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Clarion Events, Mortgage Business Expo’s parent company, has drafted a programme of enhanced safety measures to reduce the risk caused by...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) opened the doors to its 30th high street mortgage shop in Dorchester on Thursday 3 October. The opening...

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) London, taking place on October 16, will feature a keynote presentation by the Bank of England (BoE). Rob...

Paragon Banking Group has reported a 41% increase in new lending across all business lines in the last quarter of 2018. With...

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...

First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced it will be featuring a presentation by the presenter of Homes Under the Hammer, Martin...

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

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

Specialist lender Paragon has removed valuation and application fees from its entire range of buy-to-let portfolio products for a limited period. The...

Borrowers are still opting for variable mortgages despite the Bank of England base rate increase, new figures from Yorkshire Building Society...

Yorkshire Building Society has seen a surge in fixed rate mortgage applications from borrowers ahead of a potential Bank of England...

After a successful seminar program last year, Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced another buy-to-let (BTL) seminar program in partnership with...

Half of BTL brokers still unware of upcoming PRA changes Just over half (54%) of brokers believe that they fully understand what...

New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has announced its new lending criteria for portfolio landlords to help brokers prepare for the PRA Phase 2...

L&G Mortgage Club will be hosting another live conference in London this autumn following the success of last year’s event. Attendees will...

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...

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

The UK House Price Index for November 2016 revealed an annual price rise of 6.7%, taking the overall average property value...

Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...

Just over two months since the Bank of England cut the base interest rate to 0.25%, an array of lenders are...

The headline speakers for Mortgage Vision 2016 have been announced. The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and Nationwide/The Mortgage Works will...

HSBC is offering mortgages through three new brokers in a bid to widen access to its mortgages. This follows its successful partnerships...

The last day of March saw record-breaking property completions as investors rushed to beat the beat stamp duty tax hike. UK mover...

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

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

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...

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

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

Construction industry output fell by 0.5% in November to put even greater pressure on the UK housing market. The shortage of properties...

Mortgage lending for house purchases slumped nearly 10% to £10.7 billion in November as the winter slowdown set in. Despite the dip...

The number of investors purchasing buy-to-let properties through a limited company rose sharply in the final quarter of 2015, new figures...

Letting agents are feeling increasingly pessimistic about the future for the buy-to-let market after the stamp duty surcharge comes into force...

Mortgage sales through intermediaries have disappointed for the second consecutive month, new figures show. Total mortgage sales have fallen by 8.4% last...

The average amount of equity withdrawn via remortgaging hit a new record of nearly £37,000 per borrower in November. This is a...

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

The property market is set for a strong finish to 2015 after a healthy 8% rise in house purchase lending in...

House purchase lending has leapt almost 20% in the past 12 months but first-time buyers remain locked out of the booming...

First-time buyer activity jumped in November with a 31% year-on-year rise in valuations. This was slightly higher than the increasing overall housing...

House prices in England and Wales jumped £16,446 in the last year to hit a new record high of £290,640. This is...

The mortgage market is enjoying a buoyant end to 2015 as two new sets of figures published yesterday show continuing strong...

House price growth in prime central London is grinding to a halt as higher stamp duty on expensive properties hits growth. Annual growth...

House sales to first time buyers accounted for nearly a third of total sales in October, the highest proportion since August...

New Land Registry figures showed house prices in England and Wales rising a healthy 5.6% in the year to October, taking...

Life remains tough for first-time buyers with a shock fall in completions in the three months to October. The new figures underline the...

Monthly remortgaging topped £6 billion for the first time since 2009 in October, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations. The value of...

The UK may be in deflation but this has had little impact on buy-to-let rents which leapt by 4.7% over the...

Christmas has come early for the mortgage industry which is celebrating the highest monthly lending figure for more than seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

Specialist intermediary lender Kensington enjoyed a record month for lending in October with applications up 50% year-on-year. Applications rose 60% by value compared to...

October saw a sharp seasonal fall in remortgaging with a 21% drop compared to September. But remortgaging activity still soared 53% in...

Two new sets of figures published today showing the housing market firing on all cylinders into the autumn. House in England and...

The number of new properties coming onto the market across the UK increased for the second consecutive month in October. Online estate...

The average UK rent outside London rose 3.5% over the past 12 months to £749 a month but the pace of...

UK house prices rose 9.7% in the year to October and should continue climbing over the coming year, according to the...

The average London house price has leapt 9.6% in a year to £499,997 as the capital's market springs back to life. This reverses the recent...

Halifax is offering first-time buyers and homemovers a £500 giftcard to spend in Currys and PC World. The offer is available to...

Record high demand for first-time buyer properties has pushed prices up by nearly 10% in the year. Although property prices generally have...

The government-backed Help to Buy home-loan scheme continues to offer vital support to the mortgage market two years after its launch,...

The impact of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) on brokers will take centre stage at this year’s series of Mortgage Vision...

First-time buyers with relatively small deposits are finding it increasingly hard to get on the property ladder, new research shows. The typical...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages has unveiled a product with lower completion fees for loans up to £150,000. The two-year, fixed-rate product...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will discuss the impact of the EU Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) on borrowers and brokers at...

HSBC is launching a fresh assault on into the broker market by making its mortgage range available through London & Country Mortgages from next...

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

Rent prices are now rising in every region of the UK, while the pace of growth in London has picked up...