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A buying agency says stamp duty is one of the biggest obstacles to a healthy housing market driven. Recoco Property Search says...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...

The true cost of stamp duty is two thirds greater than the tax itself because it obliges buyers to spend far...

Lenders’ trade body UK Finance wants the government to use next month’s Budget to announce a new Help to Buy scheme...

The Family Building Society has commissioned the London School of Economics to explore the UK’s housing. Its report - called A Road...

Many of the country’s major lenders - and quite a few smaller ones, too - have slashed mortgage rates in response...

The chief executive of Winkworth estate agency chain says this week’s Autumn Statement must see the reinstatement of Mortgage Interest Tax...

A new analysis of the UK’s buy to let mortgage market shows just how much it’s grown over the past decade,...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has controversially told landlords that the scrapping of Section 21 eviction...

The latest house price index - this one from the Halifax - has triggered a huge wave of concern about the...

Mortgage lenders and brokers have rarely had a higher profile than right now, when they are seen as key to the...

It’s turning into a buyers’ market as sellers are accepting on average £14,000 or 4% less than their asking price, according...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, claims that after purchasing a property the average homebuyer pays £76,000 during the initial year. In some...

The latest research by Alliance Fund shows that the government’s decision to cut stamp duty could boost new housing delivery by 16%. The changes...

As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...

The government announced the SDLT will only be payable on property purchases over £250,000. First-time buyers will only pay the tax...

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

Research by Stipendium reveals that first-time buyers account for one in 10 of all property transactions across England. The property platform analysed...

The average stamp duty payment on buy-to-let (BTL) homes has increased by £11,848 in England, and almost 1,000% higher than that...

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

Often, we are sold the dream of settling down with a partner and purchasing our dream house together – but, what...

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

The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...

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

Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...

Legal & General has unveiled the top search trends that have driven activity in the market over the past three years,...

The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...

In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...

Data released by independent equity release advisory service, Equity Release Supermarket (ERS), shows that there’s a continued desire amongst their customers to...

Perhaps the scariest thing to occur in the property market is the fall of house prices, with the latest property market...

New research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has revealed how much money the UK government lost as a result...

Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...

Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...

Research by GetAgent has revealed how asking prices across many areas of the property market tumbled in the wake of the...

London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves recently publicised which London boroughs homebuyers can purchase a property at a reduced...

Broker optimism has increased since the beginning of 2021, according to a recent survey from savings accounts, bridging loans, development finance,...

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

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

As the first stage of the stamp duty holiday (SDLT) draws to a near close on June 30 2021, many homebuyers...

According to new research from equity adviser Key, the Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day...

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

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

2020 was a year when every sector needed to learn how to adapt to challenging circumstances and the mortgage industry seems...

Mortgage borrowing in the UK has now reached its highest level since 1993, with home buyers looking to make the most...

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

Some areas of the UK market have seen house price growth slow substantially, suggesting they could be in for a rough...

Research from an all-in-one property platform suggests homebuyers do not sufficiently understand the processes which can contribute to a fast and...

The UK housing market has boomed over the past year, with buyers and sellers benefitting from recent initiatives. But how have...

Some 26% of homeowners, or those buying a property, have missed a mortgage payment due to falling ill or having an...

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

The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...

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

With tomorrow’s Budget expected to be one of the most significant in recent history, fresh research by MoneySuperMarket reveals 74% of...

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

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

Private Finance, an independent whole of market mortgage adviser, has released its latest mortgage memo for February. We outline its key findings...

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...

Dudley Building Society has undergone a number of changes, including a logo transformation and launching some new and re-emerging products for...

In the rush to complete property transactions by 31 March, it would be too easy to overlook putting buildings insurance in...

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...

The current stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers an estimated £817 million, with the potential to reach £1.5 billion before...

Almost one in three UK adults intended to buy a home in 2020, but only a third managed to progress their...

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

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

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

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

Just Mortgages has achieved its best-ever month for both applications and exchanges in September. The company saw 1,750 applications and 1,500 exchanges...

UK specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced its partnership with Primis Mortgage Network, one of the largest mortgage and protection networks...

Activity levels of members of the mortgage and protection network HL Partnership (HLP) are 32% higher than in the first quarter...

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

A ‘highly unusual’ spike in mortgage searches and applications was seen in August, which increased its five-year average by a whopping...

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

The increase in portfolio and complex buy-to-let business seen over the past two years is set to continue in 2020, according...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in its current form is a ‘major obstacle’ to the housing market, particularly for older people...

A specialist buy-to-let mortgage broker has urged buy-to-let landlords to take a cautious approach and seek expert advice when it comes...

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...

Connect for Intermediaries has launched new tools, features and expert guides in line with its brand-new website. Boasting over 160 different lender...

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

LSL Group has announced two exclusive five-year fixed rate products with Leeds Building Society. The buy-to-let products – with rates of 2.94%...

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

Up to 18% of homeowner’s ready to climb the property ladder find it harder than buying their first home, according to...

First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...

The number of first-time buyers and buyers of investment properties has fallen in the last two years, My Home Move say. First-time...

New research from equity release lender, more 2 life, has revealed that an emotional connection to their family home prevents retirees...

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

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

A new report from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has shown that more mortgages were handed to first-time buyers in...

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...

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...

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

Residential property transactions plunged by almost half in April in the wake of a bumper March. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 45.2% last...

Paragon Mortgages has almost doubled its buy-to-let lending in just six months. New buy-to-let lending hit £823.6 million for six months to...