencies when it comes to the number...

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

In the last decade, the property market across England and Wales has witnessed £2.7 trillion added in value, a 67% increase...

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

Limited housing stock is seeing one in 10 homes (11%) get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market –...

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

In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...

Property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, claim that London is still a dominant force in the build-to-rent market. Since the Covid-19, pandemic market...

Property maintenance remains a vital part of the rental sector as providing legal homes that are comfortable for tenants to live...

Living as a resident in London can burn quite a hole into your pockets, but in comparison, by how much exactly? Recent...

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...

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

Property developer, StripeHomes, announced that in the last year the value of new homes delivered has fallen by -6.7%. StripeHomes were able...

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

New-build homes are proving ever-popular among homebuyers, and the latest research by Unlatch has revealed where the nation’s demand for new-build homes...

UK transactional rental platform, Rentd, revealed that the London rental market is on the rise. The research shows a quarterly increase in rental...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has discovered that the vast majority of UK homebuyers want to see the practice of gazumping made...

New research from property lending expert, Octane Capital, has revealed that rental market stock levels have plummeted across the major cities in...

Property lending expert, Octane Capital, recently released new findings about the global total volume of privately rented properties. The research concludes that the...

The housing industry, like many other sectors, experienced a tumultuous 2021 as the pandemic continued to trigger exponential house price rises....

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found that garden offices, garage conversions and kitchen...

PEXA, the Australian-founded fintech, has announced its plans to launch in the UK this year, following significant progress in testing its...

New research conducted by the property lending experts, Octane Capital, claims that over the last five years the buy-to-let sector has...

The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...

This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...

New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...

A study from London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves uncovered which London boroughs have been the busiest in the past...

More than three-quarters of the UK’s period homeowners admit they are unsure of how to improve their properties as part of...

New research conducted by specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, has revealed that 15% of landlords lack knowledge about impending...

The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...

When looking at the problem for a greener future many people point to cows or cars, when in fact the housing...

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has found the cost of buying a property across one of the nation’s festive road names, with a...

London estate agent Bective recently conducted a property market analysis. The findings show that London ranks third place for the third-largest...

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

Property buyers in certain cities could enjoy a hat-trick of savings via the stamp duty holiday, a reduced mortgage deposit requirement and...

Landbay has launched a new range of products dedicated to non-portfolio landlords looking to invest in buy-to-let properties. The new range is...

Stockport’s Vernon Building Society has relaunched its mortgage range to brokers, featuring a wide range of mainstream and specialist lending solutions. The...

Creating blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest task for mortgage professionals, particularly when you consider that client meetings, calls and...

Property investment company Cogress has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (‘IFISA’) in a move to diversify IFISA-eligible bonds. With a minimum investment...

When choosing a mortgage lender, customer service remains a “definitive priority” for borrowers, results from a Computershare survey found. Computershare, an Australian...

Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...

Legal & General Home Finance has become the biggest provider of lifetime mortgages in the first half of this year (H1). The...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has become the latest network to be added to the Mortgage Lender’s distribution panel. Brian Murphy, head of...

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

Who are you? Edward Trustworth, 23 What does it say on your business card? Founder, MyTenantedProperty.com What does the business do and what are you...

The average London property may come with an eye-watering price tag of £550,000 but the real cost of buying is even...

Residential property transactions plunged by almost half in April in the wake of a bumper March. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 45.2% last...

The housing market could suffer from construction skills deficit and plunging rental demand if the UK votes to leave the EU...

Investors remain positive about the prospects for buy-to-let despite the new stamp duty charge and forthcoming crackdown on mortgage tax relief. The latest...

The supply of rental properties plunged in the run-up to the new stamp duty surcharge on 1 April and further falls are...

Chancellor George Osborne surprised many in the property industry by confirming that larger buy-to-let investors must pay the new 3% stamp duty...

Tomorrow will mark the seventh anniversary of 0.5% interest rates but property experts warn that cheap money won't last forever. The average...

The flood of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the forthcoming 3% surcharge on stamp duty is driving house prices even higher...

The property market has made a bright start to 2016 with the average home coming to market priced £1,500 higher than...

George Osborne’s stamp duty reforms announced last December have saved home buyers £1.9 billion in the last year. The average saving since Osborne...

Half of UK homeowners are now interested in becoming a buy-to-let landlord as returns on rival investments plummet. Stock market volatility is...

The number of new properties coming onto the market across the UK increased for the second consecutive month in October. Online estate...

Buy-to-let landlords have driven a massive shift in the property market that has taken a million homes out of residential ownership...

The prime central London property bubble appears to have burst as demand falls and a surge of new stock saturates the market. Demand...

Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...

The number of house hunters in July hit the highest level in almost 11 years after leaping 5% in a month. The supply of available...

Buy-to-let landlords could lose thousands of pounds a year after Chancellor George Osborne limited tax relief on mortgage interest payments yesterday's Budget. From...

Government plans to raise the inheritance tax (IHT) allowance could inflate the housing market by putting greater restrictions on the supply...

Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have...