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A new study from equity release lender more2life has uncovered the UK regions where using equity release to fund a house...

Despite market delays, over half a million homebuyers in England are set to benefit from the stamp duty holiday to the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the housing market in a major way and has only added pressure for banks to give...

Legal & General has integrated with mortgage and protection network HLPartnership to simplify access for advisers using the SmartrCriteria and SmartrFit...

Zahid Bilgrami has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Mortgage Brain. Bilgrami joins the company after 11 years as chief...

2021 looks set to be another year of change in the mortgage market, with the second charge market seeing the biggest...

Some 71% of brokers are confident about the market in 2021, a fall of just 6% from January 2020, according to...

Just Mortgages is set to launch a new wealth division next year called Just Wealth. The brand-new venture will see Just Mortgages...

Specialist property finance trade body FIBA has confirmed that it will hold a virtual ‘Annual Conference 2021’ on January 20. The event,...

Mortgages have not typically been viewed as a high-risk service when it comes to money laundering, but as the practice becomes...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a range of 85% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages with rates as low as 2.85%, including no product fees...

Despite Covid-19, the average mortgage value for purchasers is up 12.4% compared to the same period in 2019, according to data...

Eleven new brokers will begin training with Just Mortgages’ broker academy in the New Year. The new members will join the firm’s...

The self-employed division at Just Mortgages is on track to be 500 brokers strong by January 2022. Speaking at the Just Mortgages...

New research by Kensington Mortgages has revealed that interest-only mortgages are a significant problem in the financial system. The specialist mortgage lender...

HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) will be hosting two seminars focusing on later life lending following their successful January...

HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) have announced that 360’s suite of marketing modules – normally paid for extras –...

The cost of most mainstream mortgages were down when compared to the start of last year, according to the latest quarterly...

A round of crowdfunding by digital start-up Property Master that started in January has already beaten its £250,000 target. The start-up uses...

Metro Bank has announced that from April 5 it will expand its mortgage business into Scotland both direct and via brokers. Scottish...

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

The cost of mortgages is on the rise with the price of the majority of mainstream residential mortgages increasing during the...

Prospective home movers have been active in January and are failing to be put off by Brexit and last year's interest...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has announced the election of a new Chair. Phil Rickards will take up the role from...

Kensington Mortgages has cut its residential range rates by up to 0.40% and selected buy-to-let products by up to 0.20%. Its select...

The number of expats looking for buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages to buy property in the UK has soared over the past year,...

Landlords are being urged to remortgage in order to prepare for the reformed buy-to-let lending criteria due to be introduced in...

Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisors Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index report has revealed that the preference for fixed-rate mortgages reached an all-time...

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month...

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...

As the supply/demand imbalance continues there is an average of 11 prospective buyers chasing every property for sale, according to NAEA...

A fall in the mean average value of leads from SMEs in the first six weeks of 2017 seems to suggest...

The latest research from Connells Survey & Valuation has revealed that January saw an increase in the number of first-time buyers...

Connells Group's mortgage division recorded significant growth in 2016, the firm has reported. The Group recorded a 10% rise in the number...

The average pricing of two and three-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages is at an all-time low. This is according to the latest Index...

The latest product data analysis from Mortgage Brain has revealed that recent predictions about potential increases in mortgage costs are starting...

First-time buyer sales soar last month as landlords abandoned the market following the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge on 1...

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

The supply of rental properties plunged in the run-up to the new stamp duty surcharge on 1 April and further falls are...

Rates on mainstream and buy-to-let mortgages have fallen by as much as 10% over the past three months. This should spell further...

UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...

Mortgage rates have fallen to record lows as the prospect of an interest rate hike retreats and product choice continues to...

The number of people buying their first home has grown almost 7% over the past year despite growing concerns over affordability. The...

Buy-to-let investors are said to be "storming the housing market" as estate agents report an increase in the numbers trying to...

Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge will push up buy-to-let rental costs and trigger a decline in the supply of...

Intermediary mortgage sales exceeded all expectations in February to hit the highest level since the 2008 market crash. Residential and buy-to-let sales...

UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...

Gross mortgage lending in February hit its highest level for eight years after leaping 30% year-on-year. Lending totalled £17.6 billion which marks a fall from £18.5...

The cost of the average private tenancy in Greater London is now £1,521 a month, double the £744 average for the...

February saw the second highest monthly total of house purchase approvals since January 2014 as buy-to-let investors raced to meet April's...

The pace of house price growth has doubled due to a boom in buy-to-let sales ahead of April's stamp duty surcharge, new...

The rapid growth of the buy-to-let market during 2015 has come at the expense of first-time buyers, new research shows. Buy-to-let grew...

The supply of available housing has plunged to a new low while demand from buyers has surged in recent weeks. Housing supply...

The rush to complete buy-to-let purchases before April has driven mortgage approvals to a two-year high, property experts say. The number of...

House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...

Property experts have welcomed steady growth in private rents as a sign that the buy-to-let market is shrugging off the Government's tax...

The supply of rental properties has fallen to its lowest level for a year and experts warn the Chancellor's tax crackdown...

Gross mortgage lending surged 38% in the past year to hit £13.6 billion last month, the highest figure for nearly eight...

The number of mortgages on the market has hit a post-crisis high with broker-distributed deals leading the charge. Total deals on the...

The mortgage market has started 2016 "with a bang" as gross mortgage lending rose 21% year-on-year. Lending hit £17.9 billion in January,...

The price of property coming to market has leapt by 2.90% this month pushing the average asking price to within a...

The flood of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the forthcoming 3% surcharge on stamp duty is driving house prices even higher...

The housing market has been given a one-off boost from the surge in buy-to-let lending triggered by April’s tax changes. New figures show that...

Fears of an affordability crisis are likely to grow as new figures show property prices increasing at twice the pace of...

Access to the mortgage market is widening as lenders rediscover their appetite for higher-LTV lending. Lenders have partly been encouraged by Government...

Buy-to-let rents are growing strongly outside Greater London with an average increase of 5.5% over the last year. Rents in the South-East grew fastest...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty reforms are proving expensive for the Treasury wiping £620 million off its revenues last year, new figures...

Demand for property in London continues to soar as buyers rush to beat April's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge on investment properties. Both new buyer registrations...

Landlord attempts to escape George Osborne's tax crackdown have triggered a 2000% rise in the number of limited company buy-to-let mortgage applications. New...

The collapse in the supply of houses for sale has forced prices to new highs with an average increase of £3,500...

Limited company buy-to-let transactions jumped again in January to make up 43% of all new cases, lender figures show. This has helped...

Monthly mortgage approvals soared 24% year-on-year to £12.4 billion in December but brokers deny lending is getting out of control. Across 2015,...

The property market has made a bright start to 2016 with the average home coming to market priced £1,500 higher than...

First Complete has started its series of country-wide roadshows which aim to encourage brokers to develop and share best practice. Its “kick...

Brokers say the housing market is "buzzing" as latest Halifax figures show activity rebounded in December. Prices rose 1.7% in December, reversing...

Brokers and landlords have been warned that they have just three weeks to beat the new buy-to-let surcharge and save thousands...

More than 200 Britons are becoming property millionaires every single day taking the total to more than 600,000. There were 75,796 new British...

Buy-to-let enjoyed another strong month in October with a 7% jump in lending and 5% rise in remortgages. But property experts warn...

Yorkshire Building Society has just launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage priced at 3.68% until 31 January 2018. This deal is...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new best buy two-year fixed-rate as new figures show rates continue to fall. It has unveiled a two-year...

Brokers have enjoyed boom year in the buy-to-let market with intermediary mortgage sales surging more than 30% to nearly £30 billion. That overshadows healthy growth of...

The number of people using an independent adviser to help with a remortgage has dropped by 28% this year, new figures...

Buy-to-let investors in England and Wales enjoyed total returns of nearly 10% in the past year, new figures show. Landlords saw gross rental...

The amount of money withdrawn by the typical remortgage customer has hit a new high, according to property service firm LMS. In...

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by...

The price of average British home leapt by more than £7,000 in the first half of this year to hit £270,674. That...

The number of house-purchase approvals soared past 72,000 in June, the highest level since January 2014. Figures from chartered surveyor e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor...

The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...

The British Bankers’ Association is working on a project that ensures small businesses won’t be left out in the cold. Banks will...

Bending over backwards to help borrowers A lot of Introducer Today readers will already be aware of the recent FCA ruling on...

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

Bridging lending has seen rapid growth while the mainstream mortgage market has contracted, new figures suggest. Annual gross bridging grew 35% in year...