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UK residents need an average salary of close to £54,000 to purchase a property, according to new research.  The study shows that...

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

A new study has revealed the best and worst UK regions for first-time buyers based on house affordability and earning potential.  The...

A property agency has analysed the lending and housing markets to work out why so many mortgage applicants are couples. Benham and...

The vast majority of high net worth individuals have faced mortgage rejections and had to accept lower loan-to-value ratios than they...

A building society says it is considering ending its policy of lending to buyers of holiday lets. Martese Carton, the director of...

Online Mortgage Advisor has conducted a research by looking at how much property prices have outgrown local wages during the past...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has controversially told landlords that the scrapping of Section 21 eviction...

The impact of higher interest rates isn’t felt equally across the country, according to data from the Halifax. Despite recording one of...

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

What is a forever home you ask? Typically, this would be a property the buyer sees themselves living in for a long...

A recent study by money.co.uk reveals which places in the UK have forever homes. A forever home is a property the buyer...

New research by RIFT Tax Refunds reveals that by March 2023 household bills will cost 11% of the average person’s salary. The cost-of-living crisis...

Rental property maintenance is essential to keep the home in good condition. Setting aside time for inspections, upgrades, and repairs to...

A study done by RIFT Tax Refunds has disclosed just how much the average person would need to see their pay...

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

Everyone will eventually age, which means we’re all going to be faced with Later Life mortgages, but how exactly are they...

Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...

Legal & General (L&G) has announced that it will provide its digital mortgage sourcing technology to intermediary business, My Simple Mortgage. L&G...

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...

Paymentshield has launched a series of webinars to help brokers develop general insurance (GI) knowledge to enable them to protect and...

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

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

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

House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according...

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

Kensington Mortgages has increased the maximum loan limits for first-time buyers and buy-to-let mortgages.  The specialist lender has raised the maximum loan...

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

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

Britain is becoming a nation of "forever renters" as the lifetime cost of renting exceeds £50,000, driving home ownership out of reach...

Fears of an affordability crisis are likely to grow as new figures show property prices increasing at twice the pace of...

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

There is further evidence of a slowdown at the top of the market as the pace of house price growth in...

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

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

The average property in England and Wales cost a record 8.8 times local earnings last year, new official figures show. And it topped 10...

Barclays has eased its loan-to-income (LTI) criteria and will now lend up to five times earnings for those borrowing smaller sums. The...

Specialist lender Kensington Mortgages has launched a new mortgage range targeted at self-employed customers who can't get a standard deal. The new...