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A new report reveals the latest trends  in UK lending and borrowing, compiled by lending software company Lenvi. The most notable trends include...

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...

A property software business says its research shows that the housing market revival is driven by the premiums levied on new...

Foundation Home Loans has launched two HMO products for first-time landlords under its ‘Buy to Let by Foundation’ wrapper. Both are available...

Banks are reporting that default rates increased in the final quarter of 2023, albeit more slowly than the quarter before -...

Three years ago the Financial Conduct Authority banned discretionary commission arrangements in a bid to end the incentive for brokers to...

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

Monthly interest costs have surged by 283 per cent since 2021 for landlords using interest-only mortgages, research shows. Octane Capital compared rates...

UK Finance has published its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2024 and 2025 together with projections for 2023 full year numbers. Key figures for 2023 In...

Many landlords say they’re set to expand investments in 2024 despite facing up to 80 per cent higher costs in the...

There’s been a sharp decline in household financial confidence in the UK according to the latest UK Finance sentiment survey. The Q3...

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

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

New Freedom of Information data from the FCA - gathered by Quilter, the wealth manager and financial adviser - reveals that...

The latest house price index - this one from the Halifax - has triggered a huge wave of concern about the...

Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company with over $60 billion in assets under management, has published a gloomy report on...

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

Specialist rental platform, Ocasa, claims that England’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) could surpass 5 million homes by 2025.  Over the past decade,...

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

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...

After the phenomenal win, England was crowned UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 champions after the 31-game tournament came to an end with...

With a raft of new schemes coming to market ahead of the end of Help to Buy, questions are being asked...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, which revealed that the nation’s ‘new’ towns have posted a stronger performance when compared...

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

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, revealed seaside towns have the highest level of performance compared to the rest of the market ...

As far as the UK Government is concerned, the threat from COVID is over. In its wake, a new battle, the...

New data from the UK property website, Rightmove, has found that March is the strongest month of the year for prospective...

Retirement non-profit company Cognatum Estates provides advice for those who are considering selling and buying in later life. It is unquestionably a difficult...

More than three-quarters of the UK’s period homeowners admit they are unsure of how to improve their properties as part of...

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...

Despite only 8% of equity release cases being rejected, lender more2life has tracked the reasons that cases are declined to help advisers better...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has revealed the next set of mortgage product, criteria and technology enhancements as part of its Broker...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new adviser-facing mobile app. Believed to be the first of its kind in the...

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

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

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

Despite intense speculation that interest rates would be cut, the Bank of England has confirmed that its base rate will remain...

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

Nine out 10 borrowers are opting to fix their mortgages despite little sign of forthcoming base rate hike. Historically low mortgage interest...

Increases in buy-to-let lenders’ stress test levels should not be viewed as an ‘Armageddon moment’ for the sector, an industry expert...

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

Specialist mortgage package and distributor Atom has announced a new relationship with Kensington Mortgages. Dale Jannels, managing director at Atom, which stands...

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

Buy-to-let investors are rushing to set up limited companies to avoid Chancellor George Osborne’s forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors are trying to escape the...

House price growth will slow in 2016 as buyers struggle to get on the housing ladder and interest rates potentially rise,...

The buy-to-let mortgage market is on course for a busy end to a successful year as lenders jostle to bring more...

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...

Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...

Nationwide is making a series of rate reductions across its mortgage range from today with fixed rates cut by up to...