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International buyers are slowly returning to the London property market after three consecutive years of declining market activity, research by debt...

Despite a more lethargic pandemic property market performance, a recent study by debt advisory specialists, Henry Dannell, has analysed sold price...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

A recent survey carried out by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has estimated that almost half of pandemic property purchases across...

New research from sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, claims that new build homes are likely to sell 28 days faster compared to existing...

A new partnership between Hometrack and Mortgage Brain is set to provide a ‘game changing’ solution that streamlines and digitises the...

New research by sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, shows that within the new-build sector help to buy homes has declined. Since 2013 Help to...

New-build homes are proving ever-popular among homebuyers, and the latest research by Unlatch has revealed where the nation’s demand for new-build homes...

Demand for chain-free homes has skyrocketed as buyers continue to pay a significant premium for a fast, efficient purchase, research from...

A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that Russian residential property purchases contributed...

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has shown how the nation’s property sellers could be left with a particularly sweet taste in their...

New build transactions have fallen over the last year in cities and towns across England and Wales, according to a recent...

London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, recently revealed which boroughs in the capital have the highest levels of homebuyer...

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...

Research from the property platform, Boomin, has discovered that living on a Valentine’s related road name could provide a substantial boost...

Retirement non-profit company Cognatum Estates provides advice for those who are considering selling and buying in later life. It is unquestionably a difficult...

New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...

A study from London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves uncovered which London boroughs have been the busiest in the past...

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...

Market analysis has revealed where house price growth could stutter should monthly interest payments start to climb as a result of...

A study by Henry Dannell, a specialist mortgage broker, has discovered how London remains the nation’s million-pound property market hotspot despite a...

Throughout the pandemic, people across Britain have purchased new homes. Changes in lifestyle trends and schemes that make purchasing a new...

This mortgage roundup highlights the latest updates and features from the UK’s leading lenders, from custom-build mortgage products and holiday let mortgages,...

Bective, the sales, lettings and property management company, recently revealed how superstitions around the number 13 often lead to homebuyers paying less for properties. Traditionally it is considered to...

London estate agent Bective recently conducted a property market analysis. The findings show that London ranks third place for the third-largest...

New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...

Roma Finance has launched new bridging and development ranges with improved rates and enhanced criteria. The new bridging range, called RomaPrime, is...

Although record property sales and skyrocketing house prices have dominated the headlines, new figures suggest that the rosy picture of the...

Ozgur Unlu, managing director of 360 Dotnet, addresses the key items and points for financial advice businesses to consider when adopting technology. What...

Across England and Wales, many homebuyers have made use of the stamp duty holiday. The land tax discount encouraged many to...

The Nottingham has introduced a new larger lending mortgage aimed at those looking to borrow over £350,000. Priced at 1.85%, the two-year...

New research from GetAgent has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are seeing homes sell the...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has warned property agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch documents...

Paymentshield is launching its first virtual conference of the year to help bring advisers together and create an opportunity for the...

The Nottingham has unveiled loan-to-value (LTV) limited company buy-to-let (BTL) fixed-rate products. The building society has announced four new two and five-year...

An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...

LiveMore has announced a reduction of its standard fixed rates from five-year up to lifetime. Launched last week, the seven, 10 and...

Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...

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

The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...

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

Property buyers in certain cities could enjoy a hat-trick of savings via the stamp duty holiday, a reduced mortgage deposit requirement and...

The managing director of bespoke property search firm Index West Midlands says the government must urgently review the UK’s ‘outdated and...

Specialist lender Together has added its bridging products to Legal & General’s digital criteria service, designed to improve the process of...

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

The Nottingham has rolled out a new five-year fixed product as an option for people looking to remortgage in light of...

As we leave behind one of the strangest years in memory, we anticipate starting fresh in 2021. With a buoyant housing...

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has reported the behavioural shifts and factors still influencing customers due to the ongoing effects of the...

Together has updated its criteria to allow more automatic property valuations to reduce costs and speed up mortgage applications. The specialist lender...

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

General insurance (GI) specialist Paymentshield is fast-tracking a series of technology investment, which it describes as its ‘war chest’, to help...

Pepper Money has become the latest lender to go live on Affordability Hub, the affordability-based sourcing system from Mortgage Brain. Launched last...

Roma Finance has announced the expansion of its sales and relationship team, including the appointment of Laleta Buctkuar as key account...

General Insurance (GI) provider Paymentshield is predicting a surge in the number of mortgage adviser firms appointing a GI specialist next...

First 4 Bridging (F4B) has appointed Erica Pearce as head of intermediary relations to further extend its intermediary range. Pearce will oversee...

A mortgage advisor is urging prospective buyers to act now before the stamp duty holiday comes to an end. Matt Colley, director...

Creating blogs and articles isn’t always the easiest task for mortgage professionals, particularly when you consider that client meetings, calls and...

Mortgage Magic, the customer relationship management (CRM) and mortgage management platform, has incorporated several of iPipeline’s webservice solutions into its broker...

Saffron for Intermediaries and MCI Mortgage Club have collaborated to offer club members access to the society’s range of specialist mortgage...

Equity release advisory firm Key has strengthened its estate planning team with the hire of Andrew Parkinson as head of sales...

Mortgage broker CLS Money has partnered with FinTech specialist Nivo to provide its customers with a fully branded ‘white labelled’ app. The...

Responsible Life, a later life lending specialist, is reporting a 52% annual surge in lifetime mortgage sales, as retirees increasingly look...

Virgin Money has become the latest lender to join Lendex, the new multi-lender application and submission gateway from Mortgage Brain. Lendex allows...

Pure Retirement has decided to expand its ‘Classic Lifetime Mortgage’ range to a wider selection of the equity release market. The latest...

Knowledge Bank, a market-leading criteria search system, is expanding with the appointment of three new roles. An increasing number of mortgage brokers...

Pure Retirement has launched its latest tech innovation in a bid to simplify the adviser journey. Its new postcode finder tool enables...

Mortgage Brain has confirmed that Nationwide Building Society has joined Lendex, its new multi-lender application and submission gateway. This latest integration will...

The Mortgage Lender has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) for capital-raising landlords from 65% to 75% on all remortgage products. The rise means...

Ipswich Building Society has appointed Charlotte Grimshaw who joins the senior management team as head of mortgage sales. Charlotte, who is CeMAP...

Just Mortgages continues its expansion and diversity drive by appointing its first financial services director, Kerry-Ann Davies. Davies brings 16 years of...

Just Mortgages has bolstered its client services team to drive increased remortgage and protection business for its brokers. Headed by operations manager...

Workers who received a festive bonus and are looking to purchase a property in 2020 could boost their borrowing power by...

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

The level of new-build properties being sold has picked up as we approach the end of the year, while sales across...

A free pilot seminar has been launched to demonstrate how advisers can use websites and social media channels positively. Launched by financial...

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

Pure Retirement has partnered with My Care Consultant on its latest ‘CareBox’ programme. The project – aimed at financial services, professionals, financial...

Nearly a quarter (23%) of mortgage intermediaries expect that consumers will choose to bypass advice and arrange their mortgage directly with...

Independent equity release advisor Key has announced the expansion of its corporate business development team in response to growing industry demand. More...

The Nottingham Building Society has added to its retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage range to help with home ownership. Its two new offerings...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a video call mortgage advice system following a successful pilot. The ‘home-to-branch’ Skype-style system aims to enable...

Asset management specialist Spicerhaart Corporate Sales has joined forces with fact-finding experts Excel and UK law firm TLT to create an...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased its loan to income (LTI) multiplier across its residential range for applications where the...

The number of properties available in London under Help to Buy (HTB) has declined by 64% since 2017, according to modular...

Auxilium Partnership has announced that it will show intermediaries an alternative way of responding to their clients’ protection needs. The firm –...

Fluent for Advisers has announced the appointment of two new Business Development Officers (BDOs) to its internal sales team, and a...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate Agent Today,...

Pepper Money has increased its sales support for brokers with the appointment of a new regional development manager for the North...

Insurance administrator Paymentshield has launched a free online guide for advisers to stimulate conversations that could result in increased business and...

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

Pepper Money has appointed Phil Quinn to the new role of National Account Manager. Quinn will work with Pepper Money’s key distribution...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has removed any maximum age limit for the term end of its entire range of mortgages,...

A unique systems integration between Paymentshield and The Key has made it possible for mortgage advisers to gain instant access to...

Castle Trust has appointed Charissa Chang as business development manager (BDM) for the North. With over 17 years of experience working at...

Following its continued growth, Mortgage Brain has appointed three new members to its sales team. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov and Sophia Smith...

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the launch of its new Help to Buy range which will cover the England and London schemes. Available...

Assetz Capital has agreed a deal with Connect for Intermediaries to be the first network that it distributes its products through. The...

Shawbrook has announced the additions of Amanda Meadows and Shrena Patel to the commercial mortgages sales team as business development managers...

The proportion of sales made to first-time buyers rose by five percentage points to 29% in June, the highest figure recorded...

Accord Mortgages’ national intermediary sales manager, David Robinson, is set to leave the company at the end of July. Having been with...

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...

The proportion of homeowners selling up increased in May, as sellers tried to secure offers before the housing market’s typical summer...

UK lenders were given an insight into Mortgage Brain’s vision and technology strategy for the next generation at three exclusive events...

UK mortgage advisers Just Mortgages grew from 13 brokers at the start of 2017 to 81 by the end of the...

Kensington Mortgages and New Street Mortgages have announced a successful market launch into Scotland. While Kensington now offers an extensive range of...

Shawbrook Bank has appointed Phill Tyson as head of credit, residential lending – further strengthening its residential mortgage team. Having been with...

It's only right and proper that as a mortgage adviser you spend most of your time helping your clients buy or...

Kent Reliance has announced three new appointments, which it says will help it cope with increased demand from brokers. The firm, which...

Specialist lender Accord Mortgages has launched interest only repayment options to its residential mortgage range. New borrowers seeking up to 75% loan-to-value...

Specialist property finance lender LendInvest has announced its new buy-to-let (BTL) loan products for the specialist lending market. Targeted at professional property...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched an online buy-to-let (BTL) calculator for landlords and lower reference rates for like-for-like BTL...

Specialist lender Foundation Home Loans has announced multiple new appointments to its senior team, with more to follow. Andrew Ferguson is now...

Mortgage Brain has launched a new version of the Key, the company’s POS and CRM system, offering customers a streamlined service...

Advice has surfaced from Accord Mortgages on how brokers can reduce house sales delays caused by property valuation set-backs during autumn. Recently,...

Fresh data from UK Finance has found that borrowing and lending for house sales increased in both value and volume in...

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgage has announced the launch of a new facility from National Australia Bank (NAB) with funding provided by...

Mortgage Brain has strengthened its integrated second charge sourcing capability by expanding the Master Brokers accessible to network companies, as well...

Vida Homeloans has attracted £1.6 billion decisions in principle (DIPs) and £800 million in applications one year after launching its specialist...

Free legal assistance is still a popular option among the majority of borrowers remortgaging with Accord Mortgages. Figures from the lender show...

Accord Mortgages is offering its lowest ever two-year fixed rate at 80% loan-to-value (LTV) with a 0.99% two-year fixed rate mortgage...

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

Specialist lender Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Steve Seal as director of sales and distribution as part of its...

Figures from Accord Mortgages show a jump in remortgage applications over the summer, with borrowers grabbing competitive mortgage deals ahead of...

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

Pepper Homeloans has been appointed to the mortgage lender panel of Intrinsic Network. Intrinsic will market Pepper Homeloans’ full range of residential...

Accord Mortgages has revealed competitive remortgage options with a £495 fee and the benefit of additional features. The new products from the...

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

Legal & General Home Finance has become the biggest provider of lifetime mortgages in the first half of this year (H1). The...

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

Annette Tilbury has been added to the Foundation Home Loans team as Regional Area Manager for the South East. Having previously worked...

Furness Building Society (FBS) has confirmed the launch of its improved product range with new competitive discount and tracker products. These new...

First Complete and Pink have revealed that their mortgage, protection and general insurance sales all reached record highs in 2017. The two...

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

Research carried out by Equifax Touchstone, analysing the intermediary marketplace, has revealed that Northern Ireland had the highest regional mortgage sales...

The partnership between TMA Mortgage Club and Mortgage Brain has been extended, with TMA committing to offer Mortgage Brain's latest technology...

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has appointed Pauline Hibbert as Regional Sales Manager. Once in post, she will have responsibility for...

First Complete and Pink are calling on mortgage brokers to update their landlord clients on buy-to-let tax changes coming into force...

Specialist mortgage lender Magellan Homeloans has announced it will distribute its full range of mortgage products through the specialist distributor and...

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

Members of the PMS Mortgage Club will have access to Magellan Homeloans full range of products, after an agreement was reached...

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

Bridging lender Mint Bridging has appointed Sinead Moynihan as its Head of Sales. She will be based at the company’s head...

Pepper Homeloans is to market its specialist mortgage products via The Mortgage Alliance (TMA).  TMA’s brokers will have full access to Pepper...

Specialist lender Precise Mortgages has announced the appointment of Dan Watson to its sales team. Watson will work predominantly in the South...

Steve Seal has been promoted by lender Kent Reliance to Head of Sales with immediate effect, as a direct reward for...

Sourcing systems have been around for so long now that it's easy to think they have the same features and capabilities...

Tipton has launched a new shared ownership range, including mortgages available throughout England and Wales up to 90% of the share...

The winner of Furness Building Society's Euro 2016 football predictor for intermediaries has been announced.  Jerome De Jonk of Lighthouse Wealth has...

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

A Euro 2016 football predictor for intermediaries has been launched by Furness Building Society. The winner will receive a prize of £250...

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

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans have added Ryan Brailsford to their team as Regional Development Manager for the North. Brailsford, whose role involves...

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

Kent Reliance has launched a new mortgage retention product that pays a broker procuration fee. The lender, part of specialist lending group...

Buy-to-let investors have started selling off properties as Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown begins to bite. Demand is also likely to fall...

TMA has launched a new general insurance proposition that lets advisers quote and apply for residential household insurance from a panel...

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

Buy-to-let mortgage sales surged by 163% in the year to March as landlords raced to beat the new stamp duty surcharge...

The price of the average home in London broke through the £600,000 price barrier in April for the first time, Home values in...

Demand for UK property has dipped for the first time in 12 months in the latest sign of housing market weakness. However,...

Cash is now king in the prime London market with six out of 10 of purchases made by investors or second-home...

Magellan Homeloans is offering brokers the opportunity to book a one-to-one consultation session at the trade shows, conferences and events it is...

March saw a significant slump in buy-to-let activity with sales falling 26.2% compared to February. The fall of £1.04 billion came despite an expected last-minute...

Private Finance is recruiting experienced mortgage brokers and support staff to develop its association with Strutt & Parker. The two have worked...

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

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

Chancellor George Osborne's eighth Budget delivered another blow to buy-to-let investors by excluding property from cuts to capital gains tax (CGT) rates. Investors...

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

More than 150,000 people have become homeowners through the Government’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme. New official figures show that 80%...

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...

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

The Brexit referendum is adding to housing market uncertainty which has seen a 2% drop in sales in major UK cities,...

Accord Mortgages and Leeds Building Society have launched new five-year fixed-rate mortgages with added incentives. Intermediary-only lender Accord’s deals are aimed at borrowers...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has posted 15% sales growth to make 2015 another record year. It pinned its £46 billion of sales...

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...

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...

House prices in England and Wales have risen by nearly £18,000 in the last year, an average rise of nearly £1,500...

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

The number of first-time buyers topped 300,000 in 2015 for the second year in a row, new figures show. This is a...

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

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

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

The UK housing market is in for a bumpy ride next year as new property taxes hit sales and prices. Higher stamp...

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 typical home buyer approximately £4,500 better-off due to last year’s stamp duty changes. Chancellor George Osborne reformed the “slab system” of...

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

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

Mortgage brokers have attacked the Chancellor’s "truly aggressive attack" on buy-to-let in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review yesterday. George Osborne punished...

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

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

Members of Legal & General’s Mortgage Club now have direct access to Kent Reliance’s mortgage range. Kent Reliance, the specialist intermediary lender...

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

Broker-only lender Accord and Coventry for Intermediaries are the latest to cut mortgage rates as the lender price war continues. Accord is...

Just Mortgages has launched a specialist new homes division.  The New Homes Division will cover the whole of England and Wales, launching with...

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 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...

Equity release has posted the biggest quarterly rise for 11 years as over-55s withdraw a record £5 million of housing wealth...

First-time buyers accounted for 29% of total sales in September, a rise of 45% compared to August. The National Association of Estate...

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

There is further evidence of a slowdown at the top of the market as the pace of house price growth in...

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

The property industry has warned that Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to build 200,000 new starter homes won't be enough to keep...

Two new sets of figures published today show that September was another buoyant month for the housing market. There was a 20% year-on-year...

Landlords have been warned of a sharp rise in sub-letting scams as sky-high demand for property gives unscrupulous tenants the opportunity to...

Changes to the stamp duty system introduced at the end of last year have led to a slowdown in sales of...

Buy-to-let sales through intermediaries have soared over the last year as the sector continues to boom. Sales in August 2015 were up...

First-time buyers enjoy their strongest summer on record as sales picked up 25% in the aftermath of the general election. There were...

Residential housing market activity defied the summer slowdown to post strong growth in August. The latest HMRC Property Transactions figures for August 2015...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages in its broker portfolio from today. It will also...

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%...

One in five older people are considering downsizing but are being put off by a lack of homes and the cost...

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 first-time buyer sales rose nearly 5% in July to hit the highest figure since the recession. There were 29,700...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be increasing its mortgage rates by up to 14 basis points (bps) amid signs that rates are...

The number of house hunters in July hit the highest level in almost 11 years after leaping 5% in a month. The supply of available...

Four out of five new mortgages are fixed rates as borrowers increasingly turn their back on tracker deals. Borrowers are also fixing for...

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...

Property sales in prime central London property sales have been hit by stamp duty reforms with no sign of an immediate recovery. In...

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 number of house hunters has hit its highest level in 11 years while supply levels are continuing to fall. Sales to...

Lender Kensington Mortgages has revealed details of a new range of loans aimed at landlords. The company said it was removing minimum...

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has reported that nearly two thirds of businesses are operating with cash reserves of under...

Large loans: a user’s guide For those with less experience handling large loans, they can at first be a daunting prospect. This...

Mortgage sourcing systems – it’s all about accuracy Since the first mortgage sourcing system was built in 1986, their capabilities, not to...

As UK house prices reach new records and the price for an average London property crosses £500k, you might wondering whether...

Recent figures show that the UK is currently facing a housing shortage, with the lowest number of properties available for sale...

Help to Buy schemes have created 131 new homeowners every day since April 2013, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has said. More than...

Buy-to-let lending grew at more than 12 times the pace of the residential market in the first quarter of this year. While buy-to-let...

Almost one in three new buy-to-let mortgages have initial terms lasting at least five years as intermediaries place more longer-term business. Fixed...