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Legal & General has acquired a 20% stake in the Australian lifetime mortgage business, Household Capital, through its ‘Retail Retirement’ division...

Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance is becoming an increasingly worrying issue for brokers, according to specialist finance trade body, FIBA. FIBA, part of...

Newly-launched brokerage Lloyd Wells Mortgages is aiming to make the homebuying process hassle-free for first-time buyers, buy-to-let investors and remortgagers. The Bristol-based...

Hodge has announced the extension of its Early Repayment Promise (ERP) feature across all of its residential mortgage products. The move follows...

Later life lending specialist Advise Wise has announced the launch of its mortgage club to complement its services for the later...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three mortgages particularly attractive to first-time buyers. The fee-free mortgages are...

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

Mortgage applications will soon be as simple as buying car insurance for many borrowers, as technology begins to revolutionise the housing...

Utilising just 41.4% of Britain’s empty homes could house the homeless, according to research by estate agent comparison website, GetAgent.co.uk. Shelter estimates...

Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...

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

Intermediaries believe they can hold out against the uncertainty being caused by Brexit and the general election, according to the Intermediary...

The buy-to-let market has remained relatively stable despite the decline in overall mortgage business during Q3 2019, according to Paragon Bank. Its...

For the third consecutive quarter, the most popular use of a bridging loan was to purchase investment property, according to Bridging...

The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...

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

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

The property finance industry is rapidly changing. Everyone who’s part of it wants to know where we are heading, what’s working...

‘Interest-only loans’ have maintained their place in the top five most searched-for criteria in August after making their very first appearance...

Some 77% of lenders believe the number of loans they broker will increase, showing a positive outlook for the future of...

Mortgage and protection network HLPartnership has announced new dates and venues in September for later life lending seminars. Following its successful spring...

Unmortgage has rebranded to Wayhome as part of phase one of its brand refresh. Since August, the Unmortgage name is no longer...

The vast majority of UK intermediaries (91%) remain positive about the outlook for the mortgage industry despite ongoing political uncertainty, according...

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

Right to Buy became one of the most-searched for criteria by brokers for the first time in July, according to Knowledge...

Less than 5% of tracker rate mortgages are available on the market, which reflects the current ‘lack of appetite’ for variable...

Nearly a quarter of UK homes have no home insurance, according to Assurant Intermediary. The insurance company says advisers play a vital...

Interest-only mortgages comprised 20% of new business introduced in Q2 2019, down from 28% is Q2 2007 but significantly higher than...

Property investment company Cogress has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (‘IFISA’) in a move to diversify IFISA-eligible bonds. With a minimum investment...

The UK’s first buy-to-let mortgage calculator of its kind has officially been launched by BrokerSense, the provider of specialist mortgage calculators...

Over a third of people who purchased their mortgage direct from a lender have no protection policy in place, the latest...

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) and Charles Cameron & Associates have partnered to offer a financial wellness package for large public and...

The majority (61%) of current and soon-to-be homeowners in the UK don’t fully review their mortgage agreement before signing it, and...

Knight Frank Finance has launched a later life finance team, making it the first major player in the property sector to...

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal to bolster its mortgage lending. The funding – which is from a...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Thousands of borrowers could be missing out on a better mortgage deal by not speaking to an adviser, research from Legal...

Mortgage Advice Bureau York has scooped the award for the Top Business Most Improved in the business category at its annual...

Specialist banking group, Paragon, has reported a 16% increase in first-half mortgage lending to £834 million – up from £721 million...

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

Nearly three quarters (71%) of the UK’s growing self-employed population believe their employment status makes it harder to get a mortgage,...

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...

Webline, an online quote and e-apply portal from research software developer, Synaptic, is now accessible to mortgage advisers through a new...

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

New research by Kensington Mortgages has revealed that interest-only mortgages are a significant problem in the financial system. The specialist mortgage lender...

Trussle, the UK’s first online mortgage broker, is campaigning for fairer mortgages. The company has launched a manifesto which seeks to champion...

Brits only own the equivalent of an average-sized kitchen and bathroom at the point of officially entering into a mortgage, according...

LendInvest has secured funding of up to £200 million from HSBC UK to bring further capital to its platform. With this new...

My Home Move has won the title of ‘Best Conveyancing Firm’ at this year’s Mortgage Strategy Awards. This award follows the firm...

First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...

Shawbrook has announced the appointment of Rob Lankey as director of commercial investment. Lankey joins the specialist lender after a long career...

Connect for Intermediaries has announced the addition of specialist brokers Fluent for Advisers and Lenderlink to its second charge panel. Connect’s ‘Network...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is the first UK lender to go live with an innovative digital system developed in Denmark. Developed...

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HLPartnership (HLP) and Mortgage Support Network (MSN) have announced that 360’s suite of marketing modules – normally paid for extras –...

Over two thirds (68%) of British people think lenders have too much power over borrowers. The findings come from new online polling...

The privately-owned mortgage and protection networks, HLPartnership and Mortgage Support Network, have announced the appointment of five new compliance officers to...

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...

Data from Moneyfacts UK found the average two-year fixed rate at max 95% loan-to-value (LTV) is at a record low, while...

Martin Brown has been appointed as the new role of head of products at Pepper Money. Brown joins from lifetime mortgage lender,...

A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...

A staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting on their lenders’ standard variable rate (SVR),...

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

The mortgage industry is failing to keep up with modern borrowers, according to a new study conducted by Together. It revealed that...

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

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

People aged 18-34 are having to make sacrifices not experienced in previous generations to get onto the property ladder, according to...

Demand for bridging loans increased in the third quarter of 2018, according to bridging lender mtf. Its latest Broker Sentiment Survey found...

Landbay has chosen Oracle NetSuite to create a more accessible buy-to-let mortgage marketplace for investors, borrowers and brokers. Through NetSuite, Landbay will...

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

As many as one in three UK homeowners don’t know what mortgage rate they are on, potentially costing them thousands of...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging government to provide clarity around the future of the Help to Buy Equity...

Tougher lending rules are surfacing after the expansion of the Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) into one of the UK’s...

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

Intelenet Global Services has launched a new ‘Lending Suite’ to help banks generate mortgage offers in as little as 30 minutes. The...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now seeking financial advice and guidance, according to new research from Key. The independent equity...

Homeowners are ageing at a faster rate than the UK population as developments in post-retirement lending put a strain on the...

Legal & General Home Finance has announced a new 5-year partnership agreement with Virgin Money. The alliance will see the retirement lender...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is very much prevalent, with recent research showing that UK parents will help 316,000 young...

Borrowers opting for the ‘cheapest’ mortgage deal with one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ lenders could be paying almost £900 over...

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...

Across the UK adults are signing away the biggest financial contracts of their lives without fully reading or comprehending them, new...

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

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

Over three quarters (76%) of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications via intermediaries resulted in a completion in Q1 2018, the highest number...

Historically second charge mortgages or secured loans as they are also known were seen as a last chance option for a...

The UK’s first digital mortgage settlement has been carried out by Premier Property Lawyers and Shieldpay, bringing transformation to the £245...

Furness Building Society has appointed Alasdair McDonald as head of intermediaries McDonald has over 25 years of experience in the financial services...

Brightstar Financial has launched a series of specialist lending workshops to help brokers engage with the market more effectively. Merging with some...

Some 81% of UK homeowners who purchased a home in the last year would consider a mortgage broker if they were...

Mortgage Brain has become the first UK mortgage technology company to develop a ‘Mortgage Skill’ on Amazon’s Echo devices. The feature will...

Secure Trust Bank continues to expand its service, having signed 30 new partnerships during its first 12 months of operation. Launched in...

The first digital mortgage was entered into the Land Register by Enact Conveyancing and Coventry Building Society for a house in...

The UK surveying provider and property risk service, e.Surv Chartered Surveyors, has launched a remote valuation service. Set to offer mortgage lenders...

A diverse set of customer needs from the self-employed are driving demand for specialist residential mortgages, according to Paragon’s Financial Adviser...

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...

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

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

The Northview Group – which consists of the Kensington, New Street and Acenden brands – has announced the appointment of Mark...

Short-term lender Alternative Bridging has recently opened a Midlands office, further expanding its business in the region. With its existing broker network...

Masthaven has launched its second charge mortgage range with competitive rates available via Legal & General Mortgage Club. With this partnership, Masthaven...

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

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...

A new wave of residential products is being introduced to help mortgage brokers secure the best solution for their clients. Following the...

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

Intermediary-only specialist mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has announced the launch of a pilot scheme in the second charge mortgage market. The ‘test...

Metro Bank has appointed Jeremy Cook as head of corporate relationships within its mortgage team. Cook will report directly to Charles Morley,...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its 2018 calendar of events.  The half-day events, which take place across the UK, will...

Commercial Trust Limited is urging landlords to speak with specialist buy-to-let mortgage broker firms as many are considering remortgaging options once...

After listening to feedback from brokers, Furness Building Society has increased the maximum LTV in Scotland to 95% on standard residential...

Together has announced partnerships with mortgage club SimplyBiz Mortgages and broker network Personal Touch. SimplyBiz Mortgages – which was founded in 2002...

The Mortgage Trading Exchange (MTE), the single delivery channel for mortgage placement, has now processed over two million mortgage transactions since...

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

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

Over half (55%) of UK consumers are unaware that a mortgage broker could offer more product options than a bank or...

The number of expats looking for buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages to buy property in the UK has soared over the past year,...

New research estimates that it takes the average home mover six months to complete the entire process.  Believed to be an industry...

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

Six in ten parents can afford to financially support their children to buy their first home, while only 5% can pay...

Keystone Property Finance has announced the upgrade of its criteria for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The buy-to-let lending brand has increased the...

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

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...

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

Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans has announced that it will change its name to Pepper Money and will also be launching a...

Freedom Finance has urged UK families to examine their finances after revealing that an average mortgage bill could increase more than...

Lifetime mortgage lender more 2 life has surpassed £1 billion of lending, along with a substantial total loan book value. According to...

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

Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages team announced that it has lowered the fixed and variable rates on its 55 Plus Interest-Only Mortgage. With interest-only...

President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement earlier this year doesn’t seem to have put a dent in a basic architectural...

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

The number of mortgages in arrears has declined in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, being the lowest level since...

Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...

A study revealed that a third of young people would choose to buy and live in a caravan if they couldn’t...

The latest property renovation hotspots list revealed that Barking and Dagenham is the top location for an increase in renovation applications...

Legal & General has announced its development of Inspired Villages Group, an operator of later living accommodation which formed out of...

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

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...

Bank customers are at risk of paying an extra £400 if they chose not to remortgage after their fixed term deal...

Accord Buy to Let has bolstered its range of fixed rate mortgages for landlords with deposits of 25% or more. The lender,...

According to the latest data from mortgage technology provider, Mortgage Brain, the majority of mainstream mortgages have steadily decreased over the...

The UK’s first digital mortgage brokerage service for UK buy-to-let landlords has been launched. Property Master, which claims to allow the...

It's been quite the year politically. Brexit, Trump's election, the triggering of Article 50, a new French President and now another...

The so-called Bank of Mum and Dad will lend 23% more funds in 2017, putting it on a par with the...

Property data firm Hometrack has been appointed by TSB to be its long-term partner for Automated Valuation Model (AVM) services. The analytics...

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

Mike Thompson has been appointed to the role of Legal & General’s Operations Director for its lifetime mortgage business. Before joining Legal...

MortgageGym.com, which claims to be the world’s only regulated mortgage robo-adviser, will be launched in the UK in the coming months,...

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has announced that it has refreshed its product range aimed at both amateur and professional landlords, reducing...

The Moneyfacts Group has announced the finalists for its awards ceremony, taking place on June 6 in the Pavilion at the...

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

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...

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

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...

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

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

The UK's first bank built exclusively for mobile has extended its Digital Mortgage Range. Atom Bank has launched a two year...

Mortgage borrowers in Scotland are the most proactive when it comes to switching products, according to new research. A YouGov study, commissioned...

The latest research from Connells Survey & Valuation has revealed that January saw an increase in the number of first-time buyers...

High-street bank HSBC has appointed Jackie Uhi as its new head of mortgage distribution. Uhi has spent the last six years working...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

An online mortgage broker has announced that it has received backing from fintech investors all over Europe to the tune of...

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

The UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile customers has extended its Digital Mortgage range, with 80% LTV and 85% LTV...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is on the lookout for a new executive director.  The news follows Peter Williams' announcement that...

The principal issue we come up against as we go around the UK visiting all our brokers is a lack of...

The adviser community has offered broad support to the merits of a standalone equity release qualification, according to a joint survey...

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

Buy-to-let mortgages are becoming increasingly hard to secure, new research has revealed. The majority of brokers surveyed in the latest Broker...

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...

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

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

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

Leeds Building Society has announced the details of a new partnership with conveyancing panel management firm LMS. LMS will now provide the...

Two businesses have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives. The partnership is designed to...

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

Saffron For Intermediaries, part of Saffron Building Society, has announced the launch of three new fixed rate deals for homeowners and...

First Complete, which is part of the LSL Property Services Group, is this month holding fifteen mortgage forums across the UK. The...

If the weakened pound and unrest around the continent we sometimes claim to be a part of have combined to put...

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

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

New research carried out by Legal & General has revealed that brokers in Scotland are more confident about the future of...

The NACFB is sometimes perceived as being an Association of commercial mortgage brokers and asset finance brokers, forgetting the other 20%...

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

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...

A new mortgage calculator is to allow prospective buyers considering shared ownership to work out the total cost of purchasing a...

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...

A green mortgage research project called LENDERS is asking all householders in the UK for their help in completing a survey...

Skipton Building Society has removed its maximum loan size cap for first-time buyers. It said this follows a 20% increase in UK house...

Almost four out of 10 finance brokers enjoyed a busy start to 2016 but most rate the economic outlook as "fair" rather...

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....

The average London property may come with an eye-watering price tag of £550,000 but the real cost of buying is even...

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

Newcastle Intermediaries has become the latest lender to announce it is raising its stress test levels for buy-to-let mortgages. It is increasing...

Housing market sentiment remains strong with most owners optimistic about the future despite market uncertainties, new research shows. Households in all UK...

The housing market could suffer from construction skills deficit and plunging rental demand if the UK votes to leave the EU...

One third of UK mortgage holders don't know what interest rate they are on, new research shows. This means that than 5 million people...

One in seven mortgage and remortgage customers are racing to complete their application before the EU referendum on 23 June. More than...

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,...

Investors remain positive about the prospects for buy-to-let despite the new stamp duty charge and forthcoming crackdown on mortgage tax relief. The latest...

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

New research shows that mortgage fees are starting to increase with the average fee increasing by £40 in the last six...

Increasing levels of rents around the UK have softened the blow of recent rises in stamp duty levels for landlords, according...

The average cost of tracker mortgages is on the increase as the result of falling demand from borrowers, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk. The...

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

New data showing a sharp decline in property affordability in the UK capital will put pressure on the new London mayor...

Just one in five of the UK’s landlords believes there is still money to be made in the buy-to-let market, new...

The areas of the UK with the highest levels of unemployment have seen the lowest rates of house-price increases over the...

Brokers have more choice than ever before with the number of mortgage products hitting an all-time high in March. However, new mortgage application...

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the majority of residential and buy-to-let rates coming down in cost over the past three...

SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has partnered with Decision First to offer an unrivalled service to protect conveyancers and homebuyers from the...

As the Brexit referendum moves closer a new poll shows that the majority of brokers would like to remain part of...

The Legal & General Mortgage Club delivered a record month in March with completions up 33% year-on-year. Total lending of £4.7bn was...

Buy-to-let landlords have announced a new summit as part of their crowdfunding campaign to abolish the Chancellor George Osborne's tax grab. The...

April 19 is UK Mortgage Freedom Day, the date when the average new borrower will have earned enough to pay off...

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

The housing market is facing a “climate of uncertainty” as the UK waves goodbye to buy-to-let boom, according to the Royal...

UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...

Property experts have welcomed the Government's decision to scrap the 3% stamp duty surcharge on "granny flats". In the original version of...

Buy-to-let lenders continue to slash their mortgage rates helping landlords offset Chancellor George Osborne's tax crackdown on property investing. The average two-year...

House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...

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

The number of rental properties spiked by more than 20% in the final week before the stamp duty surcharge was introduced, new figures...

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

There has been a surge in three-year fixed rate mortgages with number of deals on the market rising 16% in the last...

Paragon Mortgages has updated its lending criteria for limited company landlords in the wake of recent Government announcements on tax relief...

Buy-to-let investors were racing to beat the new 3% duty surcharge right up to midnight on 31 March as a frantic first quarter drew...

House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...

Mortgage rates have fallen to record lows as the prospect of an interest rate hike retreats and product choice continues to...

Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming stamp duty surcharge will push up buy-to-let rental costs and trigger a decline in the supply of...

UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...

Mortgage Brain has announced its new whole-of-market secured loans sourcing system LoansBrain. The mortgage technology solutions provider said the new online system, which is...

Gross mortgage lending in February hit its highest level for eight years after leaping 30% year-on-year. Lending totalled £17.6 billion which marks a fall from £18.5...

There has been a sharp rise in "mortgage freebies" as lenders increasingly compete on incentive packages rather than just price. New research...

The cost of the average private tenancy in Greater London is now £1,521 a month, double the £744 average for the...

The Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD), could bar accidental landlords from switching to cheaper mortgage deals on affordability grounds. Many could be told they...

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

Leeds Building Society is launching the lowest ever 10-year fixed rate mortgage charging just 2.75%. The best buy deal, available from Thursday,...

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

Tomorrow will mark the seventh anniversary of 0.5% interest rates but property experts warn that cheap money won't last forever. The average...

The forthcoming Brexit referendum is fuelling a surge in mortgage enquiries from worried buyers and owners. They fear mortgage costs will increase if...

Kent Reliance has launched a new mortgage proposition for one-year self-employed professionals. The specialist mortgage lender for intermediaries bolstered its proposition for...

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...

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

Property experts have welcomed steady growth in private rents as a sign that the buy-to-let market is shrugging off the Government's tax...

Connells Survey & Valuation has announced a new valuations partnership with Precise Mortgages.  The partnership involves Precise outsourcing its residential survey and...

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

Two-fifths of UK workers earned less than the increase in the average UK home’s value last year, new research shows. House prices...

Property investors say the UK would be a less attractive place to invest if voters decide to leave the EU, new...

The number of high-LTV deals aimed at first-time buyers is almost back at pre-financial crisis levels. Mortgages at 90% and 95% LTV...

Almost one in three "millennials" still with live with their families and almost one in 10 say they will never own a...

UK house prices could drop by 5% if the UK votes to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June. Prime...

The North/South divide in house price expectations has now widened to record levels, new figures show. Households in all UK regions perceive...

The mortgage market has started 2016 "with a bang" as gross mortgage lending rose 21% year-on-year. Lending hit £17.9 billion in January,...

New research suggests that the Government's clampdown on buy-to-let is scaring off investors. Almost one in 10 UK adults say they have...

It makes sense for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder as they are around £864 a year better off than...

The number of million pound properties in the UK will more than triple by 2030, new research suggests By that date, one...

Building society mortgage approvals totalled £57.8 billion in 2015, a rise of 10% by value over the year. The mutual sector now...

Mortgage brokers have suggested that the wheels may be coming off the buy-to-let bandwagon after new figures showed lending to landlords...

The number of offset mortgage deals on the market has fallen to a five-year low, new research suggests. And the decline is...

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...

Mortgages costs continue to fall with fixed and tracker rates now cheaper than three months ago at various LTVs. The average two-year...

Buy-to-let rents are growing strongly outside Greater London with an average increase of 5.5% over the last year. Rents in the South-East grew fastest...

Headline mortgage rates have hit an all-time low but rising arrangement fees mean that deals aren't always as cheap as they...

New Street Mortgages has launched into the UK market as a new mass market lending brand under the recently announced Northview...

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 rates on buy-to-let mortgages continue to drop as lenders tempt landlords rushing to beat the stamp duty surcharge deadline. New figures from...

London property prices rose at double the pace of the rest of the UK last year, new figures show. Prices in the capital...

Buy-to-let property insurance specialists Rentguard has launched a new insurance partnership with Legal & General. This allows Rentguard to increase its range...

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

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

The housing market is facing a buy-to-let "storm" as investors rush to buy property before the stamp duty surcharge comes into...

Lenders shrugged off rumours of a base rate hike and continued to cut mortgage rates at the end of last year. Fixed...

The average UK homeowner made £524 a week from the rising value of their property last year. UK homes made their owners...

Buy-to-let rents rose by 3.4% during 2015 at the fastest pace since 2011, new figures show. The average UK rent is now...

Chancellor George Osborne's looming stamp duty surcharge is driving housing demand as buy-to-let investors rush to beat the tax hike. The latest RICS UK Residential...

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

The prospect of a base rate hike has receded even further after Bank of England governor Mark Carney said now is...

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

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

Mortgage rates look set to remain unchanged this year as the Bank of England held base rates once again yesterday. Analysts have pushed back...

Average UK rents climbed 3.8% in 2015, twice as fast as wages, new research shows. This was largely down to the housing...

The average house hunter takes just 53 minutes to decide to buy a home, 15 minutes more than one year ago. Online...

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