Knight Frank says a reduction in mortgage costs as early as February - or perhaps more likely in Q2 next year - could trigger a housing...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - part of the Treasury but operating independently of government - is forecasting house prices to grow by 0.9 per cent...

A new analysis of the new build housing market for next year suggests that eventually there will be a bounce, triggered by more mortgage rate falls. The...

SPF Private Clients has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Singapore office is to be headed by Scott Mitchell, who has been based in...

The Nationwide wants greater government support for first-time buyers as rising costs delay owning a home. As one of the UK’s biggest savings and mortgage providers, and...

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

The average five-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.21%, down from 5.62% a year ago The average two-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.65%, down from 5.88%...

First time buyers aged 18 to 34 are primarily relying on advice from family and friends rather than a broker for support on the homebuying process, according to Coventry for Intermediaries.  The study, which was conducted in partnership...

Just Refer, a new referral portal for national brokerage Just Mortgages and financial services arm Just Wealth, has supported brokers in referring more than 400 clients...

A new 10-point plan from the Home Builders Federation shows how policymakers could act fast to boost the supply of new, energy efficient and high-quality homes. The...

The research chief at lettings agency Hamptons says it’s likely that landlords have been hit harder by high interest rates than anyone else.   Aneisha Beveridge says that...

Moneyfacts is reporting that there’s what it calls a “thriving choice” of mortgage options.  Its latest UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report shows the number of deals at 95 per...

New data from Legal & General - based on searches to its Ignite platform - suggests a diverse mortgage market during the current cost of living...

A new study shows a remarkably low number of people seeking professional financial advice. The report is called State of Flux and comes from Canada Life and...

The share of homes sold by a landlord in Great Britain fell from 15.7 per cent in 2022 to 14.0 per cent so far this year.   The...

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

Following analysis of its 2023 buy to let mortgage market data, Twenty7tec has reported a significant fall in searches for buy to let mortgages.  Will Jeremy Hunt...

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

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

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

The nation’s landlords are responding to higher levels of mortgage interest rates by cutting their borrowing. The research comes from specialist property lending firm Octane Capital. which...

Some 45 per cent of homebuyers cited in a survey say slow property lawyer response time is a key pain point in the house buying process. The...

A new personal guarantee insurance protection service has been launched for professional landlords - triggered by a surge  in incorporation. Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance claims that as many...

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

The EY Item Club is warning that the UK is set to experience the slowest two-year mortgage growth in a decade. EY says high interest rates along...

End-to-end mortgage service Smartr365 has beefed up its platform to improve the experience of brokers sourcing protection packages for clients. These developments to support the broader, sharpened...

Contributors to a quarterly specialist finance publication have reported a 15.3 per cent increase in bridging loan transactions, totalling £191m, during the third quarter of 2023.  And...

Homeowners in Wales who are struggling with their mortgages could get loans that are interest-free for the first five years under a new £40m scheme. The loans,...

Lenders’ trade body UK Finance says there were 11,540 buy to let mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of the outstanding balance in the...

A digital mortgage broker has launched an online tool aggregating data from over 50 Buy to Let lenders to calculate what it calls “a landlord’s true...

The first time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, will reach £74.1 billion by 2025, according to research by Coventry for Intermediaries and the Centre...

There’s been an alarming set of figures in the Bank of England’s latest Money and Credit report, which relates to September. Net borrowing of mortgage debt by...

The equity release market has seen growth for the first time in 12 months with quarterly increases in both new customers and total lending. Total lending hit...

Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters of properties for sale in...

Global credit intelligence provider Pepper Advantage, which has a 100,000+ UK residential mortgage portfolio, says arrears in this country have seen a 23.3 per cent annual...

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

The Bank of England has held base rate at 5.25 per cent, with most analysts saying this is likely to be the peak. Inflation is expected to...

The UK's largest mortgage lender expects house prices to fall this year and next before rising in 2025. Lloyds Banking Group - which owns the Halifax -...

Landlords need greater support from mortgage advisers in order to navigate the best course through the current economic climate. That’s according to Property Circle, the provider of...

HLPartnership - which describes itself as the country’s biggest privately-owned mortgage network - has revealed upgrades to its technology platform which it believes make it the...

PriceHubble, a supplier of data solutions for real estate and finance, has acquired WhenFresh, delivering data and decision engines to banks, insurers, the public sector and...

The Bank of England is expected to hold base rate at 5.25 per cent this week with many analysts expecting this to be the peak. Inflation is...

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

A range informal media briefings on behalf of the UK government suggest that an extension of the current mortgage guarantee scheme is one of a number...

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 borrowers from around the world. Following...

Searches for interest-only mortgages rose a hefty 51 per cent in the past month as buyers seek to improve affordability. Research data from Legal & General Ignite...

A residential mortgage lender is using AI to help brokers attract more customers as well as engage existing customers. MPowered Mortgages says this will speed up and...

UK mortgage holders are repaying record amounts of mortgage debt, according to the  Equity Release Council. But the ERC claims high levels of debt and a lack...

Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul to tackle the risk of an unsustainable ratcheting up of debt. That’s the view of the Resolution Foundation think tank...

A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year fixed rate deals for residential...