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

The latest housing market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows the number of buyers has risen for the...

Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...

Some 42 per cent of regulated firms are reporting a rise in financial crime attempts, while more than a quarter say...

Leading agency Knight Frank says demand for new homes is generally robust, dependent upon the location and pricing.  It says its regional...

Searches for interest-only mortgages rose a hefty 51 per cent in the past month as buyers seek to improve affordability. Research data...

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

Capricorn Financial Consultancy has released its market expectations for 2023, predicting that the UK mortgage market will have to acclimatise to...

According to a leading property firm, the latest announcement that a specialist lender has been given a license to off 50-year...

The government has plans to create the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) and Credas Technologies, the leading identity...

Despite the London market trailing the rest of the UK where the pandemic house price boom is concerned, research from London...

In this guest piece, Jess Gerrow, vice president of marketing at Token provides insight into the human side of Open Banking. Driven...

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

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

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

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

The annual results published by Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has revealed robust growth in its mortgage lending and savings balances.  In...

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

Yorkshire Building Society has launched the lowest fixed rate mortgage on the market, a two-year deal charging 1.17%. It is available to borrowers...

The surging remortgaging sector has helped to offset April's seasonal housing market slowdown, new figures show. Total valuations carried out in April rose...

Gross mortgage lending surged in March due to the buy-to-let let boom but transactions now look set to drop by 10,000 a...

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

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned against further intervention in the buy-to-let market as the forthcoming tax crackdown looks...

The mortgage market is enjoying a buoyant end to 2015 as two new sets of figures published yesterday show continuing strong...

The new surcharge on stamp duty for buy-to-let and second homes is set to cause conveyancing “mayhem” next year. Broker Conveyancing has...

Property market experts have warned that the forthcoming buy-to-let surcharge on stamp duty will trigger a shortlived scramble for property in...

Mortgage experts have warned that Chancellor George Osborne's latest assault on buy-to-let could trigger a housing market "boom and bust". The surcharge was...

House prices fell by nearly 1% in September as the annual pace of growth starts to ease off, new figures show. This...

The buy-to-let rental market remains in good health with low void periods, climbing yields and robust tenant demand. Paragon Mortgages’ latest private rented...

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

Chancellor George Osborne's crackdown on buy-to-let tax relief is set to curb lending and temper house price growth. Despite this short-term setback, 2015...

Official figures showing GDP rose a robust 0.7% in the second quarter will add to pressure on the Bank of England...

Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have...

Mortgage affordability for people who want to buy a home has hit its highest level for six years. Just one in three...