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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

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

Jonathan Samuels, chief executive of Octane Capital, believes that with the property market now showing early signs of a return to...

An analysis of government house price data by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests the typical mortgage term for a first time...

Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...

Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...

The average volume of UK properties listed for sale month-on-month rose by 58% in 2023 compared to a year previously, underscoring...

Some of the biggest names in the trade, lending and advisory sectors have produced a report outlining the vast significance that...

Analysis from estate agency Yopa reveals that while the London market may be the worst performing in terms of house prices, it...

The ‘average’ 25 year mortgage term is increasingly becoming a thing of the past says USwitch. A recent study of the data...

Homebuyer appetites for new-build properties have dipped. Demand dropped 1.1 per cent in the last quarter according to analysis by easyMoney of...

The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...

Downsizers across England and Wales could unlock an average £305,090 by moving from a four bed to a two bed home,...

Remortgagers, not buyers, are fuelling the increase in mortgage industry activity. That’s the view of Octane Capital following an analysis of Bank...

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

By Jonathan Samuels, chief executive of specialist property lender Octane Capital, writes: The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates on...

Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...

A growing appetite amongst buyers for family homes is helping to drive London’s high value prime market, an agency claims.  Benham and...

Lenders are offering more fixed deals with incentives since the start of last month - November - but analysis by Moneyfactscompare...

A new analysis of the new build housing market for next year suggests that eventually there will be a bounce, triggered...

New data from Legal & General - based on searches to its Ignite platform - suggests a diverse mortgage market during...

Following analysis of its 2023 buy to let mortgage market data, Twenty7tec has reported a significant fall in searches for buy...

The first time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, will reach £74.1 billion by 2025, according to research by Coventry...

Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...

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

The buy-to-let sector has seen fixed rates fall and product choice grow month-on-month, according to the latest analysis by Moneyfactscompare. Overall buy-to-let...

The latest industry index on property fall throughs by quick-buy property firm House Buyer Bureau shows the problem accelerating across the...

The jury is out as to whether there will be a rate rise this week when the Bank of England Monetary...

Almost 400 misleading promotions by later life mortgage firms have been binned or amended, thanks to the Financial Conduct Authority.   The...

New analysis of personal guarantee requests from lenders for Limited Company Buy to Let mortgage, has found that the average personal...

UK Finance’s latest Household Finance Review - for the second quarter of this year - lifts the lid on mortgages. The headlines...

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, new Financial Conduct Authority analysis has found.  The fall...

A new analysis suggests that mortgage approval levels will decline by 11 per cent annually come the end of 2023. Octane Capital...

A new analysis shows that the UK's mortgage brokerage market is projected to grow this year despite ongoing economic insecurity. Octane Capital...

Research published by the Home Builders Federation shows that the new homes owners will save an average of £135 on monthly...

A new analysis by Moneyfactscompare - perhaps still better known by its old name, Moneyfacts - shows precisely how many mortgage...

The latest market analysis by bridging finance specialists, Apex Bridging, has shown that £4.94bn was lent via bridging loan completions in...

Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad (BOMAD) totalled £8.8 billion in 2022, according to the latest analysis...

The latest market analysis by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, reveals that recent uncertainty in the property market during the...

A new mortgage market analysis by Octane Capital claims that the number of mortgage products available have dropped 41%, compared to...

Although the property market is starting to slow, Stripe Property Group claims demand for new-build homes are taking the lead. In an analysis of...

House Buyer Bureau reveal that transactions could drop by 17% in spring 2023 next year. The property purchasing specialist claim that the...

A new market analysis from Ocasa, the specialist rental platform, warns that the average rent bill could reach as much as...

New findings by Revolution Brokers suggest that despite the increasing cost of borrowing, buying is less expensive than renting.  The analysis was conducted by...

A new market analysis by Unlatch, predicts that the UK’s residential construction industry could increase in value by almost 20% by 2025. Currently,...

With Halloween around the corner, new research by GetAgent.co.uk looks into the value of Halloween-related road names. An in-depth analysis of sold price data...

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, recently shared new findings about rental incomes landlords have received over the past year. According to the analysis, the...

While Halloween may be the time of year when homeowners want to shout about their haunted house, the latest research by...

Alliance Fund has revealed that the secret property market in Britain experienced £30.9 billion worth of property transactions in 2021. This figure is ranked...

Research by property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, has revealed that by adding an additional bedroom to your home could...

New homes PropTech platform, Unlatch, has recently been appointed as a partner to Third.i Group, the Australian-founded developer now dominating the...

The latest market analysis by Unlatch, the new home sales progression and aftercare platform for developers and housebuilders, reveals where Birmingham’s...

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...

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...

Mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, recently conducted a market analysis which reveals the most expensive postcode districts in London. As England's capital city, it...

As governmental changes sweep through the nation, countless elements within the property sector have been affected, including mortgages. Market analysis by specialist...

In a recent market analysis conducted by Unlatch it was discovered that new-build homes sell for 14% less than their original asking price. These...

According to new research by online brokerage service, Revolution Brokers, the energy price cap increase set to begin in October will...

The pandemic has had lasting effects on the property sector and market analysis from Total Landlord Insurance discloses that the average...

Sector data analysis and insight by Credas Technologies, the leading identity verification checks provider, shows that UK estate agents are contributing...

Equity release allows homeowners aged 55 and over to gain access to the value of their property by turning it into...

To keep properties safe from damage and protect earnings, landlord insurance is relied on. Depending on the type of insurance that...

We don’t like being the bearer of bad news, but a market analysis carried out by mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, reveals...

The pandemic property market boom is causing many homesellers to enter the market with a little too much enthusiasm when pricing...

There has been some significant developments internally for Moneyfacts Analyser, the UK’s leading online residential mortgage analysis system. The recent update has...

According to a new analysis by Warwick Estates new build house prices have substantially risen over the past 12 months. The construction...

New findings by lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves show the highest value of homes owned by overseas buyers. An analysis...

Research from Benham and Reeves, a lettings and estate agent based in London, shows that despite homebuyers having to pay 50% over...

Last week (June 16), the Bank of England increased the base rate by 0.25%, up from 1.00% to 1.25%. In response, Moneyfacts.co.uk...

A recent analysis of the current commercial rental market reveals which sectors are currently most in demand when it comes to...

The number of property sale fall-throughs, which crested during the pandemic, is predicted to fall by 12.2% in 2022, according to...

A new analysis from the specialist lender Together finds that 24% of UK’s FTBs would prioritise and pay more than the...

Tenants who would like to make the most of Crossrail will pay up to 89% more to reside within arm’s reach...

The average first-time buyer (FTB) is spending £223,751 on their first property, 24% more than in 2016, according to new analysis...

Despite a strong start of the house price growth this year, the latest analysis from specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital,...

Mortgage approval levels could climb right through until Christmas as the pandemic property market boom shows little sign of slowing, new...

Recently a study was done and revealed by Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events such as home moving, that...

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

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

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has recently released its analysis of the time it’s taking to sell a home, with the...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that living close to one of the...

In this guest piece, WFW London real estate partner Richard Hughes and senior associate Alexander Collis explain in-depth about green sustainable loans....

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

In a recent property market analysis, put forward by London-based lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves, market growth during the...

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

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...

Research conducted by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has uncovered which of the nation’s Halloween-themed street names garners the highest average...

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

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

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has launched a ‘new weapon’ in the ongoing fight against dirty cash being cleaned around the world...

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

Ahead of the Queen’s Birthday this weekend, estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester researched the sold prices of properties with...

Savings made during lockdown have allowed some borrowers to reduce their debt commitments, with a record £17.6 billion of mortgages repaid...

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

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

Twenty7Tec provides another rundown on the mortgage market two weeks after lockdown 2.0 ended. Following its analysis of the mortgage market in...

A steep drop in recorded crime since the start of the coronavirus lockdown has led to a downward shift in home...

There is evidence of continuing volatility in the mortgage market, with different criteria searches among brokers reaching the top five, according...

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