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New Financial Conduct Authority statistics display housing market turbulence over the past two years, raising concerns about buyers and lenders in...

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

New Mortgage Lenders and Administrators statistics for Q4 2023 paint a very worrying picture of the mortgage market. That’s the view of...

Diverse views have emerged from financial services figures in response to last week’s news that the headline rate of inflation remained...

Global intelligence company Pepper Advantage, which has a portfolio of over 100,000 UK residential mortgages, says there’s been a dramatic increase...

There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...

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

There is speculation that the recent spate of figures from the UK economy may prompt a war between mortgage providers as...

Finance tech company Twenty7tec has produced mortgage market statistics for July 2023 - and it’s not all bad news… July was the...

Saffron for Intermediaries has launched a campaign to help and support broker partners get more self-employed mortgage applications approved first time...

Mortgage approvals rose by just over three per cent from 49,000 in April to 50,500 in May according to new Bank...

A leading analyst is warning that a remortgage nightmare lies await in the second half of 2023. Sarah Coles of business consultancy...

Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...

With the festive season around the corner, many homeowners are itching to pull out the stops with their Christmas decorations.  According to...

Barrows and Forrester reveal that the level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8%....

Mortgage rates in the UK have risen significantly during 2022, which appears to have proven an issue for homeowners hoping to switch...

Property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, revealed that 74% of homeowners determine that the energy efficiency of their home is important. By surveying...

When it comes to boosting the value of properties, property features can make a major difference. Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...

Equity release allows the older generation to release some of the money from the value of their home through a series...

Research carried out by Total Landlord Insurance shows that landlords all across the country are yet to reach a general consensus...

Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...

New research by sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, shows that within the new-build sector help to buy homes has declined. Since 2013 Help to...

New research by property development optimisation platform, Unlatch, has discovered that some areas of the UK are still feeling the effects...

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

New-build sales optimisation platform, Unlatch, recently revealed that over the last year the new-build property stock currently listed on the market...

The value of the nation’s spare rooms is estimated at around £791.5 billion, and that’s just those of homeowners that admit...

In a new report put forward by Shawbrook Bank, it was revealed that landlord confidence is at a high level.  Covid-19 continues...

Across the UK property demand continues to outweigh supply. To overcome this issue house building targets have recently been revealed. During...

Nisha Vaidya, mortgage expert at Uswitch, explains how homeowners can use low-interest rates to their advantage and help make their mortgage more...

House prices have continued to rise throughout the year, making it increasingly challenging for first-time buyers to join the property ladder. UK...

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

According to new research from estate agents Purplebricks, 43% of today’s first-time buyers (FTBs) have fully funded their own deposit. While...

The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...

Fluent Lifetime, the equity release and later life subsidiary of Fluent Money Group, is celebrating after breaking into the top five...

Financial advisers are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...

Financial advisors are responsible for the data of their firm and their clients. Losing this data, allowing it to be stolen...

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

An estimated 1.26 million people with adverse credit are looking to buy a property in the next 12 months, according to...

The property finance industry is rapidly changing. Everyone who’s part of it wants to know where we are heading, what’s working...

Some 77% of lenders believe the number of loans they broker will increase, showing a positive outlook for the future of...

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...

The number of properties available in London under Help to Buy (HTB) has declined by 64% since 2017, according to modular...

A Brexit ‘uncertainty effect’ is washing over UK mortgage brokers after the largest drop in business volumes in more than two...

Six in ten parents can afford to financially support their children to buy their first home, while only 5% can pay...

The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...

New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...

The latest property renovation hotspots list revealed that Barking and Dagenham is the top location for an increase in renovation applications...

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...

Following the introduction of new lending rules in April 2016, under the Mortgage Market Review (MMR), many banks and building societies...

The latest edition of the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Figures show mortgage lending was strong in the first quarter...

Brokers and lenders are celebrating a "bumper month" which saw borrowing in March 64% higher than one year earlier. Gross mortgage borrowing...

UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...

House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...

Brokers have welcomed latest Bank of England statistics that show a jump in mortgage approvals in February. The increase was partly down to...

UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...

House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...

Property experts have welcomed steady growth in private rents as a sign that the buy-to-let market is shrugging off the Government's tax...

Almost one in three "millennials" still with live with their families and almost one in 10 say they will never own a...

UK house prices leapt by 7.7% in the year to November after rising at the fastest rate for eight months. This compares...

Homeowners aged over 55 are sitting on £90,000 more property wealth than they realise thanks to soaring house prices. This extra housing wealth...

UK house prices increased by 6.1% in the year to September 2015 with London and the South once again leading the...

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...

HSBC has announced a reduction in a wide range of home loan rates. The bank has cut the cost of a...

UK house prices increased 5.7% in the year to June but London is trailing as the capital's property market continues to...

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...

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by...

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

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...

A fall in the number and value of mortgage deals taken out by first-time buyers in May is a sign this...

The volume of residential and buy-to-let mortgage lending in May reached its second highest level in eight years, new analysis has...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...