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A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...

Half of all UK homes have increased in value in the first half of 2024 by 1% or more, says Zoopla. This...

Growing mortgage product choice shows growing confidence in aspects of the housing market, even before anticipated rate cuts. That’s the view of ...

An estate agency’s research shows a regional breakdown of how the first time buyer market could change if the new government...

The latest residential sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests a currently-subdued housing market but with a more...

Estate agents’ body Propertymark has issued a report called ‘A Dickensian Legal Process’ exploring why it takes long and longer to...

The Nationwide has calculated that house buyers with mortgages are now pay far above the long term average. The lender, in its...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...

The Nationwide regional house price indices are produced quarterly, with data for Q2 (the three months up to and incluingJune) showing...

The Conservatives are set to lose nearly half of homeowner votes this week, latest polling from national estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals....

Buyers and sellers had to process a series of different numbers starting with five last week. The crucial number was 5.7%. That...

There’s been particularly sharp criticism for the Bank of England’s decision at the end of last week to hold base rate...

Overall, the total value of the UK housing market contracted by 21% in the year to March 2024, on the back...

A number of major mortgage lenders have announced rate increases just as the election campaign enters its second half. Barclays has increased...

The industry is sceptical about the effectiveness of Labour’s nw ‘Freedom To Buy’ initiative, which effectively makes the current mortgage guarantee...

This accounts for some of the big rise seen recently in the supply of homes for sale - 20% up on...

Building societies' mortgage balances grew in the six months between October 2023 and March 2024, when they had declined across the...

An analysis of period property transactions reveals that demand has slumped as low as 39.2% of previous highs because of premiums...

An online agency has analysed current housing market listings to see which types of home are most in demand from England’s...

UK mortgage lending is forecast to grow just 1.5% (net) in 2024, according to the latest EY ITEM Club Outlook for...

It might look like house prices have stabilised, staying relatively flat over the first four months of 2024, but at least...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

Lloyd’s pre-tax profits were just £1.6 billion between January and March, down from £2.3 billion for the same period last year. The bank...

Mortgage lending has fallen by -28.6% in the past year, according to a new analysis. Octane Capital analysed gross mortgage lending data*...

The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...

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

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

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

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

A property software business says its research shows that the housing market revival is driven by the premiums levied on new...

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

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...

The average volume of UK properties listed for sale month-on-month rose by 58% in 2023 compared to a year previously, underscoring...

Analysis from estate agency Yopa reveals that while the London market may be the worst performing in terms of house prices, it...

A buying agency says stamp duty is one of the biggest obstacles to a healthy housing market driven. Recoco Property Search says...

The latest housing market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows the number of buyers has risen for the...

New data from Zoopla suggests that the housing market is becoming buoyant despite widespread uncertainty over the exact direction of mortgage...

Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...

Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two bed home,...

A property agency has analysed the lending and housing markets to work out why so many mortgage applicants are couples. Benham and...

High street bank Virgin Money UK says there is light at the end of the tunnel for mortgages and the housing...

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

Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...

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

The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...

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

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says first time buyers could benefit from a "revolution in home ownership" with 25-year fixed-rate mortgages. Reeves says...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

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

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

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

High end estate agency Savills has issued an update on prime markets in and around London and south east England. And it...

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

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Two-year fixed rate mortgages have dipped below six per cent for the first time since June this year. Back in June there...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

A new survey - going against the trend of other housing market studies - suggests that house prices could rise six...

Rightmove is launching its first broker product, which will allow customers to access mortgage advice through the property website.   The portal,...

Knight Frank says a reduction in mortgage costs as early as February - or perhaps more likely in Q2 next year...

A new analysis of the new build housing market for next year suggests that eventually there will be a bounce, triggered...

The Mortgage Lander is warning that mortgages rates will need to come down more, and faster, to really kick-start the housing...

Some 45 per cent of homebuyers cited in a survey say slow property lawyer response time is a key pain point...

The first time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, will reach £74.1 billion by 2025, according to research by Coventry...

The Nationwide says high interest rates are helping to redefine the housing market in terms of transaction volumes and choices of...

Despite the housing market slowdown, brokers are being warned that the autumn months of September, October and November have typically seen...

Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...

The latest industry index on property fall throughs by quick-buy property firm House Buyer Bureau shows the problem accelerating across the...

The interest rate on the average five-year fixed mortgage has dropped below 6.0 per cent for the first time in nearly...

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...

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

The impact of higher interest rates isn’t felt equally across the country, according to data from the Halifax. Despite recording one of...

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

High interest rates are worsening the affordability issues at play in the housing market, the Halifax admits. It says that downward pressure...

A new analysis shows that the UK's mortgage brokerage market is projected to grow this year despite ongoing economic insecurity. Octane Capital...

The Bank of England’s latest base rate rise - up 0.25 per cent to 5.25 per cent - has been poorly...

New figures relating to the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme shows significant numbers of people taking out high loan to value mortgage...

The latest house price index - this one from the Halifax - has triggered a huge wave of concern about the...

Nationwide says the sharp rise in the costs of mortgages is causing a "significant drag" on the housing market - but...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...

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

Research from eXp UK, the network of personal estate agents, has revealed that in 22 UK cities, house prices are continuing to...

The latest market analysis by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, reveals that recent uncertainty in the property market during the...

The Bank of England last week hiked interest rates by 0.5 percentage points - pushing the benchmark rate to 4% up...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England meets on Thursday with the market expecting them to announce 0.5% raise...

Homeowners and would-be buyers probably felt the post-pandemic property boom in the UK would go forever. But it slowed dramatically in the...

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

Newly released figures from MPowered Mortgages has revealed that two thirds (66%) of the housing market is cut off from homebuyers...

Alliance Fund has revealed that the secret property market in Britain experienced £30.9 billion worth of property transactions in 2021. This figure is ranked...

A recent survey by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals the current homebuyer and seller sentiment. Many participants revealed feelings that...

The new homes sales progression and aftercare platform, Unlatch, reveals that Great Britain’s new-build housing market is worth almost £3 billion. In accordance...

Not the best news for the property sector, as the latest research by Revolution Brokers, shows that the monthly cost of...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, suggests that the property market will remain steady throughout the autumn. An analysis of property market data over...

As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...

If you’re on the lookout for some new prime property around the UK, then you’re in luck because the latest research...

An interesting notion to contemplate has recently been dissected by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, which looked at what the...

Inflation has been a hot topic and research from London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has revealed just what...

According to a leading property firm, the latest announcement that a specialist lender has been given a license to off 50-year...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has carried out a study recently which revealed areas of the UK property market that have...