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

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...

It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...

Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...

Examples set by the big High Street brands could push more lenders into offering sub-4% rates, predicts independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts. The...

A large majority of consumers report no improvement in how financial providers treat them following the implementation of the FCA’s Consumer...

Nationwide has joined a year-old campaign to speed up the home buying process through increased digitisation. The society has joined the Open...

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

Almost a quarter of prospective homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable...

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

The significant majority of mortgaged residential properties currently below Energy Performance Certificate band C could achieve band C or above by...

Paragon Bank has launched a new refurb-to-let deal, offering landlords finance to upgrade their properties. The two refurb-to-let products are designed for...

Rightmove is predicting some 1.1m residential transactions this year - but it says the glacial pace of house buying in the...

Almost three quarters of Millennial and Gen Z buyers - those aged 18 to 34 - think energy efficiency improvements will...

Specialist lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to help customers make their properties more energy-efficient and environmentally...

An analysis of government house price data by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests the typical mortgage term for a first time...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

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

Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

Average mortgage rates on the overall two- and five-year fixed rate deals have now been falling for six consecutive months. The overall...

The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals that confidence has returned to the mortgage market,...

High street bank Virgin Money UK says there is light at the end of the tunnel for mortgages and the housing...

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

London estate agency Foxtons says its latest survey shows a major uptick in the confidence of potential sellers.  While 38 per cent...

The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...

Lifetime mortgage fund usage continues to show a mixture of aspirational and needs-based borrowing, according to figures from lender Pure Retirement....

Research from Coventry for Intermediaries has revealed that there is a clear generational difference in attitude when it comes to making...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...

The impact of higher interest rates isn’t felt equally across the country, according to data from the Halifax. Despite recording one of...

High interest rates are worsening the affordability issues at play in the housing market, the Halifax admits. It says that downward pressure...

There is speculation that the recent spate of figures from the UK economy may prompt a war between mortgage providers as...

Fleet Mortgages is offering landlord borrowers £1,000 cashback if they improve the Energy Performance Certificate of the property to a C...

Nationwide Building Society has launched a new Home Energy Efficiency Tool to coincide with the debut of new green loan products. The...

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

With many borrowers under the cosh because of the cost of living crisis, lenders are offering brokers a chance to learn...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, recently analysed property market performance to reveal the time it takes for agents to secure buyers. The...

Maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, recently shared news that some maintenance jobs have risen up to £60. The average cost of eight...

A new market analysis by Unlatch, predicts that the UK’s residential construction industry could increase in value by almost 20% by 2025. Currently,...

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

Benham and Reeves, London lettings and estate agent, has revealed its latest research which discloses which London councils have put in...

Equity release allows the older generation to release some of the money from the value of their home through a series...

As interest and mortgage rates rise, mortgage providers are becoming stricter when it comes to who they will and will not...

New research by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals that equity release can help homeowners add serious value to their property.  By analysing...

Often, we are sold the dream of settling down with a partner and purchasing our dream house together – but, what...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

A recent study conducted by Mortgage Advice Bureau has found that one in four households plan to make improvements to reduce...

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

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

Specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, released a new report about landlord awareness of property Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. The report...

Estate agent, Nested has discovered that the majority of recent UK homebuyers rated their estate agent’s performance as middle of the...

Estate agent comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently surveyed 1,101 homebuyers to uncover their upcoming plans after their property purchase. The findings show that...

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...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has shown that only a quarter (24%) of consumers know what the Energy Performance Certificate...

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

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

There has been an increase in demand for financing to fund home refurbishment projects over the past six months. That is according...

According to new figures released by Mojo Mortgages, UK homeowners are now borrowing more money from mortgage lenders than ever before...

Ozgur Unlu, managing director of 360 Dotnet, addresses the key items and points for financial advice businesses to consider when adopting technology. What...

2020 was a year when every sector needed to learn how to adapt to challenging circumstances and the mortgage industry seems...

When it comes to meeting anti-money laundering (AML) obligations and compliance with the relevant regulation, brokers need to do more. That...

New research from Knowledge Bank has revealed that homeowners are utilising second charge mortgages to raise money to invest in buy-to-let...

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

Specialist lender Together has added its bridging products to Legal & General’s digital criteria service, designed to improve the process of...

General insurance (GI) specialist Paymentshield is fast-tracking a series of technology investment, which it describes as its ‘war chest’, to help...

Mortgage applications will soon be as simple as buying car insurance for many borrowers, as technology begins to revolutionise the housing...

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

The days when lenders would continue to overlook poorly prepared applications are coming to an end, specialist mortgage advisers Fluent Mortgages...

Knight Frank Finance has launched a later life finance team, making it the first major player in the property sector to...

Paragon is expanding its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range with new short-term finance products for property acquisition and refurbishment. The products are designed...

Saffron Building Society has launched a renewed affordability calculator to assist brokers and their customers when choosing a new residential mortgage. Findings...

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has launched a range of mortgages for tenants using the Right to Buy Scheme to purchase their...

Accord Mortgages’ national intermediary sales manager, David Robinson, is set to leave the company at the end of July. Having been with...

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...

Masthaven has launched its second charge mortgage range with competitive rates available via Legal & General Mortgage Club. With this partnership, Masthaven...

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...

Existing customers will benefit from an efficient and simplified transferring experience as part of Accord Mortgages' vast number of product improvements,...

Mortgage Brain has launched a new version of the Key, the company’s POS and CRM system, offering customers a streamlined service...

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Steve Seal as director of sales and distribution as part of its...

The most popular reasons for choosing equity release during the first half of 2017 are making home improvements and clearing existing...

New products aimed at expats and a simplified buy-to-let range have been launched by specialist lender Together. The hatful of changes to...

Homeowners remortgaged for an average of £15,000 more in 2016 than they did two years ago, with 57% of remortgage cases...

Mortgages for Business now allow users to search specifically for buy-to-let mortgages for limited companies. The changes have been made in a...

The ability to buy an average home in England and Wales improved everywhere last year except in the South East. First-time buyers...

The price of property coming to market has leapt by 2.90% this month pushing the average asking price to within a...

This week, SearchFlow launches it new brand. Group Marketing and Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand...

Who are you? Colin Breavington What does it say on your business card? Operations Director We hear SearchFlow is expanding next year, can you give...

Mortgage lending is enjoying its best spell for seven years after surging 12% year-on-year to £61.4 billion in the third quarter. The...

Just 12% of UK adults believe access to mortgages has improved in the past five years, despite recent moves to open...

Two new sets of figures published today show that September was another buoyant month for the housing market. There was a 20% year-on-year...

Property letting is becoming a "legal minefield" as new legislation tips the balance of power against landlords, lenders have warned. New legislation has come...

Residential housing market activity defied the summer slowdown to post strong growth in August. The latest HMRC Property Transactions figures for August 2015...

UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...

First-time buyers are £2,000 better off thanks to a sharp drop in rates on 95% LTV mortgages over the past two...

Lender Virgin Money has announced improvements to its range of residential mortgages, along with the temporary removal of its £99 application...

The Financial Conduct Authority says that, although most borrowers receive suitable advice, lenders and brokers still have room to improve. The FCA’s...

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