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Real estate finance and investment business TAB has launched a long-term lending service extending to all stages of a property’s life...

Keystone Property Finance has expanded its services by introducing further advances for landlords undergoing product transfers. As part of Keystone’s PT Plus...

Five major lenders - NatWest, Barclays, Accord, Leeds Building Society and HSBC - have all announced rate increases so far this...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, claims...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to its Interest Cover Ratio assessment for buy to let and holiday let...

Mortgage approvals jumped 7.7% in February to 60,383, and were 40% higher than they were a year ago, new figures from...

Mortgage Advice Bureau has developed a new tool to assess a customer’s financial resilience based on their level of protection. The financial...

New data from Rightmove reveals that Thursday March 28 was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to...

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

New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...

The Cambridge Building Society has re-introduced top slicing on its standard Buy to Let range up to 80 per cent LTV. This...

Remortgagers, not buyers, are fuelling the increase in mortgage industry activity. That’s the view of Octane Capital following an analysis of Bank...

The true cost of stamp duty is two thirds greater than the tax itself because it obliges buyers to spend far...

The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

National brokerage Just Mortgages has opened nominations for its new leadership programme, which it claims is “designed to find and develop...

The Suffolk Building Society has launched new mortgage products aimed at private landlords who are planning refurbishments, such as a new...

The average price of property coming onto the market for sale rises by 1.3 per cent (equivalent to £4,571 for an...

The Family Building Society has commissioned the London School of Economics to explore the UK’s housing. Its report - called A Road...

Property lender Together is holding its third webinar for brokers in its Chalk Live series, offering new educational content along with...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey is warning that ‘future shocks’ may yet derail economic recovery. In a session with MPs at...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

A property-focussed law firm claims it takes a whole working day to obtain a Mortgage In Principle and up to six...

Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...

Three high street lenders - Virgin Money, TSB and Skipton Building Society - have joined the commitment to offer mortgages on...

National brokerage Just Mortgages hits the road in the New Year with roadshows to support its self-employed advisers. The in-person events are...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A depressing 64 per cent of people have taken out a mortgage or personal loan without fully understanding how it works,...

An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...

Metro Bank customers will now benefit from a smoother house buying process thanks to a new partnership with Legal & General...

Estate agency group My Property Box has launched a financial services arm. My Property Box Financial Services offers advice on a wide...

There’s been a backlash from the mortgage industry following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Eco U-turn last week.  In recent months a growing...

Pressure on mortgage holders is leaving Briton struggling to cope with their mental and physical health according to a wellbeing service...

Aldermore is to allow brokers greater flexibility to appoint conveyancers to support on complex buy to let transactions. The lender is to...

The Howden Group, which acquired leading UK mortgage broker SPF Private Clients last year, is expanding further into the mortgage market...

Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...

Nearly half of mortgage brokers expect the volume of buy-to-let portfolio limited company lending they write to increase in the next...

The Mortgage Brain platform is staging a 10-stop roadshow this autumn with the mission to, in its words, “educate and empower...

New research from bridging specialist and buy to let lender Mercantile Trust reveals an apparent lack of awareness among brokers and...

There’s a growing optimism about the outlook for the mortgage market, according to the latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the...

New seller asking prices rise by just 0.2% (+£890) this month to £366,247, which is notably lower than the average increase...

SHW has announced that it has promoted two of its Directors to Partner level, taking its Partner total to 25. Gemma Quinn...

Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the launch of two new Limited Edition buy-to-let products in its...

With many borrowers under the cosh because of the cost of living crisis, lenders are offering brokers a chance to learn...

National brokerage Just Mortgages has kicked off the new year with the appointment of five new regional directors to support its...

Revolution Brokers claim that bridging loan lending has increased by nearly 50% since the Bank of England base rates began rising...

A national brokerage has warned there is a danger of a shortfall in protection cover for borrowers. Just Mortgages claims there is 'a business and...

Property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, has uncovered some interesting details regarding greenhouse gas emissions among residential properties. The research shows that...

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

A new market analysis by Unlatch, predicts that the UK’s residential construction industry could increase in value by almost 20% by 2025. Currently,...

Foreign buyers from the United States have been benefitting from a weakening pound to the greatest extent, the latest research by...

Mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, recently conducted a market analysis which reveals the most expensive postcode districts in London. As England's capital city, it...

There seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel for UK citizens regarding tax as research from RIFT...

Identity checks remain a crucial part of the home moving process, yet new research shows that regulated firms using manual methods...

In a recent market analysis conducted by Unlatch it was discovered that new-build homes sell for 14% less than their original asking price. These...

During the home buying process, specific information and documentation is required to ensure that the buyer is suitable. These checks are...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, recently analysed property sales volumes from the start of the pandemic in January 2020 until...

To keep properties safe from damage and protect earnings, landlord insurance is relied on. Depending on the type of insurance that...

A recent study by Unlatch, the new homes sales progression and aftercare platform for developers and households, has disclosed which local...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, recently analysed the postcodes that are currently ranking as the nation’s home selling hotspots. The research revealed a...

There has been some significant developments internally for Moneyfacts Analyser, the UK’s leading online residential mortgage analysis system. The recent update has...

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

Equity release allows the older generation to release some of the money from the value of their home through a series...

Giraffe 360 have discovered that, when marketing a rental property, adding a floor plan to the listing can significantly boost the rental...

The proportion of disposable household income required to cover average mortgage repayments is 27.6% so far in 2022 – the highest...

New research by estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, uncovered the interest rates that homebuyers with a 50-year mortgage are...

New research by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals that equity release can help homeowners add serious value to their property.  By analysing...

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

In this guest piece, Adrian Plant, director of Shared Ownership at Leaders Romans Group and Calum Toone, mortgage advisor at Mortgage Scout, delve into the...

Despite being the quicker method of selling a home, property auctions are one of the least preferred methods for home sellers...

Since the pandemic property market boom, recent research by YourBusinessNumber has disclosed that one in three property professionals have taken time...

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

The number of property sale fall-throughs, which crested during the pandemic, is predicted to fall by 12.2% in 2022, according to...

GetAgent.co.uk reveals that UK house prices have increased by as much as 123% in the decade since the Diamond Jubilee in...

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

Despite a move back to normality for those living and working within the capital, demand for apartment-style living across London is...

Often, we are sold the dream of settling down with a partner and purchasing our dream house together – but, what...

Debt advisory specialist Henry Dannell recently analysed the average sold price on roads containing another country within their name. By evaluating sold...

As summer sets in, Brits are looking forward to spending their time abroad with foreign travel back on the cards, but...

Stipendum, the platform that aims to simplify life’s complex events, has released a number of top tips to help the nation’s...

Recently a study was done and revealed by Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events such as home moving, that...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has discovered that the vast majority of UK homebuyers want to see the practice of gazumping made...

New research by property development optimisation platform, Unlatch, has discovered that some areas of the UK are still feeling the effects...

During the pandemic, the rental market in the capital was negatively impacted. During this time tenants no longer prioritised city life...

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, estate agent Barrows and Forrester discovers which Paddy’s-themed street names, from Guinness to Clover, command...

A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...

Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...

Knowledge about which features of the home are the most desirable can help sellers attract buyers. By analysing online search volumes of Google...

This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...

Property purchasing expert, HBB Solutions, revealed that the gap between the asking price expectations of the nation’s sellers and what buyers...

New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...

New build transactions have fallen over the last year in cities and towns across England and Wales, according to a recent...

Scott Clay at Together - the specialist lender - has shared a few tips for couples considering buying their first home...

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...

Research from the property platform, Boomin, has discovered that living on a Valentine’s related road name could provide a substantial boost...