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

Brokers can look forward to a strong second half of 2024, according to an industry leader. Rob Jupp, group chief executive at...

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

Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...

The Conservatives are set to lose nearly half of homeowner votes this week, latest polling from national estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals....

Fewer than half (46%) of potential first-time buyers believe this week’s General Election will improve their buying prospects, despite manifesto pledges. Labour...

 A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...

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

There’s been particularly sharp criticism for the Bank of England’s decision at the end of last week to hold base rate...

Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110...

A number of major mortgage lenders have announced rate increases just as the election campaign enters its second half. Barclays has increased...

oneyfacts data reveals the average shelf-life of a mortgage has dropped to 15 days, down from 28 days a month prior. Month-on-month...

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

The mortgage market is resilient enough to endure temporary political uncertainty created by next month’s General Election. That’s the view of Jonathan...

Higher-for-longer interest rates are likely to remain for the rest of this year, warns the deVere Group, an independent financial advisory...

Rightmove says there should be a review of mortgage affordability criteria undertaken by the next government. The portal’s mortgages expert Matt Smith...

Analysis by an estate agency shows that since the 1980s, house prices have climbed by an average of 5.4% in the...

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...

There’s a warning that the general election campaign will probably mean that the interest rate cuts hoped for in June will...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, claims...

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

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

Leading agency Knight Frank says demand for new homes is generally robust, dependent upon the location and pricing.  It says its regional...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says first time buyers could benefit from a "revolution in home ownership" with 25-year fixed-rate mortgages. Reeves says...

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

Jo Breeden, managing director of Crystal Specialist Finance, writes: In his recent speech, the Prime Minister scrapped the proposed changes to EPC...

Atom bank has announced a partnership with climate tech business Kamma to give “an unparalleled view on both the physical and...

Estate agency group My Property Box has launched a financial services arm. My Property Box Financial Services offers advice on a wide...

A study of 7,000 people by a specialist predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion by...

The Bank of England’s latest base rate rise - up 0.25 per cent to 5.25 per cent - has been poorly...

Capricorn Financial Consultancy has released its market expectations for 2023, predicting that the UK mortgage market will have to acclimatise to...

Over the weekend, Nat Daniels - CEO of Angels Media, the founder of the Today sites - penned this piece in...

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight, intelligence and decision automation to the UK mortgage market, has launched a brand new vision...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new flexible pricing methodology on the Classic lifetime mortgage product range. The new initiative...

Knowledge Bank and Iress have joined forces to provide the UK’s first fully integrated product and criteria sourcing system for brokers. Through...

Like most industries impacted by the Covid pandemic, the world of bridging finance has experienced a contradictory, sometimes stormy and altogether...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced new product launches and lower prices to broaden its product range. The new range will...

Pure Retirement has decided to expand its ‘Classic Lifetime Mortgage’ range to a wider selection of the equity release market. The latest...

Eleven new brokers will begin training with Just Mortgages’ broker academy in the New Year. The new members will join the firm’s...

Intermediaries believe they can hold out against the uncertainty being caused by Brexit and the general election, according to the Intermediary...

Clever Lending has launched a new online portal to enhance the way brokers manage their specialist lending enquiries and speed up...

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage products for spring 2019. The restored range includes a choice of two and five-year fixed rate...

Financial advice network Openwork has extended its partnership with mortgage technology firm, Mortgage Brain, in a bid to provide its advisers...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the election of a new Chair. Phil Rickards will take up the role from...

L&G Mortgage Club will be hosting another live conference in London this autumn following the success of last year’s event. Attendees will...

It's been quite the year politically. Brexit, Trump's election, the triggering of Article 50, a new French President and now another...

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

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month...

Research carried out by Equifax Touchstone, analysing the intermediary marketplace, has revealed that Northern Ireland had the highest regional mortgage sales...

The partnership between TMA Mortgage Club and Mortgage Brain has been extended, with TMA committing to offer Mortgage Brain's latest technology...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the names of a selection of industry experts who will be speaking at its...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has announced that it is expanding its roadshow this year from 10 to 12 regional...

A leading buy-to-let broker has partnered with a new lender to improve its selection of offerings. Commercial Trust has added Vida Homeloans...

Sourcing systems have been around for so long now that it's easy to think they have the same features and capabilities...

Major high-street bank HSBC has announced that it is expanding the availability of its mortgages through four additional brokers. The new brokers...

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...

New data showing a sharp decline in property affordability in the UK capital will put pressure on the new London mayor...

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has streamlined its Classic Range to make product selection more straightforward for brokers and landlords. All rates...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages. These include its first-time buyer deals and a selection...

Barclays has unveiled a selection of new residential mortgage products and reduced rates on a further 13 mortgage products. It said the...

Mortgage Trust has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range. It has unveiled new two, three and five-year fixed rate products at up to 80%...

The property market is set for a strong finish to 2015 after a healthy 8% rise in house purchase lending in...

Paragon Mortgages is targeting professional landlords with its new "winter range" of buy-to-let mortgages. The range includes 22 new products designed for...

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...

Brokers have criticised Chancellor George Osborne's hint that the Bank of England will be given new powers to regulate the buy-to-let...

There is further evidence of a slowdown at the top of the market as the pace of house price growth in...

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

The property industry has warned that Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to build 200,000 new starter homes won't be enough to keep...

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

A new report from the Bank of England shows that approvals of loans for house purchases hit a 2015 high in...

First-time buyers enjoy their strongest summer on record as sales picked up 25% in the aftermath of the general election. There were...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched new lower mortgage rates with a number of market-leading products. The competitive rates include a selection...

Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...

Two new sets of figures show the prime London property market has slumped in recent months after years of surging ahead. Analysis...

Mortgage Trust has overhauled its buy-to-let product range. The specialist lender is retaining several of its most popular fixed rate products and...

The number of first-time buyers plunged more than 27% in the year to June, with no sign of a post-election bounce. There...

House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...

While the London housing market drove UK growth in 2014, the capital should underperform the rest of the country this year,...

June was the strongest month for broker mortgage lending since the financial crisis in 2008. Total lending soared 26.5% year-on-year to hit...

Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...

The number of house-purchase approvals soared past 72,000 in June, the highest level since January 2014. Figures from chartered surveyor e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor...

The number of property valuations rose sharply in June, pointing to a resurgence of growth in the housing market. Figures from Connells...

Difficulties in putting together deposits and the General Election put a dampener on the number of first-time buyers completing property purchases...

The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...

Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...

Barclays has cut its residential mortgage rates for deals running over terms of two, three and five years. Highlights from the new...

Mortgage sourcing systems – it’s all about accuracy Since the first mortgage sourcing system was built in 1986, their capabilities, not to...

Mortgage approvals hit a 14-month high in May after rising 4% year-on-year, according to new figures from the British Bankers' Association. It said 42,530 mortgages...

Bridging lending has seen rapid growth while the mainstream mortgage market has contracted, new figures suggest. Annual gross bridging grew 35% in year...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...

There has been a rush of buyers into prime central London property in the immediate aftermath of the General Election. There are...

The price of property coming to market has surged to an all-time high after rising nearly £8,500 in a month. The average...

The property market shrugged off pre-election jitters to jump 1% in April, according to Nationwide. Experts say the housing market is now "a...

The value of remortgage lending slumped to a two-year low in March after falling 8% over the last 12 months. Total gross...

Lender First Direct is launching a market leading three-year fixed rate charging 1.68% from today. The mortgage has a £1,450 fee and...