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A portion of the market activity accounted for by foreign buyers has been in a slow decline since 2018, Credas Technologies,...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Research by Stipendium reveals that first-time buyers account for one in 10 of all property transactions across England. The property platform analysed...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

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

This story originally appeared on Estate Agent Today, but has been reproduced here in full for the benefit of Introducer Today...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Throughout the years the government has pledged to deliver new homes to make more affordable properties available to the public. New build-...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Taking inspiration from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the property platform, Boomin, has revealed just how much it will take from...
02 June 2022
From: Breaking News

The UK is leading the way when it comes to the might of the mortgage sector and the number of properties...
02 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Speaking to a financial adviser is more daunting for UK consumers than self-managing their finances, a YouGov study reveals. In a survey...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News

This article originally appeared on Estate Agent Today last week, but is reproduced here in full as is likely to be...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The most recent data released from the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that the average home seller achieved an...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Debt advisory specialist Henry Dannell recently analysed the average sold price on roads containing another country within their name. By evaluating sold...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A recent survey carried out by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has estimated that almost half of pandemic property purchases across...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

As summer sets in, Brits are looking forward to spending their time abroad with foreign travel back on the cards, but...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Mortgage approval levels could climb right through until Christmas as the pandemic property market boom shows little sign of slowing, new...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, revealed seaside towns have the highest level of performance compared to the rest of the market ...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

While a somewhat slow London property market may be currently trailing the rest of the UK when it comes to the...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

When it comes to the money owed as a result of mortgage borrowing in the last 10 years, UK homebuyers have...
29 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Data from lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found which front door colours the nation find the most appealing...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New research by property development optimisation platform, Unlatch, has discovered that some areas of the UK are still feeling the effects...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

After 37 years on air, popular Australian soap opera Neighbours is due to come to an end, but a positive for...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Knowledge about which features of the home are the most desirable can help sellers attract buyers. By analysing online search volumes of Google...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

New research from The Mortgage Lender (TML) reveals that 34% of UK adults planning to buy a home in the next...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading specialist in mortgage solutions, Henry Dannell, revealed that the number of homes owned with a mortgage or loan across the...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

New build transactions have fallen over the last year in cities and towns across England and Wales, according to a recent...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, recently revealed which boroughs in the capital have the highest levels of homebuyer...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A study by estate agent comparison site GetAgent.co.uk has found that the average homeowner in England and Wales achieved 98% of asking...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Data from property platform, Boomin, has uncovered that 73% of UK homeowners admit to having filled at least half of their...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Legal & General has unveiled the top search trends that have driven activity in the market over the past three years,...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Property portal, MoveStreets, has released new data which reveals how the fame factor can increase house prices by as much as...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The value of the nation’s spare rooms is estimated at around £791.5 billion, and that’s just those of homeowners that admit...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

In new research conducted by London estate agency, Bective, it was discovered that homebuyers on the search for a property near...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A study from London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves uncovered which London boroughs have been the busiest in the past...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A study by Henry Dannell, a specialist mortgage broker, has discovered how London remains the nation’s million-pound property market hotspot despite a...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

In a new report put forward by Shawbrook Bank, it was revealed that landlord confidence is at a high level. Covid-19 continues...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News

In new research conducted by London estate agent Bective, it has been revealed that the prime London rental market has benefited...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight and intelligence to the UK mortgage market, has launched a Broker AVM, building on its 20-year...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new study by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has uncovered how much properties could make in the current...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

In a recent UK housing market forecast, Rightmove uncovers what changes the industry can expect throughout 2022. The UK's leading online real estate portal...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

New data has shown that millennials (25-44) are as unconfident in their ability to manage their finances as younger Gen Z...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A snag is a slight issue or defect in a property that occurs once building work has been completed. A broken,...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New research has shown it will take aspiring first-time buyers significantly longer to get on the property ladder than they expect....
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Across the UK property demand continues to outweigh supply. To overcome this issue house building targets have recently been revealed. During...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

British house sellers are overpricing by as much as 41% when it comes to the price at which they list their...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Data released by independent equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), shows that there’s a continued desire amongst their customers to...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New data from the property website, Rightmove, has revealed the number of homes listed for sale across Great Britain with an...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Research conducted by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has uncovered which of the nation’s Halloween-themed street names garners the highest average...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight, intelligence and decision automation to the UK mortgage market, has launched a brand new vision...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A new study from equity release lender more2life has uncovered the UK regions where using equity release to fund a house...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

House prices have continued to rise throughout the year, making it increasingly challenging for first-time buyers to join the property ladder. UK...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool found that searches for furlough friendly mortgage criteria continued to fall month...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Although record property sales and skyrocketing house prices have dominated the headlines, new figures suggest that the rosy picture of the...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

As furlough support has begun to phase away from July 1 2021, there is still concern that this could lead to...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Ozgur Unlu, managing director of 360 Dotnet, addresses the key items and points for financial advice businesses to consider when adopting technology. What...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Across England and Wales, many homebuyers have made use of the stamp duty holiday. The land tax discount encouraged many to...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

According to new research from equity adviser Key, the Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Smartr365 and Experian tie-up set to transform credit checking process Smartr365, an end-to-end mortgage platform, has launched its commercial and strategic partnership...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest mortgage search activity data from Legal & General Mortgage Club (L&G) shows signs that the market is beginning to...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have impacted UK employees in a major way, with more than a third (36%) aged 18-34...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

New research from GetAgent has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are seeing homes sell the...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite market delays, over half a million homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage platform Smartr365 is giving brokers the chance to analyse their business performance with its new SmartrInsights feature. The platform allows firms...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Leading mortgage industry trade magazine Mortgage Introducer has partnered with popular industry event, Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) to provide visitors with...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

When it comes to meeting anti-money laundering (AML) obligations and compliance with the relevant regulation, brokers need to do more. That...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage technology provider Twenty7Tec has completed an APPLY integration with Accord. The move will enable users of CloudTwenty7 to seamlessly submit applications...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Brokers are searching for applications that will not leave a lasting mark on a client's credit score, new research from Knowledge Bank...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nottingham has unveiled loan-to-value (LTV) limited company buy-to-let (BTL) fixed-rate products. The building society has announced four new two and five-year...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Some areas of the UK market have seen house price growth slow substantially, suggesting they could be in for a rough...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Activity in the housing market continued to increase in March, with Legal & General seeing a record number of searches after...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain has launched an enhancement to its lender insights offering, available to lenders who use its criteria-based...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Action must be taken to encourage greater gender diversity in the adviser community and help support female clients, as part of...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

An ‘industry-first’ app has been introduced to connect borrowers to brokers and introducers. Available for free on both iOS and Android, Smartr365’s...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

EQ Credit Services (EQCS), a UK credit technology and outsourced services provider, has announced the ‘Go Live’ of its mortgage servicing...
05 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank and Iress have joined forces to provide the UK’s first fully integrated product and criteria sourcing system for brokers. Through...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

2021 looks set to be another year of change in the mortgage market, with the second charge market seeing the biggest...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has reported the behavioural shifts and factors still influencing customers due to the ongoing effects of the...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The current stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers an estimated £817 million, with the potential to reach £1.5 billion before...
02 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Financial institutions in the UK continue to invent new ways to enable their clients to access their products and services online....
28 January 2021
From: PropTech

General insurance (GI) specialist Paymentshield is fast-tracking a series of technology investment, which it describes as its ‘war chest’, to help...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

eKeeper has launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) system for lenders, named Intermediary Manager. The system – which can be used...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Searches for ‘self-employed’ and ‘defaults’ became the most popular in December, according to new research from criteria search specialist Knowledge Bank. Knowledge...
12 January 2021
From: Breaking News

General Insurance (GI) provider Paymentshield is predicting a surge in the number of mortgage adviser firms appointing a GI specialist next...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The cost of borrowing for low-deposit borrowers has increased across all mortgage types over the last year, new data from Mortgage...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Just Mortgages is set to launch a new wealth division next year called Just Wealth. The brand-new venture will see Just Mortgages...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

iPipeline, a provider of digital solutions and services, has announced Cirencester Friendly has adopted its AlphaTrust e-sign and document process automation...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Specialist lender Together has partnered with Nivo to provide an instant messaging and data-sharing platform. The app will allow the lender’s staff...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Broker searches for ‘Covid-19: temporary maximum LTV restrictions’ remain in the top five results for the sixth consecutive month, data from...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Evolution Money, the specialist second charge lender, has added its criteria panel to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank holds the full...
03 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Financial advisers are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech

For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech

Over the last ten years, the mortgage market in the UK has changed significantly. Alongside increased regulation of the industry, stricter...
30 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

Arguments about which browser to use have plagued the Internet since its inception. Some people say Google Chrome is the greatest...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Financial advisors are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank is partnering with the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) to offer its criteria search system to FIBA’s members. The...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Activity levels of members of the mortgage and protection network HL Partnership (HLP) are 32% higher than in the first quarter...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage broker CLS Money has partnered with FinTech specialist Nivo to provide its customers with a fully branded ‘white labelled’ app. The...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Despite Covid-19, the average mortgage value for purchasers is up 12.4% compared to the same period in 2019, according to data...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A steep drop in recorded crime since the start of the coronavirus lockdown has led to a downward shift in home...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank, a market-leading criteria search system, is expanding with the appointment of three new roles. An increasing number of mortgage brokers...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Equity release advisory service provider Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has partnered with LiveMore Capital. Specialising in retirement interest only (RIO) mortgages for...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The MCI Mortgage Club has appointed OneFamily to its lender panel in a bid to include lifetime mortgages for its members. The...
17 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank’s criteria index for February has revealed some surprise results, with some sectors experiencing unprecedented change. It was all change in...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Money Advice Scotland is piloting open banking technology from Experian which could help it to significantly speed up the early stages...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Mortgage costs in the buy-to-let (BTL) market have continued to fall over the last three months, according to Mortgage Brain. Its quarterly...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing technology provider ULS Technology has announced the arrival of DigitalMove Remortgage for mortgage brokers. This new functionality aims to help brokers...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News

For the third consecutive quarter, the most popular use of a bridging loan was to purchase investment property, according to Bridging...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Average bills for home insurance are up just 2.1% in a year, with a competitive marketplace keeping up with the UK’s...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Less than 5% of tracker rate mortgages are available on the market, which reflects the current ‘lack of appetite’ for variable...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Clever Lending has launched a new online portal to enhance the way brokers manage their specialist lending enquiries and speed up...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

MortgageGym is adding four specialist lenders to its online platform for mortgage applicants with lower credit scores. These include Together and Precise...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There has been a shift in broker searches regarding equity release, while searches for lenders that allow houses of multiple occupation...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

HL Partnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) have announced that they will host a series of eight regional conferences in...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) have announced that 360’s suite of marketing modules – normally paid for extras –...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new adviser-facing mobile app. Believed to be the first of its kind in the...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Knowledge Bank has launched a real time management information (MI) product that will give lenders insight into the mortgage criteria that...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Data from Moneyfacts UK found the average two-year fixed rate at max 95% loan-to-value (LTV) is at a record low, while...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures released from Mortgage Brain show that the buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage market remains ‘unsettled’ with mixed movement seen in the...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting on their lenders’ standard variable rate (SVR),...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A unique systems integration between Paymentshield and The Key has made it possible for mortgage advisers to gain instant access to...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Legal & General Home Finance has announced a new 5-year partnership agreement with Virgin Money. The alliance will see the retirement lender...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The most search criteria by brokers during July has been revealed by Knowledge Bank’s ‘Criteria Activity Tracker’. Knowledge Bank – the source...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The national month-on-month figures for new listings ‘for sale’ reached 9.4%, while the amount of properties sold sat at 6.2% in...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance for intermediaries across its specialist buy-to-let and...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The buy-to-let sector could be entering another period of stabilisation, according to recent analysis carried out by Mortgage Brain. The cost of...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Energy Efficient Mortgages Pilot Scheme was recently launched at an event in Windsor by the Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative. The Initiative...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

April saw significant purchasing and remortgaging activity following forecasts suggesting an interest rate rise in May, according to the Mortgage Advice...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Landlords have increasingly been switching to five-year fixed rate products over the past two years, new data from Commercial Trust Limited...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The cost of most mainstream mortgages were down when compared to the start of last year, according to the latest quarterly...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Criteria Hub, the criteria search engine for networks, clubs and mortgage advisers, is providing lenders with useful product point feedback via...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK surveying provider and property risk service, e.Surv Chartered Surveyors, has launched a remote valuation service. Set to offer mortgage lenders...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

TMA Club has unveiled an online platform containing useful guides, infographics and FAQs regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) changes...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

It's only right and proper that as a mortgage adviser you spend most of your time helping your clients buy or...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The cost of mortgages is on the rise with the price of the majority of mainstream residential mortgages increasing during the...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The number of mortgage products available has increased by 24% over the last 12 months. According to data from Mortgage Brain, an...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Many older divorcees are struggling to pay the mortgage post-split, according to figures from LEBC. The financial planning firm is placing greater...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The vast majority of mortgage advisers are at risk of failing to comply with the new rules and regulations set in...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

New research estimates that it takes the average home mover six months to complete the entire process. Believed to be an industry...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Six in ten parents can afford to financially support their children to buy their first home, while only 5% can pay...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Fresh data from UK Finance has found that borrowing and lending for house sales increased in both value and volume in...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Freedom Finance has urged UK families to examine their finances after revealing that an average mortgage bill could increase more than...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has revealed the dates and venues for its autumn mortgage and protection roadshows, beginning in...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 offers significant benefits for advisers, according to The Society of...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures from Accord Mortgages show a jump in remortgage applications over the summer, with borrowers grabbing competitive mortgage deals ahead of...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest property renovation hotspots list revealed that Barking and Dagenham is the top location for an increase in renovation applications...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

According to the latest data from mortgage technology provider, Mortgage Brain, the majority of mainstream mortgages have steadily decreased over the...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The most popular reasons for choosing equity release during the first half of 2017 are making home improvements and clearing existing...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK’s first digital mortgage brokerage service for UK buy-to-let landlords has been launched. Property Master, which claims to allow the...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Property data firm Hometrack has been appointed by TSB to be its long-term partner for Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services. The analytics...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

MortgageGym.com, which claims to be the world’s only regulated mortgage robo-adviser, will be launched in the UK in the coming months,...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

HSBC has signed a one-year contract extension with property analytics business Hometrack, securing the delivery of valuation and risk services for...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The UAE has been named as the best country for first-time buyers, new research carried out by MoveHub has revealed. Based on...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage affordability is increasing for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors, according to the latest index from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Mortgage brokers are urging lenders to use more technology in order to improve customer experience. This is the message from new research...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest product data analysis from Mortgage Brain has revealed that recent predictions about potential increases in mortgage costs are starting...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK House Price Index for November 2016 revealed an annual price rise of 6.7%, taking the overall average property value...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest quarterly data analysis from Mortgage Brain shows that the cost of mortgages continued to fall over the past three...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK. Since 2003...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A green mortgage research project called LENDERS is asking all householders in the UK for their help in completing a survey...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices in Greater London have topped £600,000 for the first time ever, new figures show. Prices increased by 14.9% over the...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Homemovers have just registered the highest success rate for turning mortgage applications into completions. Some 80% of homemover applications led to an...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....
27 May 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Brokers and intermediaries place two thirds of all their mortgages with just three preferred lenders, new research shows. The typical mortgage intermediary uses...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News

New data showing a sharp decline in property affordability in the UK capital will put pressure on the new London mayor...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Two sets of industry data published yesterday suggest that house price growth is finally starting to slow. Nationwide's figures showed annual house price...
29 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the majority of residential and buy-to-let rates coming down in cost over the past three...
27 April 2016
From: Breaking News

March saw a significant slump in buy-to-let activity with sales falling 26.2% compared to February. The fall of £1.04 billion came despite an expected last-minute...
25 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Rates on mainstream and buy-to-let mortgages have fallen by as much as 10% over the past three months. This should spell further...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of rental properties spiked by more than 20% in the final week before the stamp duty surcharge was introduced, new figures...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Homes priced below £1 million are set to become extinct in Mayfair and the wider West End as prices continue to...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The "love affair" between retirees and their buy-to-let properties is as strong as ever despite upcoming tax changes, new data suggests. The...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Each time I find something interesting in the data the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) collects as a by-product...
23 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....
16 February 2016
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Mortgages costs continue to fall with fixed and tracker rates now cheaper than three months ago at various LTVs. The average two-year...
12 February 2016
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This year marks 30 years since Mortgage Brain first introduced mortgage software to an unsuspecting industry. Much has changed since then. M-Day...
11 February 2016
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Access to the mortgage market is widening as lenders rediscover their appetite for higher-LTV lending. Lenders have partly been encouraged by Government...
11 February 2016
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Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty reforms are proving expensive for the Treasury wiping £620 million off its revenues last year, new figures...
10 February 2016
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First-time buyers staged a fighting comeback in 2015 to make up more than two-fifths of all buyers, new figures show. Last year,...
03 February 2016
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New figures show the housing market defying the traditional seasonal slowdown in December as mortgage approvals hit a two-year high. The number of...
02 February 2016
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SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market...
21 January 2016
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This week, SearchFlow launches it new brand. Group Marketing and Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand...
21 January 2016
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Mortgage lending for house purchases slumped nearly 10% to £10.7 billion in November as the winter slowdown set in. Despite the dip...
15 January 2016
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Buy-to-let enjoyed another strong month in October with a 7% jump in lending and 5% rise in remortgages. But property experts warn...
16 December 2015
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Who are you? Colin Breavington What does it say on your business card? Operations Director We hear SearchFlow is expanding next year, can you give...
26 November 2015
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Demand for buy-to-let is set to soar with each new generation while home ownership will continue to plunge. Fewer than half of those born in...
18 November 2015
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Investment demand has picked up in prime central London after recent reports of a property slowdown in the capital. Newly-released third-quarter Land...
17 November 2015
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The number of new properties coming onto the market across the UK increased for the second consecutive month in October. Online estate...
11 November 2015
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The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme has boosted both first-time buyer lending and higher-LTV mortgages, new figures show. The number of...
10 November 2015
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Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have plunged to new lows despite speculation of a base rate rise next year. Comparison...
05 November 2015
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London is on track to be in a house price bubble by 2017, new research suggests. The latest alarm call about the...
03 November 2015
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Confidence among buy-to-let landlords remains high despite the threat of new taxes and tough regulatory changes. The latest survey from Paragon Mortgages shows...
12 October 2015
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Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...
10 September 2015
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Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...
10 September 2015
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House prices now cost six times income even in the most affordable regions of England and Wales as the affordability crisis worsens. In...
03 September 2015
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The buy-to-let mortgage boom continues with rates falling sharply while the number of products on the market hits a seven-year high of 1,000. The average...
26 August 2015
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The number of homes coming onto the UK property market has surged to its highest level since 2010, new figures show. Nearly...
26 August 2015
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Repossession rates have fallen to another new low but brokers warn that will quickly reverse when interest rates finally start rising. Repossessions...
14 August 2015
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The average property in England and Wales cost a record 8.8 times local earnings last year, new official figures show. And it topped 10...
06 August 2015
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House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...
29 July 2015
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The Treasury has recently proposed that a new type of Isa will be launched that’s dedicated solely to peer-to-peer funding. This is...
27 July 2015
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Brokers remain confident that house prices will continue to rise this year despite new figures showing a fall of 0.2% in June. The surprise price...
03 July 2015
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The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...
30 June 2015
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Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...
29 June 2015
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Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...
26 June 2015
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Mortgage sourcing systems – it’s all about accuracy Since the first mortgage sourcing system was built in 1986, their capabilities, not to...