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This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Research from the property platform, Boomin, has discovered that living on a Valentine’s related road name could provide a substantial boost...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Hometrack, the leading provider of insight and intelligence to the UK mortgage market, has launched a Broker AVM, building on its 20-year...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A new study by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has uncovered how much properties could make in the current...
09 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

In this guest piece, Uswitch compiles a list of common occurrences that can impact a credit score, along with potential remedies...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A new study by MoveStreets, a property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found which home improvements are most likely...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News

New research by MoveStreets, the property portal made for the mobile generation, has revealed how a picture can do more than...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The mortgage roundup column returns to bring you the latest news on mortgage products coming to the market, featuring Furness Building...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

James Andrews, senior personal finance editor at money.co.uk, offers up top tips on how those planning to purchase a home with...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Mortgage platform Smartr365 is giving brokers the chance to analyse their business performance with its new SmartrInsights feature. The platform allows firms...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Last week Thursday (May 13) marked one year since the property market in England reopened after being hit with lockdown restrictions. Ascend...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Property buyers in certain cities could enjoy a hat-trick of savings via the stamp duty holiday, a reduced mortgage deposit requirement and...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The Nottingham has announced the relaunch of 90% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages for potential borrowers. In what is described as more good news...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Social media has become big business in recent years, with the number of social media users worldwide expected to hit 3.02...
30 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media

Equity release advisory firm Key has strengthened its estate planning team with the hire of Andrew Parkinson as head of sales...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Workers who received a festive bonus and are looking to purchase a property in 2020 could boost their borrowing power by...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has officially closed its retail investment arm and exited the peer-to-peer lending market in favour of becoming...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Fluent for Advisers has reported an increase in home improvement secured loan requests from introducers. The latest second-charge figures for June from...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Paragon is boosting its buy-to-let mortgage range this summer, with a combination of lower interest rates, no upfront fees and £350...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Specialist buy-to-let lender Landbay has agreed a £1 billion deal to bolster its mortgage lending. The funding – which is from a...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Bridging loan interest rates fell to the lowest level in Q1 2019, according to the latest data from Bridging Trends. It found...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) applications. All four mortgages are...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The emergence of new digital tools and services is becoming an increasing driver of intermediary mortgage business, according to Intermediary Mortgage...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

One Mortgage System (OMS) has become the first to fully integrate with Kent Reliance for intermediaries across its specialist buy-to-let and...
10 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The majority (74%) of mortgage applications via intermediaries for first-time buyers resulted in a completion during Q4 2017, according to the...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

To work with lending stress tests, Newbury Building Society has launched a buy-to-let (BTL) affordability calculator which takes top-slicing into account. The...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...
03 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Accord Mortgages has launched a new tracker mortgage with no early repayment charges. The lender says this new product will give borrowers...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Borrowers taking out an offset mortgage have a few days left to be given a helping hand by Accord Mortgages. The...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK. Since 2003...
04 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Tottenham Hotspur may have missed out on the Premier League title but the local property market has claimed the house price growth...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords enjoyed total annual returns of 12.2% over the last year helped by the flurry of purchases in the run-up...
22 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Asking prices have hit a record high due to the rush of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the stamp duty surcharge. The...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News

Lending to both residential buyers and property investors soared over the last year but experts warn there is a slowdown in...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
18 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The property industry is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to reform stamp duty and boost housing supply in Wednesday’s Budget, but...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Santander has launched what it claims is a market-leading Help to Buy Isa rate charging 4.00%. The new tax-free savings rate is...
15 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost half of all home movers say they plan to downsize when taking their next step on the property market over the...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Almost half of young home movers plan to wait until after the Brexit referendum to complete their property transactions. Most also believe...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The ability to buy an average home in England and Wales improved everywhere last year except in the South East. First-time buyers...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Fears of an affordability crisis are likely to grow as new figures show property prices increasing at twice the pace of...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The average UK homeowner made £524 a week from the rising value of their property last year. UK homes made their owners...
25 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
22 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Business Secretary Sajid Javid promised 2016 would be a year of dialling back the bureaucracy. The government, he said, is committed...
11 December 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

George Osborne’s stamp duty reforms announced last December have saved home buyers £1.9 billion in the last year. The average saving since Osborne...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Chancellor's pledge to build 400,000 new homes and support young buyers in London have been welcomed by the property industry but...
26 November 2015
From: Breaking News

The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme has boosted both first-time buyer lending and higher-LTV mortgages, new figures show. The number of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

UK house prices rose 9.7% in the year to October and should continue climbing over the coming year, according to the...
06 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of criteria changes offering increased flexibility for brokers and their clients. The buy-to-let and specialist lender has...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

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,...
15 October 2015
From: Breaking News

More lenders have unveiled mortgage rate cuts as they look to boost business levels in the final months of 2015. Chelsea Building...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Mortgage brokers could see business levels decline as the prospect of an early base rate hike recedes. Fears that the Bank of...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Last month was the strongest September for home sales since 2007 as the property market enjoyed an Indian summer. The growth was largely...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The government-backed Help to Buy home-loan scheme continues to offer vital support to the mortgage market two years after its launch,...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News

One in five older people are considering downsizing but are being put off by a lack of homes and the cost...
07 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of remortgages has leapt almost 90% in the last year after a major surge in July, new figures show. The...
25 August 2015
From: Breaking News

As many as four million 18-39 year olds are actively trying to purchase a buy-to-let property to cash in on the...
17 August 2015
From: Breaking News

The salary of the average homebuyer fell 16% year-on-year in June to £34,584, as improved mortgage affordability boosted lower income borrowers. The...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The government and the Bank of England must not put too much of the blame for a lack of housing supply...
16 July 2015
From: Breaking News

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A fall in the number and value of mortgage deals taken out by first-time buyers in May is a sign this...
15 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Proposals announced last week by Chancellor George Osborne to reform the planning system in the UK may not do enough to...
14 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of property valuations rose sharply in June, pointing to a resurgence of growth in the housing market. Figures from Connells...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Nationwide has cut its two-year fixed rates for borrowers with smaller deposits by up to 0.25%. And it has made further reductions...
29 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...
25 June 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

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