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Rightmove says the average first-time buyer mortgage payment is nearly £150 lower than the mortgage rate peak in July 2023.   Rightmove’s weekly...

Extra help for first-time home buyers is on the way as Lloyds Banking Group increases the amount prospective homeowners can borrow,...

Nationwide says UK house prices fell by 0.2% month on month in August, after taking account of seasonal effects, but the...

Zoopla’s latest House Price index shows a housing market steadily recovering from the impacts of higher mortgage rates with prices rising...

Older home owners taking equity release from their properties are, on average, £12,400 worse off today than they were last year,...

Mojo Mortgages’ data has revealed that extending a mortgage from 25 to 35 years can cost the average first-time buyer an...

Marsden Building Society has announced several changes to its expat mortgage criteria, including accepting British Nationals Overseas Persons (BNOPs) and foreign...

Legal & General’s Suburban Build-to-Rent platform - known as LGSBTR - is working with the Vistry Group on a £40m deal...

Digital property pack provider Moverly has analysed the average time it takes to sell a home in 12 countries - and...

Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad totalled £9.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest analysis from...

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

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

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

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

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...

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

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

Knight Frank says a reduction in mortgage costs as early as February - or perhaps more likely in Q2 next year...

A new analysis of the new build housing market for next year suggests that eventually there will be a bounce, triggered...

The latest industry index on property fall throughs by quick-buy property firm House Buyer Bureau shows the problem accelerating across the...

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...

Inflation has been a hot topic and research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed just what...

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

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

In a recent UK housing market forecast, Rightmove uncovers what changes the industry can expect throughout 2022.  The UK's leading online real estate portal...

A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has revealed...

Across the UK property demand continues to outweigh supply. To overcome this issue house building targets have recently been revealed. During...

Perhaps the scariest thing to occur in the property market is the fall of house prices, with the latest property market...

The UK housing market has boomed over the past year, with buyers and sellers benefitting from recent initiatives. But how have...

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

Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has posted 15% sales growth to make 2015 another record year. It pinned its £46 billion of sales...

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

London property prices rose at double the pace of the rest of the UK last year, new figures show. Prices in the capital...

The housing market is facing a buy-to-let "storm" as investors rush to buy property before the stamp duty surcharge comes into...

Construction industry output fell by 0.5% in November to put even greater pressure on the UK housing market. The shortage of properties...

The UK housing market is in for a bumpy ride next year as new property taxes hit sales and prices. Higher stamp...

The IMF has warned that the UK's unbalanced housing market could threaten future economic growth. It said the UK economy is on...

London is on track to be in a house price bubble by 2017, new research suggests. The latest alarm call about the...

UK housing market activity climbed to its highest level for six months in September. The total number of property valuations was also the...

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