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Global intelligence company Pepper Advantage, which has a portfolio of over 100,000 UK residential mortgages, says there’s been a dramatic increase...

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

The crisis hit Metro Bank is in talks to sell off at least a £3 billion portion of its mortgage book. The...

It’s now one year since former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated mini-budget, which acted as a catalyst...

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

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

Lenders have reported the UK's biggest increase in mortgage defaults since 2009 - and they expect worse to come this autumn. The...

Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company with over $60 billion in assets under management, has published a gloomy report on...

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

Interest-only mortgages comprised 20% of new business introduced in Q2 2019, down from 28% is Q2 2007 but significantly higher than...

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...

The value of specialist mortgage lenders’ annual lending has increased 19% per year since 2009, according to a new report from...

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

The range and number of mortgage products now available is almost at the same level as before the financial crisis. This is...

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...

Barclays Bank has this week introduced a new 100% loan-to-value mortgage, aimed at helping struggling first-time buyers get onto the property...

The latest edition of the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Figures show mortgage lending was strong in the first quarter...

Gross mortgage lending surged in March due to the buy-to-let let boom but transactions now look set to drop by 10,000 a...

House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...

The number of high-LTV deals aimed at first-time buyers is almost back at pre-financial crisis levels. Mortgages at 90% and 95% LTV...

Interest rate cuts following the financial crisis have reduced annual mortgage costs by more than £22 billion, new figures show. The 4.5 percentage...

2016 will be a critical year for the property market as we see the impact of the global economic slowdown and...

There are now more than 15,000 mortgage products available in the UK, the highest level recorded since the financial crisis of...

The Bank of England has ruled out intervention in the UK buy-to-let market despite fears that its growth could pose a...

August was the strongest month for gross mortgage lending since the financial crisis with loans totalling £20 billion. That is 12% higher...

New figures confirm that buy-to-let continues to outperform the mortgage market but industry experts warn that the forthcoming tax crackdown may...

The cost of buying a home for first-time buyers is £670 a year lower than renting, according to new research by...

The property market is enjoying its strongest August since the financial crisis with a far lower seasonal fall in prices than usual. Prices fell just...

The number of home movers has fallen sharply over the past 12 months and is still far lower than before the financial crisis. But the...

Lenders have started to withdraw their best mortgage deals in advance of the anticipated hike in base rates, threatening rising costs across the...

June was the strongest month for broker mortgage lending since the financial crisis in 2008. Total lending soared 26.5% year-on-year to hit...

The Bank of England has warned that the booming buy-to-let market poses a threat to the financial stability of the UK. It...

Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...

Help to Buy schemes have created 131 new homeowners every day since April 2013, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has said. More than...