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New Financial Conduct Authority statistics display housing market turbulence over the past two years, raising concerns about buyers and lenders in...

MPs on the all-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee want to quiz representatives from across the house selling community about...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...

Mortgage advisers Larry Barreto and Tassib Hussain have been sentenced for fraud offences following a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct...

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

The buy-to-let sector has seen fixed rates fall and product choice grow month-on-month, according to the latest analysis by Moneyfactscompare. Overall buy-to-let...

Brokers are warning that dramatic council ‘effective bankruptcies’ will increase local residents’ tax bills and so hurt mortgage affordability. This follows the...

Mortgage arrears in the UK jumped by almost a third between April and June compared with the same period last year,...

Brokers are wanting that the recent Rightmove asking price index does not mean that sellers are necessarily in a position to...

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

Sector data analysis and insight by Credas Technologies, the leading identity verification checks provider, shows that UK estate agents are contributing...

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

A portion of the market activity accounted for by foreign buyers has been in a slow decline since 2018, Credas Technologies,...

The UK property market recorded the highest ever number of anti-money laundering (AML) checks during the first quarter of 2022, a...

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

While the number of members hit with expulsion has declined steadily each year since a peak in 2018, the most recent...

This article originally appeared on Estate Agent Today last week, but is reproduced here in full as is likely to be...

This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...

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

Locations with homes surrounded by trees and greenery were analysed by Barrows and Forrester. The findings show that these locations have...

In this guest piece, WFW London real estate partner Richard Hughes and senior associate Alexander Collis explain in-depth about green sustainable loans....

Climate change is one of the greatest threats humanity is facing today. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal and...

Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...

Fluent Lifetime, the equity release and later life subsidiary of Fluent Money Group, is celebrating after breaking into the top five...

For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...

Over the last ten years, the mortgage market in the UK has changed significantly. Alongside increased regulation of the industry, stricter...

Pure Retirement has started the new year by making changes to its heritage range criteria, aiming to give consumers more choice...

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...

The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...

Almost seven in 10 (67%) commercial mortgage brokers feel confident about the lending environment in 2020 despite the current political climate,...

Hinckley & Rugby has bolstered its later life lending offer with a new five-year fix and slashed the interest rates on...

The property finance industry is rapidly changing. Everyone who’s part of it wants to know where we are heading, what’s working...

The number of property purchases supported by Help to Buy ISAs increased by 8% this year, rising from 82,940 in 2017/18...

‘Interest-only loans’ have maintained their place in the top five most searched-for criteria in August after making their very first appearance...

Some 77% of lenders believe the number of loans they broker will increase, showing a positive outlook for the future of...

Nearly a quarter (23%) of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange their mortgage directly with...

The number of 40-year mortgages approved jumped over 20-fold in 2018, up from only 162 in 2017, according to ludlowthompson. The London...

Equity release referral business Key Partnerships has released a new report – ‘Introducing the Introducers’ – to celebrate its brand refresh. The...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...

Asset management specialist Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has joined forces with fact-finding experts Excel and UK law firm TLT to create an...

CLS Money has announced another record year for new business, with specialist first charge lending being largely responsible for the company’s...

The number of properties available in London under Help to Buy (HTB) has declined by 64% since 2017, according to modular...

First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society added more than £50 million to its mortgage book in 2018, driven by high levels of...

Shawbrook Bank and the newest addition to its ‘Strategic Partner’ panel, Sirius Property Finance, helped an experienced investor to remortgage nine...

Connect for Intermediaries has announced the addition of specialist brokers Fluent for Advisers and Lenderlink to its second charge panel. Connect’s ‘Network...

Lending distributor Fluent Money Group’s recent expansion has seen a significant increase in personnel, with over 250 employees based at its...

Paragon Banking Group has reported a 41% increase in new lending across all business lines in the last quarter of 2018. With...

Yellow Stone Finance has launched a referral service for intermediaries to place commercial property and business funding cases for brokers who...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched two new residential mortgages for later life borrowers, with the option of interest-only for...

Almost half of homeowners are making overpayments on their mortgages, according to new research from Which? Mortgage Advisers. Those aged 18-24 led...

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...

Shawbrook and its newest ‘Strategic Partner’, Clever Lending, helped an experienced investor with a complete property journey, from purchase through to...

A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...

The number of landlords looking to remortgage has now reached an all-time high, according to a survey by Paragon. Its Financial Adviser...

Demand for bridging loans increased in the third quarter of 2018, according to bridging lender mtf. Its latest Broker Sentiment Survey found...

Mortgage Brain has launched this year’s series of Mortgage Vision events. Now in it’s ninth year and having celebrated a 22% increase...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is very much prevalent, with recent research showing that UK parents will help 316,000 young...

The buy-to-let sector could be entering another period of stabilisation, according to recent analysis carried out by Mortgage Brain. The cost of...

Over three quarters (76%) of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications via intermediaries resulted in a completion in Q1 2018, the highest number...

The average cost of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage products declined in the first quarter of 2018 despite the steady...

Landlords have increasingly been switching to five-year fixed rate products over the past two years, new data from Commercial Trust Limited...

The cost of most mainstream mortgages were down when compared to the start of last year, according to the latest quarterly...

Alternative Bridging recently completed a £15 million loan to fund Millingate’s development of Brockhurst Gate Retail Park – its largest loan...

Metro Bank has announced that from April 5 it will expand its mortgage business into Scotland both direct and via brokers. Scottish...

A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...

The Northview Group – which consists of the Kensington, New Street and Acenden brands – has announced the appointment of Mark...

TMA Club has bolstered its panel of specialist packagers and master brokers, giving advisers access to a range of second charge...

The cost of mortgages is on the rise with the price of the majority of mainstream residential mortgages increasing during the...

Metro Bank has appointed Jeremy Cook as head of corporate relationships within its mortgage team. Cook will report directly to Charles Morley,...

Commercial mortgage brokers are 'overwhelmingly upbeat' about their prospects for 2018, according to Shawbrook Bank. The bank's annual Broker Barometer found that...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its 2018 calendar of events.  The half-day events, which take place across the UK, will...

LSL Group has announced two exclusive five-year fixed rate products with Leeds Building Society. The buy-to-let products – with rates of 2.94%...

The vast majority of mortgage advisers are at risk of failing to comply with the new rules and regulations set in...

Kensington Mortgages has cut its residential range rates by up to 0.40% and selected buy-to-let products by up to 0.20%. Its select...

Vida Homeloans has attracted £1.6 billion decisions in principle (DIPs) and £800 million in applications one year after launching its specialist...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has revealed the dates and venues for its autumn mortgage and protection roadshows, beginning in...

The implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 offers significant benefits for advisers, according to The Society of...

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

Leeds Building Society has launched a new 2 year 70% LTV Buy to Let fixed rate product, available exclusively to the...

Yorkshire Building Society has just launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage priced at 3.68% until 31 January 2018. This deal is...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new best buy two-year fixed-rate as new figures show rates continue to fall. It has unveiled a two-year...

The mortgage industry can expect the first interest rate hike shortly after Christmas, experts say. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research...

More lenders have unveiled mortgage rate cuts as they look to boost business levels in the final months of 2015. Chelsea Building...

As UK house prices reach new records and the price for an average London property crosses £500k, you might wondering whether...