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Mortgage lending has fallen by -28.6% in the past year, according to a new analysis. Octane Capital analysed gross mortgage lending data*...

The Bank of England has signalled that more than one interest rate cut is likely this year - but the question...

FinTech company Mortgage Brain has struck a strategic partnership with SPF Private Clients, a whole-of-market mortgage broker. The deal caters for a...

Mortgage lender Halifax is imposing a new 70-year age limit on the terms of its home loans for some borrowers. This has...

It’s taken six months but LSL Property Services has announced that its acquisition of TenetLime is now complete. At the end of...

Respected estate agency and property consultancy Savills is warning that house prices may dip in 2024. In the run-up to Christmas it...

Two-year fixed rate mortgages have dipped below six per cent for the first time since June this year. Back in June there...

Just Refer, a new referral portal for national brokerage Just Mortgages and financial services arm Just Wealth, has supported brokers in...

The Nationwide says high interest rates are helping to redefine the housing market in terms of transaction volumes and choices of...

Despite the housing market slowdown, brokers are being warned that the autumn months of September, October and November have typically seen...

Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...

Data from mortgage research and sourcing platform Legal & General Ignite reveals a significant spike in searches for Interest Only products...

First Direct has crunched market data to give an insight into FTB activity over the summer just gone. There are three...

The Bank of England says net mortgage approvals decreased from 54,600 in June to 49,400 in July, although approvals for remortgaging slightly increased...

High interest rates are worsening the affordability issues at play in the housing market, the Halifax admits. It says that downward pressure...

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

A leading analyst is warning that a remortgage nightmare lies await in the second half of 2023. Sarah Coles of business consultancy...

It was announced yesterday that companies regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) will not face any rise in application fees, licence fees...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, suggests that the property market will remain steady throughout the autumn. An analysis of property market data over...

Since Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget last Friday - which has caused a run on the pound and mass panic in financial markets...

After a hot season, research by property developer Stripe Property Group, has revealed that Newcastle United sits top of the Premier...

Living as a resident in London can burn quite a hole into your pockets, but in comparison, by how much exactly? Recent...

As summer sets in, Brits are looking forward to spending their time abroad with foreign travel back on the cards, but...

Knowledge about which features of the home are the most desirable can help sellers attract buyers. By analysing online search volumes of Google...

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

Legal & General has announced the return of its Virtual Summer Conference which takes place today and tomorrow (July 6-7 2021). The...

West One Loans’ buy-to-let (BTL) division has released new products to meet increased demand in the market. The raft of new product...

With the sun making an appearance and the hope of a further easing of restrictions, Furness Building Society is holding a 'competition...

Results released from Paragon Bank show that specialist buy-to-let (BTL) lending has accounted for 93% of total buy-to-let activity, compared to...

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

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed the next set of mortgage product, criteria and technology enhancements as part of its Broker...

Many key indicators for home movers and first-time buyers remained either stable or only marginally changed when compared to the previous...

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...

MortgageGym is adding four specialist lenders to its online platform for mortgage applicants with lower credit scores. These include Together and Precise...

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The number of landlords looking to remortgage has now reached an all-time high, according to a survey by Paragon. Its Financial Adviser...

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

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

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...

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

The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...

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

The Mortgage Hut has seen a year on year rise of 30% in mortgage applications in August despite the traditional seasonal...

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

Computershare will service three out of every five outsourced UK mortgages from next month, the company has confirmed. This follows its Government appointment to...

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

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

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....

More than 700 buy-to-let landlords are set to challenge the government's "Alice in Wonderland tax grab" in court. The legal campaign to fight...

A steep rise in debt since last summer 2015 has put more households under financial pressure, new research shows. Income and saving...

Buy-to-let investors are rushing to set up limited companies to avoid Chancellor George Osborne’s forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors are trying to escape 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...

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

Specialist mortgage lender Masthaven Finance has applied to become a bank offering home loans and fixed-interest savings. It has now submitted its banking...

Specialist lenders Paragon Mortgages and 3mc have announced new exclusive buy-to-let product ranges. This follows the recent launch from intermediary-only lender Accord,...

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

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...

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

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...

The number of landlords increasing rents for tenants fell in August, the first drop this year, new figures show. Only one in three...

August was the strongest month for gross mortgage lending since the financial crisis with loans totalling £20 billion. That is 12% higher...

UK house prices rose 9% in the past year after a strong summer that saw prices leap 3% between June and August,...

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

Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

Brokers bucked the traditional summer mortgage slowdown helped by the continuing boom in buy-to-let, new figures show. Overall lending totalled £16.4 billion, a...

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

More than 100 mortgages are available for landlords who buy properties through a limited company, allowing them to retain current levels...

The number of first-time buyers plunged more than 27% in the year to June, with no sign of a post-election bounce. There...

A sharp drop in new property supply is forcing house prices ever higher with the average asking price now just a...

A fall in the number and value of mortgage deals taken out by first-time buyers in May is a sign this...

Changes announced in last week’s summer Budget could in fact make the UK’s shortage of housing even worse, according to a...

Buy-to-let investors should make it a priority to ensure they have the most competitive mortgage deals following the government’s announcement that...

The number of house-purchase approvals soared past 72,000 in June, the highest level since January 2014. Figures from chartered surveyor e.surv’s Mortgage Monitor...

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...

It wasn’t exactly springtime in Paris, but our day in Brussels at the start of May was nonetheless a welcome trip...