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Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...

Over half a million transactions will save due to the stamp duty holiday extension by the time it ends in September...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...

Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...

Like most industries impacted by the Covid pandemic, the world of bridging finance has experienced a contradictory, sometimes stormy and altogether...

Specialist lender Together has confirmed it will continue lending despite tougher restrictions as the UK enters another national lockdown. England was plunged...

SmartSearch, the leading UK anti-money-laundering (AML) firm, has recorded its busiest ever month in September, with record revenues, profits and number...

More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit,...

Almost seven in 10 (67%) commercial mortgage brokers feel confident about the lending environment in 2020 despite the current political climate,...

Average bills for home insurance are up just 2.1% in a year, with a competitive marketplace keeping up with the UK’s...

Dudley BS has been working for over 160 years in providing mortgages and saving accounts to customers across a local and...

Since the Brexit vote, house prices have increased across the UK by 9.3%, with market uncertainty surrounding the exit being blamed...

The national month-on-month figures for new listings ‘for sale’ reached 9.4%, while the amount of properties sold sat at 6.2% in...

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

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...

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

One in five British homeowners purchased a property prior to selling their existing home, a new study conducted by CoverBuilder has...

The Association of Short Term Lenders has announced the first two speakers - Lorna O’Brien of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

A quarter of young people believe the only way they'll ever own a home is by inheriting cash, research by Halifax has...

Overseas buyers and British expats are finding it increasingly difficult to purchase property in the UK without correct advice, according to deVere...

A significant rise in people re-mortgaging to improve their existing homes could hit the new-build property market during 2017, mortgage broker...

The UAE has been named as the best country for first-time buyers, new research carried out by MoveHub has revealed. Based on...

A leading buy-to-let broker has partnered with a new lender to improve its selection of offerings. Commercial Trust has added Vida Homeloans...

Over a third of brokers working in the property finance sector have said they think builders and developers will find it...

A new lender, which is aiming to target older borrowers, has received full regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Mortgages4Life,...

Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move and...

House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according...

House prices in Greater London have topped £600,000 for the first time ever, new figures show. Prices increased by 14.9% over the...

Tottenham Hotspur may have missed out on the Premier League title but the local property market has claimed the house price growth...

The supposed slowdown in the London property market is a “myth” as the majority of Londoners see prices continue to rise. While...

UK house price growth slowed more than expected in the three months to April, further evidence of a slowing property market. House prices in...

The surging remortgaging sector has helped to offset April's seasonal housing market slowdown, new figures show. Total valuations carried out in April rose...

UK parents will lend or give more than £5billion over the course of 2016 to help their children get onto or move...

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

The property industry is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to reform stamp duty and boost housing supply in Wednesday’s Budget, but...

Almost half of all home movers say they plan to downsize when taking their next step on the property market over the...

London is likely to remain attractive to overseas buyers regardless of the result of the Brexit referendum. Property buying agency Black Brick...

April's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge on investors has brought the prime central London property market back from the dead. Property demand has...

Almost half of young home movers plan to wait until after the Brexit referendum to complete their property transactions. Most also believe...

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

Property agencies report a surge in demand for London buy-to-let property ahead of the looming surcharge on stamp duty. But some fear...

First-time buyer numbers fell nearly 5% in December as the traditional winter cooling hit the UK property market. Some 26,600 buyers took...

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

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

Higher stamp duty on £1 million plus properties has hit growth in prime central London and pushed it to the fringes...

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

The new surcharge on stamp duty for buy-to-let and second homes is set to cause conveyancing “mayhem” next year. Broker Conveyancing has...

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

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

British buyers are "emboldened" in the London property market and now account for nearly eight out of 10 new sales. Overseas buyers account...

Buy-to-let landlords have driven a massive shift in the property market that has taken a million homes out of residential ownership...

Chancellor George Osborne is under attack by critics who claim his recent stamp duty overhaul which has hit property sales and slashed revenues from...

London is on track to be in a house price bubble by 2017, new research suggests. The latest alarm call about the...

The London property market is the most overvalued in Europe and is at risk of a bubble due to "explosive price...

There has been a sharp fall in sales of million pound houses as the top end of the property market continues...

Nearly half of Britons believe that homeownership is now an unrealistic dream, a new study shows. One in 10 Brits expects to be...

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

Price growth in prime central London looks set to slow further as the property market faces a number of headwinds. Knight Frank has cut...

Last month was the strongest September for home sales since 2007 as the property market enjoyed an Indian summer. The growth was largely...

Home ownership is a distant dream for nine million UK renters who say they will never be able to afford their...

UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...

Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...

The prime central London property market has endured a "subdued summer" after the excitement of recent years. Annual price growth of 1.7%...

House prices now cost six times income even in the most affordable regions of England and Wales as the affordability crisis worsens. In...

The number of homes coming onto the UK property market has surged to its highest level since 2010, new figures show. Nearly...

UK house prices increased 5.7% in the year to June but London is trailing as the capital's property market continues to...

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...

Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...

Two new sets of figures show the prime London property market has slumped in recent months after years of surging ahead. Analysis...

Investors have strengthened their grip on the prime central London property market and are now responsible for more than four out...

Mortgage regulators have given buy-to-let investors an unfair advantage over residential buyers and the balance needs to be redressed, a broker has claimed. Independent...

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

Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...

A lack of supply of homes has translated into rising housing market values according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The...

Government plans to raise the inheritance tax (IHT) allowance could inflate the housing market by putting greater restrictions on the supply...

The number of property valuations rose sharply in June, pointing to a resurgence of growth in the housing market. Figures from Connells...

A lack of affordable homes in England’s rural areas has resulted in young people and families being priced out of the...

London house prices surged in May to add £23,132 to the value of the average home, new figures show. The capital's property...

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

Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have...

The property market shrugged off pre-election jitters to jump 1% in April, according to Nationwide. Experts say the housing market is now "a...