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Mortgage Advice Bureau York has scooped the award for the Top Business Most Improved in the business category at its annual...

Paymentshield has launched a new interactive video to tackle some of the obstacles that can put off advisers from talking about...

Bluestone Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec, a leading provider of technology solutions to the lending industry. This means Bluestone is the first...

April saw significant purchasing and remortgaging activity following forecasts suggesting an interest rate rise in May, according to the Mortgage Advice...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) have launched an exclusive product for homeowners who want to pay...

Purchase prices varied across the UK, with some regions seeing prices increase both month on month and year on year, according...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon has found that it is cheaper for Swindon tenants to purchase a new property than...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has become the latest network to be added to the Mortgage Lender’s distribution panel. Brian Murphy, head of...

Mortgage affordability is increasing for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors, according to the latest index from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). The...

Major high-street bank HSBC has announced that it is expanding the availability of its mortgages through four additional brokers. The new brokers...

This month the Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the winners of its annual awards. The awards – which recognise excellence...

Nine out 10 borrowers are opting to fix their mortgages despite little sign of forthcoming base rate hike. Historically low mortgage interest...

Two sets of industry data published yesterday suggest that house price growth is finally starting to slow. Nationwide's figures showed annual house price...

Brokers have more choice than ever before with the number of mortgage products hitting an all-time high in March. However, new mortgage application...

Tesco is to make its mortgages available through brokers via a tie-up with Legal & General. The new service called Tesco Mortgage Intermediaries...

Lending to both residential buyers and property investors soared over the last year but experts warn there is a slowdown in...

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

New Street Mortgages has announced a new distribution partnership with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). Under the agreement, all of MAB’s members now...

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

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...

House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...

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

New figures show the housing market defying the traditional seasonal slowdown in December as mortgage approvals hit a two-year high. The number of...

London property prices rose at double the pace of the rest of the UK last year, new figures show. Prices in the capital...

The average house purchase deposit jumped 15% in a year to more than £80,000 in December. This is its highest point since the...

UK house prices leapt by 7.7% in the year to November after rising at the fastest rate for eight months. This compares...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases rose again in November as the market defied a seasonal winter slowdown. Loan approvals for house purchases...

Property market experts have warned that the forthcoming buy-to-let surcharge on stamp duty will trigger a shortlived scramble for property in...

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly searching for lower-priced properties in a bid to secure higher yields, new research suggests. Seven in 10 landlords...

The popularity of fixed mortgage rates is hitting new heights with 96% of homebuyers opting to fix during September for the second successive...

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...

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

The appetite for longer-term mortgages is soaring as homebuyers look to stretch out their repayments to make them more affordable, new...

Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...

House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...

The salary of the average homebuyer fell 16% year-on-year in June to £34,584, as improved mortgage affordability boosted lower income borrowers. The...

Mortgage brokers and property companies have welcomed government proposals to overhaul Britain’s planning laws and increase housebuilding. Chancellor George Osborne announced on...

Buy-to-let landlords could lose thousands of pounds a year after Chancellor George Osborne limited tax relief on mortgage interest payments yesterday's Budget. From...

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

Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...

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...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...

Improve mortgage affordability is helping borrowers on lower incomes to climb the property ladder. Mortgage applications surged 18% in March in response to...