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Residential transactions across England and Wales fell by 41% in 2020 when compared to the previous year despite a boost in...

Almost half (45%) of UK buyers found the process so frustrating that they’ve been put off the idea of ever moving...

In the rush to complete property transactions by 31 March, it would be too easy to overlook putting buildings insurance in...

Like most industries impacted by the Covid pandemic, the world of bridging finance has experienced a contradictory, sometimes stormy and altogether...

The current stamp duty holiday has already saved homebuyers an estimated £817 million, with the potential to reach £1.5 billion before...

Financial institutions in the UK continue to invent new ways to enable their clients to access their products and services online....

Specialist buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans has introduced an online self-serve platform to allow customers to manage their mortgage account online 24/7. Landlords can use...

West One has launched an initiative to support the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) via its second charge mortgage range. The...

Knowledge Bank is partnering with the Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) to offer its criteria search system to FIBA’s members. The...

The level of new-build properties being sold has picked up as we approach the end of the year, while sales across...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has been appointed to the panel of specialist mortgage desk Master Private Finance. Launched by mortgage and protection...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

Over-55s now make up nearly 200,000 owner occupier housing transactions in England each year, according to the latest study from 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...

Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...

The Bank of Mum and Dad is now seeking financial advice and guidance, according to new research from Key. The independent equity...

The proportion of sales made to first-time buyers rose by five percentage points to 29% in June, the highest figure recorded...

The Mortgage Trading Exchange (MTE), the single delivery channel for mortgage placement, has now processed over two million mortgage transactions since...

The Mortgage Hut is aiming to meet growing customer demand for complex property loans by launching a new bridging and commercial...

Landlords are being urged to remortgage in order to prepare for the reformed buy-to-let lending criteria due to be introduced in...

The number of first-time buyers and buyers of investment properties has fallen in the last two years, My Home Move say. First-time...

Roma Finance, the Manchester-based bridging lender, has announced its most successful half year to 30 June 2017. Four of the six months...

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...

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

House prices in Greater London have topped £600,000 for the first time ever, new figures show. Prices increased by 14.9% over the...

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....

First-time buyer sales soar last month as landlords abandoned the market following the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge on 1...

Residential property transactions plunged by almost half in April in the wake of a bumper March. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 45.2% last...

The surge in buy-to-let transactions in the run-up to the stamp duty surcharge on 1 April has left first-time buyers facing...

Almost three out of 10 property purchases have fallen through in the past five years, largely due to conveyancers holding up...

UK parents will lend or give more than £5billion over the course of 2016 to help their children get onto or move...

First-time buyer activity grew strongly in March as they fought back against property investors. Total first-time buyer transactions 32,500, the highest monthly...

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

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...

The Legal & General Mortgage Club delivered a record month in March with completions up 33% year-on-year. Total lending of £4.7bn was...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has held interest rates again with a unanimous 9-0 vote yesterday and experts say there is...

The last day of March saw record-breaking property completions as investors rushed to beat the beat stamp duty tax hike. UK mover...

Transactions in prime central London picked up in March due to falling asking prices and the buy-to-let stamp duty surcharge. Latest research...

The number of people buying their first home has grown almost 7% over the past year despite growing concerns over affordability. The...

A rush of investors to complete their transactions ahead of the new stamp duty surcharge is driving a surge in buy-to-let...

Almost half of young home movers plan to wait until after the Brexit referendum to complete their property transactions. Most also believe...

Gross bridging lending burst through the £3.5 billion barrier in 2015, against £2.42 billion last year. This means the sector grew almost 44%...

House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...

The Brexit referendum is adding to housing market uncertainty which has seen a 2% drop in sales in major UK cities,...

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....

Legal & General Mortgage Club has posted 15% sales growth to make 2015 another record year. It pinned its £46 billion of sales...

Limited company buy-to-let transactions jumped again in January to make up 43% of all new cases, lender figures show. This has helped...

Buy-to-let investors have been urged to choose their conveyancer carefully if they want to beat the new stamp duty surcharge. Specialist lender...

Buy-to-let landlords are rushing to expand their portfolios before the stamp duty surcharge kicks in on 1 April. The surge means that...

The number of investors purchasing buy-to-let properties through a limited company rose sharply in the final quarter of 2015, new figures...

The UK housing market is in for a bumpy ride next year as new property taxes hit sales and prices. Higher stamp...

New Land Registry figures showed house prices in England and Wales rising a healthy 5.6% in the year to October, taking...

Mortgage brokers have until the end of the year to enter the ESTAS Mortgage Broker Awards for 2015. National and regional brokers...

Investment demand has picked up in prime central London after recent reports of a property slowdown in the capital. Newly-released third-quarter Land...

Second charge mortgage lending is set to top £1 billion this year with £93 million worth of monthly secured lending in...

The average London house price has leapt 9.6% in a year to £499,997 as the capital's market springs back to life. This reverses the recent...

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...

Residential housing market activity defied the summer slowdown to post strong growth in August. The latest HMRC Property Transactions figures for August 2015...

The over-55s are set to go on a property buying spree, new research suggests. More than a third of homeowners over the age...

Residential property transactions fell by 4% between June and July, according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. July's seasonally-adjusted figures...

Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

August has seen a spike in the number of mortgage deals as buyers look to snap up cheap loans before interest...

Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...

Two new sets of figures show the prime London property market has slumped in recent months after years of surging ahead. Analysis...

Property sales in prime central London property sales have been hit by stamp duty reforms with no sign of an immediate recovery. In...

Difficulties in putting together deposits and the General Election put a dampener on the number of first-time buyers completing property purchases...

Large loans: a user’s guide For those with less experience handling large loans, they can at first be a daunting prospect. This...