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Respected estate agency and property consultancy Savills is warning that house prices may dip in 2024. In the run-up to Christmas it...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

A poll of leading economists for London-focussed business newspaper City AM reveals that some believe a Bank of England base cut...

A record number of sellers came to market on Boxing Day 2023 according to Rightmove. The 26 per cent increase in new...

Falling swap rates - already falling over the past month - have dropped further following better-than-expected inflation news, triggering speculation over...

With the Bank of England maintaining base rate - as expected - at 5.25 per cent, the broker community ends 2023...

There’s been a sharp decline in household financial confidence in the UK according to the latest UK Finance sentiment survey. The Q3...

There’s been a 46 per cent increase in ‘for sale’ stock hitting the market as sellers look forward to a Boxing...

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

Analysts suggest that mortgage lending is likely to fall over the rest of 2023 with both demand and supply dropping thanks...

A consumer platform claims almost half of Londoners’ income goes on their mortgage or rent, with a third saying they pay...

Half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas or...

A new mortgage market analysis by Octane Capital claims that the number of mortgage products available have dropped 41%, compared to...

With the festive season around the corner, many homeowners are itching to pull out the stops with their Christmas decorations.  According to...

House Buyer Bureau reveal that transactions could drop by 17% in spring 2023 next year. The property purchasing specialist claim that the...

Mortgage approval levels could climb right through until Christmas as the pandemic property market boom shows little sign of slowing, new...

Data from lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found which front door colours the nation find the most appealing...

The housing industry, like many other sectors, experienced a tumultuous 2021 as the pandemic continued to trigger exponential house price rises....

Research from estate agent Nested has found how decking the halls could impact the sale of your property this festive season as...

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has found the cost of buying a property across one of the nation’s festive road names, with a...

Half of UK homebuyers admit to viewing a property without the intention of buying, with 16% going as far as viewing...

The market hasn’t paused for breath since the Christmas break, with homebuyer demand rising 6% since the final quarter of 2020,...

Knowledge Bank, the UK’s largest criteria search system, is running its popular ’12 Days of Christmas’ campaign for the third year...

There is evidence of continuing volatility in the mortgage market, with different criteria searches among brokers reaching the top five, according...

The level of new-build properties being sold has picked up as we approach the end of the year, while sales across...

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

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

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

First-time buyer numbers fell nearly 5% in December as the traditional winter cooling hit the UK property market. Some 26,600 buyers took...

The average amount of equity withdrawn via remortgaging hit a new record of nearly £37,000 per borrower in November. This is a...

First-time buyer activity jumped in November with a 31% year-on-year rise in valuations. This was slightly higher than the increasing overall housing...

Christmas has come early for the mortgage industry which is celebrating the highest monthly lending figure for more than seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

The mortgage industry faces months or years of the increasingly tiresome "will they, won't they" interest rate hike game after a...

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

Lloyds Bank is looking to spread some early seasonal cheer with its latest remortgage offer. It will refund a standard monthly mortgage...