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

More than half of mortgage intermediary firms are expanding, reflecting growing optimism amongst brokers, Paragon Bank research reveals.   The summer edition of...

Mortgage approvals on house purchases for June were 59,976 according to the Bank of England - down marginally (0.3%) from 60,134...

NatWest has announced it will introduce new Airbnb-friendly mortgage terms that embrace home sharing via short lets. And now Airbnb wants...

A left-wing academic is suggesting that the new UK Labour government should emulate the US and introduce life-long fixed-rate mortgages. Some 90...

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

Virgin Money has launched The Retrofit Boost, a new mortgage product designed to help home owners improve their property’s energy efficiency. The...

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

Total mortgage lending sat at just £50.5 billion during the first quarter of 2024, the lowest level seen since interest rates...

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

UK Finance has released its financial services manifesto, outlining key priorities the next government should focus on. David Postings, Chief Executive of...

This accounts for some of the big rise seen recently in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on...

The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment Bill) successfully passed its legislative stages as part of the last minute ‘wash up’ of...

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

Leaders. Romans Group, one of the UK's leading property services groups, has rebranded and amalgamated Start Financial Services into Mortgage Scout. Start...

UK mortgage lending is forecast to grow just 1.5% (net) in 2024, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Outlook for...

Research from independent mortgage monitor Moneyfactscompare suggests that building societies are working hard to support first-time buyers, for whom affordability has...

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

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

The average volume of UK properties listed for sale month-on-month rose by 58% in 2023 compared to a year previously, underscoring...

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

A think tank is urging the UK government to initiate mortgage market reforms to promote higher home ownership. The Social Market Foundation...

A buying agency says stamp duty is one of the biggest obstacles to a healthy housing market driven. Recoco Property Search says...

New data from Zoopla suggests that the housing market is becoming buoyant despite widespread uncertainty over the exact direction of mortgage...

April Mortgages has struck a deal for new technology to help it introduce Dutch-style loans into the UK. The new mortgage type...

The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...

Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two bed home,...

By Jonathan Samuels, chief executive of specialist property lender Octane Capital, writes: The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates on...

Just under half of mortgage brokers expect to place more limited company buy-to-let business throughout the next 12 months, Paragon Bank...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

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

Saga, the provider of products and services for the over-50s, has teamed up with digital broker Tembo to launch Saga Mortgages. The...

Nationwide has reduced selected mortgage rates by up to 0.43 per cent across its New Business, Switcher, Additional Borrowing, Existing Customers...

A new 10-point plan from the Home Builders Federation shows how policymakers could act fast to boost the supply of new,...

Many of the country’s major lenders - and quite a few smaller ones, too - have slashed mortgage rates in response...

Shawbrook Bank has seen a dramatic reduction in the time to process buy to let mortgage offers since rewriting legacy software...

The Mortgage Lander is warning that mortgages rates will need to come down more, and faster, to really kick-start the housing...

The chief executive of Winkworth estate agency chain says this week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax...

A new study by a price comparison platform suggests that many younger Britons are waiting to inherit before buying a home. In...

A digital mortgage broker has launched an online tool aggregating data from over 50 Buy to Let lenders to calculate what...

Molo, which calls itself the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender, has launched a Non-Resident Buy-to-Let Mortgages, unlocking investment opportunities for...

Mortgage approvals rose by just over three per cent from 49,000 in April to 50,500 in May according to new Bank...

Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused on helping borrowers in need of larger...

As of last Thursday, members of Legal & General Mortgage Club can now access two Skipton Building Society products on a...

THE increase in growth announced is a “very welcome” tonic for the housing sector, according to a leading property association. The National...

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...

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, recently shared new findings about rental incomes landlords have received over the past year. According to the analysis, the...

Research by property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, has revealed that by adding an additional bedroom to your home could...

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...

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...

London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, claim that before the end of 2022, house prices will increase by an...

A study done by RIFT Tax Refunds has disclosed just how much the average person would need to see their pay...

Since seeing a pandemic inspired boost back in 2019, the latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...

The Commonwealth Games begin this week and will be hosted in Birmingham. Sprinters, swimmers, and more sporting sensations will take part...

Giraffe 360 have discovered that, when marketing a rental property, adding a floor plan to the listing can significantly boost the rental...

Everyone will eventually age, which means we’re all going to be faced with Later Life mortgages, but how exactly are they...

An expert mortgage provider has grown its London team with the appointment of a new compliance manager. largemortgageloans.com (LML), a provider of...

While it seems like sold prices across England and Wales have slipped by -1.1% in the last year when compared to...

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

The Prime Minister used a housing speech in Blackpool yesterday to outline plans for a wide-ranging review of the mortgage market and housing...

As summer sets in, Brits are looking forward to spending their time abroad with foreign travel back on the cards, but...

This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...

Research from the property platform, Boomin, has discovered that living on a Valentine’s related road name could provide a substantial boost...

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight and intelligence to the UK mortgage market, has launched a Broker AVM, building on its 20-year...

A new study by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has uncovered how much properties could make in the current...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...

In this guest piece, Uswitch compiles a list of common occurrences that can impact a credit score, along with potential remedies...

A new study by MoveStreets, a property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found which home improvements are most likely...

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

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...

Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...

James Andrews, senior personal finance editor at money.co.uk, offers up top tips on how those planning to purchase a home with...

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...

Mortgage platform Smartr365 is giving brokers the chance to analyse their business performance with its new SmartrInsights feature. The platform allows firms...

Last week Thursday (May 13) marked one year since the property market in England reopened after being hit with lockdown restrictions. Ascend...

An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...

The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...

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

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...

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

The Nottingham has announced the relaunch of 90% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages for potential borrowers. In what is described as more good news...

Social media has become big business in recent years, with the number of social media users worldwide expected to hit 3.02...

Equity release advisory firm Key has strengthened its estate planning team with the hire of Andrew Parkinson as head of sales...

Workers who received a festive bonus and are looking to purchase a property in 2020 could boost their borrowing power by...

The increase in portfolio and complex buy-to-let business seen over the past two years is set to continue in 2020, according...

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has officially closed its retail investment arm and exited the peer-to-peer lending market in favour of becoming...

Fluent for Advisers has reported an increase in home improvement secured loan requests from introducers. The latest second-charge figures for June from...

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal to bolster its mortgage lending. The funding – which is from a...

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) applications. All four mortgages are...

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...

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

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...

To work with lending stress tests, Newbury Building Society has launched a buy-to-let (BTL) affordability calculator which takes top-slicing into account. The...

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...