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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...

Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...

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

Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two bed home,...

A specialist lender claims that first-time buyers could see annual mortgage costs climb by £398 per year, while landlords suffer a...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Britain dropped back sharply in 2023, following two years of...

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...

Some 20 per cent of first time buyers are snapping up mortgages of 35 years or more according to UK Finance. In...

London accounts for the highest proportion of homebuyers using family inheritance to fund property purchases, according to compliance platform Thirdfort.  Some 18...

Lenders are offering more fixed deals with incentives since the start of last month - November - but analysis by Moneyfactscompare...

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

Despite the housing market slowdown, brokers are being warned that the autumn months of September, October and November have typically seen...

The number of three-year fixed mortgage products available from lenders has been rising over the last few months as borrowers coming...

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

New Freedom of Information data from the FCA - gathered by Quilter, the wealth manager and financial adviser - reveals that...

A new analysis by Moneyfactscompare - perhaps still better known by its old name, Moneyfacts - shows precisely how many mortgage...

Benham and Reeves claim that London’s most up and coming neighbourhoods have seen price increases up to 64.5%. House price increases of up...

It was announced yesterday that companies regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) will not face any rise in application fees, licence fees...

When it comes to boosting the value of properties, property features can make a major difference. Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...

After a hot season, research by property developer Stripe Property Group, has revealed that Newcastle United sits top of the Premier...

New research by RIFT Tax Refunds reveals that by March 2023 household bills will cost 11% of the average person’s salary. The cost-of-living crisis...

Inflation has been a hot topic and research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed just what...

Amidst the soaring cost-of-living research by Warwick Estates reveals that homebuyers could save £1,200 a year by purchasing a new-build home...

The pandemic property market boom is causing many homesellers to enter the market with a little too much enthusiasm when pricing...

New research by the estate agent comparison website, GetAgent, suggests that there are major inconsistencies when it comes to the number...

According to a new analysis by Warwick Estates new build house prices have substantially risen over the past 12 months. The construction...

Research from Benham and Reeves, a lettings and estate agent based in London, shows that despite homebuyers having to pay 50% over...

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

While tenancy disputes did see a year-on-year decline in volume during 2021, the latest industry insight from mydeposits show that there...

Throughout the years the government has pledged to deliver new homes to make more affordable properties available to the public.  New build-...

A new analysis from the specialist lender Together finds that 24% of UK’s FTBs would prioritise and pay more than the...

Speaking to a financial adviser is more daunting for UK consumers than self-managing their finances, a YouGov study reveals. In a survey...

Tenants who would like to make the most of Crossrail will pay up to 89% more to reside within arm’s reach...

New research from HBB Solutions claims that 54% of all available land plots listed for sale across England have already gone under offer...

Despite a more lethargic pandemic property market performance, a recent study by debt advisory specialists, Henry Dannell, has analysed sold price...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that Russian residential property purchases contributed...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...

With house prices rising at their fastest pace in 17 years, first-time buyers now need to borrow up to seven-and-a-half times...

The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...

Property portal, MoveStreets, has released new data which reveals how the fame factor can increase house prices by as much as...

As we’ve entered another New Year, now is as good a time as any to re-evaluate our spending habits and get...

More than three-quarters of the UK’s period homeowners admit they are unsure of how to improve their properties as part of...

A snag is a slight issue or defect in a property that occurs once building work has been completed. A broken,...

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...

Research conducted by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has uncovered which of the nation’s Halloween-themed street names garners the highest average...

Perhaps the scariest thing to occur in the property market is the fall of house prices, with the latest property market...

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

Tennis is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the United Kingdom. Whether watching television, live streaming online or physically...

The Nottingham has introduced a new larger lending mortgage aimed at those looking to borrow over £350,000. Priced at 1.85%, the two-year...

LiveMore has announced a reduction of its standard fixed rates from five-year up to lifetime. Launched last week, the seven, 10 and...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a GoGreen Reward incentive to its self-build mortgage to encourage homebuilders to make conscious sustainable choices. The...

Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...

Dudley Building Society has undergone a number of changes, including a logo transformation and launching some new and re-emerging products for...

The cost of borrowing for low-deposit borrowers has increased across all mortgage types over the last year, new data from Mortgage...

Dudley Building Society has announced changes to its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) options and a new product discount. The society has increased maximum...

Despite Covid-19, the average mortgage value for purchasers is up 12.4% compared to the same period in 2019, according to data...

Paragon’s ‘Commercial Lending’ division provided 100% funding for a customer to acquire a development site with planning permission. The case – which...

For the third consecutive quarter, the most popular use of a bridging loan was to purchase investment property, according to Bridging...

Nationwide is the latest building society to join the Equity Release Council (The Council) following its introduction to the lifetime mortgage...

President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement earlier this year doesn’t seem to have put a dent in a basic architectural...

Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...

New research from equity release lender, more 2 life, has revealed that an emotional connection to their family home prevents retirees...

The so-called Bank of Mum and Dad will lend 23% more funds in 2017, putting it on a par with the...

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...

The number of buy-to-let mortgages available to borrowers has increased significantly due to a surge in deals aimed at limited company borrowers. Average...

House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty reforms are proving expensive for the Treasury wiping £620 million off its revenues last year, new figures...

The supply of available housing has almost halved in 10 years while the number of buyers has steadily risen. This growing imbalance between...

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%...

2015 will be remembered as the year time mortgage price war reached "boiling point", as lenders battled for borrowers. The result was...

The typical home buyer approximately £4,500 better-off due to last year’s stamp duty changes. Chancellor George Osborne reformed the “slab system” of...

TSB has launched a competitive 10-year fixed rate mortgage and cut rates on other deals by up to 0.25%. The new 10-year...

The Co-operative Bank has cut rates across its range of more than 80 mortgage options for both new and existing borrowers...

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

UK house prices rose 9.7% in the year to October and should continue climbing over the coming year, according to the...

The total property wealth of over-55s in England will double to almost £2.5 trillion by 2035, according to new research by Age...

Mortgage lenders are increasingly using freebies to attract customers as it gets harder to compete on price. The number of mortgage products...

First Direct has made rate changes across its mortgage range with rates starting from 1.24%. The changes include cuts on a number...

There has been a sharp fall in sales of million pound houses as the top end of the property market continues...

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...

Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...

Mortgage rates continue to fall despite reports that lenders are already pulling their cheapest deals in advance of the first Bank...

As mortgages plunge to record lows borrowers no longer have to pay more for the security of a fixed rate. The difference...

Remortgage customers are withdrawing record amounts of equity despite the threat that rising base rates will force up mortgage costs. Borrowers have...

Prices of properties near the main site of the 2012 London Olympics are increasing at twice the average rate in the...

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Coventry Intermediaries and Metro Bank have dived back into the mortgage price war by offering competitive five-year fixed rates. Coventry has launched its lowest...

Nationwide is making a series of rate reductions across its mortgage range from today with fixed rates cut by up to...

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