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April Mortgages has improved its capital raising criteria, to make it easier for borrowers looking to raise additional capital for gifting...
14 August 2024
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Speculation continues to mount about the likely decision by the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee when it debates base rate...
31 July 2024
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The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, according to the latest Lloyds Bank...
31 July 2024
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Mortgage approvals on house purchases for June were 59,976 according to the Bank of England - down marginally (0.3%) from 60,134...
31 July 2024
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The lenders’ trade body, UK Finance, has published a report examining why some landlords are falling into mortgage arrears and why...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
New research suggests that last year cash buyers accounted for the highest percentage of market activity seen in the last decade...
22 July 2024
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The average age of landlords acquiring new rental property with a buy to let mortgage has fallen over the past decade,...
22 July 2024
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Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...
03 July 2024
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Total mortgage lending sat at just £50.5 billion during the first quarter of 2024, the lowest level seen since interest rates...
24 June 2024
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Overall, the total value of the UK housing market contracted by 21% in the year to March 2024, on the back...
19 June 2024
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Mortgage experts have criticised the Reform UK housing and tax policies as being superficially appealing but risking a return to the...
19 June 2024
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The mortgage market is resilient enough to endure temporary political uncertainty created by next month’s General Election. That’s the view of Jonathan...
10 June 2024
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Official Bank of England figures shows that net mortgage approvals for house purchases totalled 61,100 in April, little changed from 61,300...
05 June 2024
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The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment Bill) successfully passed its legislative stages as part of the last minute ‘wash up’ of...
30 May 2024
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An online agency has analysed current housing market listings to see which types of home are most in demand from England’s...
28 May 2024
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There was good news over the weekend as rates reductions announced late last week kicked in. Barclays has cut a number of...
20 May 2024
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UK mortgage lending is forecast to grow just 1.5% (net) in 2024, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Outlook for...
13 May 2024
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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...
07 May 2024
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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
01 May 2024
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Chorley Building Society has extensive enhanced its mortgage range with new products for limited company buy to let investors, holiday lets,...
24 April 2024
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Mortgage approvals jumped 7.7% in February to 60,383, and were 40% higher than they were a year ago, new figures from...
08 April 2024
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Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...
04 April 2024
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A think tank is urging the UK government to initiate mortgage market reforms to promote higher home ownership. The Social Market Foundation...
27 March 2024
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The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...
11 March 2024
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A building society has launched a pilot project banning mortgage lending on holiday lets in two tourist areas for 12 months. Leeds...
06 March 2024
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There were 29,060 new mortgages taken out by older borrowers over 55 in the last three months of 2023 - down...
26 February 2024
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Nearly four in 10 portfolio landlords, those with four or more properties, plan to increase the size of their portfolios in...
19 February 2024
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Lenders’ trade body UK Finance wants the government to use next month’s Budget to announce a new Help to Buy scheme...
14 February 2024
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Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...
05 February 2024
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Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...
08 January 2024
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Two-year fixed rate mortgages have dipped below six per cent for the first time since June this year. Back in June there...
18 December 2023
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London accounts for the highest proportion of homebuyers using family inheritance to fund property purchases, according to compliance platform Thirdfort. Some 18...
06 December 2023
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New data from Legal & General - based on searches to its Ignite platform - suggests a diverse mortgage market during...
22 November 2023
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The share of homes sold by a landlord in Great Britain fell from 15.7 per cent in 2022 to 14.0 per...
22 November 2023
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A digital mortgage broker has launched an online tool aggregating data from over 50 Buy to Let lenders to calculate what...
08 November 2023
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There’s been an alarming set of figures in the Bank of England’s latest Money and Credit report, which relates to September. Net...
08 November 2023
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Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, which equates to an extra...
23 October 2023
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UK Finance’s latest Household Finance Review - for the second quarter of this year - lifts the lid on mortgages. The headlines...
06 September 2023
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Nationwide Building Society has returned to lending at 95 per cent loan to value on non-new build flats. The society reduced its...
13 June 2023
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The latest market analysis by bridging finance specialists, Apex Bridging, has shown that £4.94bn was lent via bridging loan completions in...
18 April 2023
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MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, has...
14 February 2023
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Octane Capital expects the total level of UK mortgage approvals to be 1.570 million by the end of 2022. That is...
22 November 2022
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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...
03 October 2022
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As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...
30 September 2022
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The government announced the SDLT will only be payable on property purchases over £250,000. First-time buyers will only pay the tax...
27 September 2022
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Deposits for property purchases typically cost 10-15% of the value of the home and saving for one can be particularly challenging, especially for...
16 August 2022
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In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...
21 June 2022
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Research by Stipendium reveals that first-time buyers account for one in 10 of all property transactions across England. The property platform analysed...
16 June 2022
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International buyers are slowly returning to the London property market after three consecutive years of declining market activity, research by debt...
19 May 2022
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Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...
17 May 2022
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A recent survey carried out by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has estimated that almost half of pandemic property purchases across...
28 April 2022
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One in 10 Britons have been deterred from applying for a mortgage due to poor credit scores, new research by The...
14 April 2022
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A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...
15 March 2022
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This week’s mortgage roundup showcases the benevolence of the mortgage sector, with The Cambridge relaunching its products for expats, while Newcastle...
10 March 2022
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Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that Russian residential property purchases contributed...
10 March 2022
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Borrowers are turning to second charge mortgages to help alleviate financial issues, according to Knowledge Bank’s latest criteria tracker. ‘Capital raising for...
03 March 2022
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New build transactions have fallen over the last year in cities and towns across England and Wales, according to a recent...
15 February 2022
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The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...
03 February 2022
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Data from property platform, Boomin, has uncovered that 73% of UK homeowners admit to having filled at least half of their...
01 February 2022
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Chain-free properties are proving to be very popular amongst homebuyers. That is according to estate agent comparison website GetAgent. Property chains involve a...
25 January 2022
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In a recent property market analysis, put forward by London-based lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves, market growth during the...
11 January 2022
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Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...
11 January 2022
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A study by Henry Dannell, a specialist mortgage broker, has discovered how London remains the nation’s million-pound property market hotspot despite a...
11 January 2022
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Throughout the pandemic, people across Britain have purchased new homes. Changes in lifestyle trends and schemes that make purchasing a new...
09 December 2021
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Deposit Unlock, a mortgage scheme that allows new build buyers to purchase with a 5% deposit, has launched nationally with 17...
02 December 2021
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In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...
25 November 2021
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New research has shown it will take aspiring first-time buyers significantly longer to get on the property ladder than they expect....
18 November 2021
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Data released by independent equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), shows that there’s a continued desire amongst their customers to...
04 November 2021
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The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...
12 October 2021
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A new study from equity release lender more2life has uncovered the UK regions where using equity release to fund a house...
12 October 2021
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New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...
24 September 2021
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As the first stage of the stamp duty holiday (SDLT) draws to a near close on June 30 2021, many homebuyers...
24 June 2021
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Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...
13 May 2021
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An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...
06 May 2021
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LiveMore has announced a reduction of its standard fixed rates from five-year up to lifetime. Launched last week, the seven, 10 and...
15 April 2021
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Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...
08 April 2021
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Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...
25 February 2021
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Almost one in three UK adults intended to buy a home in 2020, but only a third managed to progress their...
28 January 2021
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West One Loans’ buy-to-let division has announced new product launches and lower prices to broaden its product range. The new range will...
19 January 2021
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Despite Covid-19, the average mortgage value for purchasers is up 12.4% compared to the same period in 2019, according to data...
18 September 2020
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Hope Capital has launched the ‘seventies collection’, which comprises two new bridging loan products. The HOPE 70 products offer a low rate...
07 September 2020
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More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit,...
24 August 2020
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Roma Finance, the bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, has cut rates across its product range. This follows further funding lines with...
14 February 2020
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The number of property purchases supported by Help to Buy ISAs increased by 8% this year, rising from 82,940 in 2017/18...
02 October 2019
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The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...
19 June 2019
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First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...
15 March 2019
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Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...
09 November 2018
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Intelenet Global Services has launched a new ‘Lending Suite’ to help banks generate mortgage offers in as little as 30 minutes. The...
20 September 2018
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The Bank of Mum and Dad is very much prevalent, with recent research showing that UK parents will help 316,000 young...
09 August 2018
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Nearly two out of five (38%) landlords will use limited companies to buy properties over the next year compared to 28%...
13 June 2018
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Following its new buy-to-let mortgage deal designed for British expats, Aldermore Bank has partnered with Expat Packager to make the product...
09 January 2018
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First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...
29 August 2017
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Accord Mortgages has now added more choice to its product range by reducing rates at most LTVs and offering a new...
07 August 2017
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10 May 2017
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Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Sinead Moynihan as its Head of Sales. She will be based at the company’s head...
17 February 2017
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Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...
08 February 2017
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In an effort to increase its customer base and address rising property prices, specialist lender Together has opted to up its...
03 February 2017
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Rates on first charge buy-to-let mortgages have been reduced by mortgage lender Together. This takes them below 7%, with LTVs of...