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

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

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...

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

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

After a brief absence for what it calls “operational reasons” the Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% market with...

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

UK residents need an average salary of close to £54,000 to purchase a property, according to new research.  The study shows that...

Shared ownership has failed to deliver an affordable route to home ownership for too many and for too long, says a...

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

Shared ownership has given the new-build division at national brokerage Just Mortgages a bumper start to 2024. New build leads and enquiries...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means that...

New research indicates that the Bank of Mum and Dad may not be as prevalent as it once was, with the...

New research from Aldermore suggests that some 55 per cent of prospective first time buyers are currently seeking to raise a...

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...

Tomorrow’s King’s Speech, setting out the legislative agenda for the coming year, looks certain to include leasehold reform - and the...

Metro Bank customers will now benefit from a smoother house buying process thanks to a new partnership with Legal & General...

First Direct has crunched market data to give an insight into FTB activity over the summer just gone. There are three...

LMS’ Monthly Remortgage Snapshot for April  showed £300 increases for remortgagers last month. Key findings: £300 average monthly payment increase for those who...

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

The buy-to-let market has remained relatively stable despite the decline in overall mortgage business during Q3 2019, according to Paragon Bank. Its...

Unmortgage has rebranded to Wayhome as part of phase one of its brand refresh. Since August, the Unmortgage name is no longer...

The Nottingham Building Society has added to its retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage range to help with home ownership. Its two new offerings...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate Agent Today,...

People aged 18-34 are having to make sacrifices not experienced in previous generations to get onto the property ladder, according to...

The first digital mortgage was entered into the Land Register by Enact Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society for a house in...

M&S Bank has launched its first mortgage range and developed a first-time buyer range to support first-time buyers (FTBs). The bank’s first...

A study revealed that a third of young people would choose to buy and live in a caravan if they couldn’t...

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

A quarter of young people believe the only way they'll ever own a home is by inheriting cash, research by Halifax has...

The latest research from Connells Survey & Valuation has revealed that January saw an increase in the number of first-time buyers...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

Cash is now king in the prime London market with six out of 10 of purchases made by investors or second-home...

The rapid growth of the buy-to-let market during 2015 has come at the expense of first-time buyers, new research shows. Buy-to-let grew...

Almost half of young home movers plan to wait until after the Brexit referendum to complete their property transactions. Most also believe...

Britain is becoming a nation of "forever renters" as the lifetime cost of renting exceeds £50,000, driving home ownership out of reach...

Mortgage brokers have attacked the Chancellor’s "truly aggressive attack" on buy-to-let in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review yesterday. George Osborne punished...

Demand for buy-to-let is set to soar with each new generation while home ownership will continue to plunge. Fewer than half of those born in...

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

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched what it claims is a unique “no fees and no hassle” mortgage covering all set-up fees including legal...

The annual cost of home ownership is now £15,300 and is expected to rise sharply in future, according to new research...

Home ownership is a distant dream for nine million UK renters who say they will never be able to afford their...

Mortgage regulators have given buy-to-let investors an unfair advantage over residential buyers and the balance needs to be redressed, a broker has claimed. Independent...

Recent figures show that the UK is currently facing a housing shortage, with the lowest number of properties available for sale...