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John Charcol’s` new owners say they will grow the adviser base and diversify and develop the product offering of the high-profile...

There’s been a huge rise in the number of buy to let property repossessions in the first quarter of 2024 compared...

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

A 2,000-person survey has revealed the diverse financial routes that first time buyers take to get on the property ladder. The survey...

Yorkshire Building Society new fee-free offer will enable first-time buyers across England, Scotland or Wales with a £5,000 deposit to purchase...

The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries - part of the OSB Group - has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and...

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

Analysis from estate agency Yopa reveals that while the London market may be the worst performing in terms of house prices, it...

The ‘average’ 25 year mortgage term is increasingly becoming a thing of the past says USwitch. A recent study of the data...

The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...

Hodge has made significant changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday Let Mortgage property criteria. The updates include the...

A survey of 2,000 adults by lender Together sheds light on parental help for first time buyers. It shows that a fifth...

The true cost of stamp duty is two thirds greater than the tax itself because it obliges buyers to spend far...

A specialist lender claims that first-time buyers could see annual mortgage costs climb by £398 per year, while landlords suffer a...

Nearly four in 10 portfolio landlords, those with four or more properties, plan to increase the size of their portfolios in...

After reaching the milestone of £250m in 2022, specialist lender Cohort Capital increased originations by 60 per cent in 2023 to...

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has continued its ongoing product development in its Heritage range. The Special 3 product will offer up...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means that...

With the quick-fire mortgage rate cuts which characterised the past month now slipping into the rear-view mirror, the latest changes from...

Unbiased, a platform for connecting with prospective clients, has slashed charges it imposes on mortgage advisers for a second consecutive month. Unbiased...

UK Finance says there were 93,680 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5 per cent or more of the outstanding balance in...

A Knight Frank survey of 50 house builders shows a staggering 70 per cent support for Labour to win the next...

The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

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

London estate agency Foxtons says its latest survey shows a major uptick in the confidence of potential sellers.  While 38 per cent...

Despite a sharp fall in the number of homes bought by landlords in 2023, the number of limited companies set up...

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

A high proportion of first time buyers take advantage of some form of assistance when purchasing their initial home. That’s the verdict...

One of the UK’s biggest house builders, the FTSE 250-listed Persimmon, says its 2023 sales were better than expected - but...

Latest Bank of England data released in recent days shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose from 47,900 in October...

The number of Londoners leaving the capital to move elsewhere in Britain dropped back sharply in 2023, following two years of...

Homeowners are increasingly researching into mortgage repossessions online, signalling that many are worried about falling behind on their payments. The research by...

A new survey - going against the trend of other housing market studies - suggests that house prices could rise six...

Saga, the provider of products and services for the over-50s, has teamed up with digital broker Tembo to launch Saga Mortgages. The...

Lenders are offering more fixed deals with incentives since the start of last month - November - but analysis by Moneyfactscompare...

The Nationwide wants greater government support for first-time buyers as rising costs delay owning a home. As one of the UK’s biggest...

A new study by a price comparison platform suggests that many younger Britons are waiting to inherit before buying a home. In...

A digital mortgage broker has launched an online tool aggregating data from over 50 Buy to Let lenders to calculate what...

Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...

A range informal media briefings on behalf of the UK government suggest that an extension of the current mortgage guarantee scheme...

Two prominent UK house builders have warned of sharply reduced volumes in the next year or so as buyers struggle to...

A specialist business bank is strengthening its proposition for portfolio landlords with a new Green Reward cashback offer. Redwood Bank says it...

An internationally-ranked chess player who swindled £750,000 through mortgage and tax fraud has been jailed. Robin Moss spent more than £115,000 of...

The buy-to-let sector has seen fixed rates fall and product choice grow month-on-month, according to the latest analysis by Moneyfactscompare. Overall buy-to-let...

A depressing 64 per cent of people have taken out a mortgage or personal loan without fully understanding how it works,...

New data from Experian reveals that one in four mortgages lent to those under 30 now have a term of 35...

It’s now one year since former Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ill-fated mini-budget, which acted as a catalyst...

The number of three-year fixed mortgage products available from lenders has been rising over the last few months as borrowers coming...

Half a million mortgage-holders are facing an imminent financial shock as their fixed deals end in the run-up to Christmas or...

New analysis of personal guarantee requests from lenders for Limited Company Buy to Let mortgage, has found that the average personal...

A study of 7,000 people by a specialist predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion by...

Brokers are up in arms about alleged profiteering by buy to let mortgage lenders’ arrangement fees. These jumped last autumn as a...

The number of interest-only (750,000) and part-interest-only (245,000) mortgages has halved since 2015, new Financial Conduct Authority analysis has found.  The fall...

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

Plans to ban cold calls for financial products are the subject of a consultation marking the next step in delivering the...

The Co-operative Bank has bagged the entire Sainsbury’s Bank mortgage portfolio of some 3,500 customers with balances of £479m.  Sainsbury’s customers are...

Proptech company OneDome’s mortgage advisory firm CMME is launching a new scheme exclusively designed for self-employed mortgage advisers. The brand wants to...

A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that 50 per cent of those who have applied for a mortgage...

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

A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that 66 per cent of mortgage holders believe greater flexibility is needed...

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

LendInvest has announced a £500m investment to contribute towards the cost of new Buy To Let and Residential Mortgage products. This new...

The OneDome Group, which for 20 years has operated its CMME Mortgages service, is launching a new consumer campaign in the...

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

New research from bridging specialist and buy to let lender Mercantile Trust reveals an apparent lack of awareness among brokers and...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee does not meet until June 22 but that doesn’t mean there’s any let up...

After the latest rise in Bank of England Base Rate, mortgage lenders are offering new products to help those struggling to...

Accord is once again cuts rates across its residential mortgage range by between 0.15% and 0.25%, at a time when market...

Accord Mortgages is making further changes to its buy-to-let and residential rates. For the second time in as many weeks, buy to...

Newcastle Building Society has reported record lendings for 2022 of £586 million. Significant support was provided to Members, clients, and colleagues during...

Advisers looking to place business with Leek Building Society via Legal & General Mortgage Club will now benefit from access to...

Accord Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let range to offer lower rates to brokers and their clients. The intermediary-only lender is...

National brokerage Just Mortgages has kicked off the new year with the appointment of five new regional directors to support its...

Staying close to a mortgage broker will be an important part of timing a house purchase correctly in 2023. Mortgage rates will...

Benham and Reeves claim that London’s most up and coming neighbourhoods have seen price increases up to 64.5%. House price increases of up...

Revolution Brokers claim that bridging loan lending has increased by nearly 50% since the Bank of England base rates began rising...

Chris Daly has been appointed managing director of Hampshire Trust Bank's specialist mortgages division. Daly was most recently head of origination, real estate finance...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed which postcodes estate agents with the highest turnovers reside. Registered property transactions over 3 months, the...

With Halloween around the corner, new research by GetAgent.co.uk looks into the value of Halloween-related road names. An in-depth analysis of sold price data...

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

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

The FinTech mortgage lender using AI to simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, MPowered Mortgages, has recently expanded its...

Luxury asset short-term lender, Suros Capital, has reportedly been seeing an increase in buoyant new business with its loan book now...

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...

The rental market looks to be returning to good health with a significant reduction in void periods and costs compared to...

The latest research by Alliance Fund shows that the government’s decision to cut stamp duty could boost new housing delivery by 16%. The changes...

As a result of the current high rates of upward house price growth, research by property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, has...

The government announced the SDLT will only be payable on property purchases over £250,000. First-time buyers will only pay the tax...

The latest research from property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, revealed that some areas in England have seen up to £183,266 wiped off the...

According to the latest research by Revolution Brokers, £251 billion worth of properties have sold across England. The mortgage sector accounts...

Identity checks remain a crucial part of the home moving process, yet new research shows that regulated firms using manual methods...

In a recent market analysis conducted by Unlatch it was discovered that new-build homes sell for 14% less than their original asking price. These...

With votes in and Liz Truss elected as the new Prime Minister, many may have the question “what now”?  When it comes...

In the tough current economy, British homebuyers will cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a...

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

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

Total Landlord Insurance claims that throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, insurance claims increased by 13%. The most common type of claim was...

Amidst the soaring cost-of-living research by Warwick Estates reveals that homebuyers could save £1,200 a year by purchasing a new-build home...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, recently analysed property sales volumes from the start of the pandemic in January 2020 until...