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

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

Metro Bank says it will not, after all, be selling its residential mortgage portfolio despite widespread industry speculation that it was...

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...

A report on Sky News says talks are underway for Barclays hto acquire the £3 billion mortgage book of the troubled...

There’s been an alarming set of figures in the Bank of England’s latest Money and Credit report, which relates to September. Net...

The crisis hit Metro Bank is in talks to sell off at least a £3 billion portion of its mortgage book. The...

The Bank of England says net mortgage approvals decreased from 54,600 in June to 49,400 in July, although approvals for remortgaging slightly increased...

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

SHW has announced that it has promoted two of its Directors to Partner level, taking its Partner total to 25. Gemma Quinn...

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

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed the five biggest homebuyer turn-offs and how much money each of them...

The housing industry, like many other sectors, experienced a tumultuous 2021 as the pandemic continued to trigger exponential house price rises....

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found that garden offices, garage conversions and kitchen...

Wealth management and property lending specialist Tier One Capital has secured a £6.5 million revolving credit facility from Shawbrook Bank for...

The latest government Help to Buy (H2B) scheme could benefit over a half of all new-build homebuyers to get a foot...

Over half a million transactions will save due to the stamp duty holiday extension by the time it ends in September...

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

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new product suite for advisers, named the Heritage range. The product, which is available...

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

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the launch of its new Help to Buy range which will cover the England and London schemes. Available...

The number of mortgages in arrears has declined in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, being the lowest level since...

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

The price of the average home in London broke through the £600,000 price barrier in April for the first time, Home values in...

The average amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging has hit a new high with borrowers taking out £31,887 on average. This is...

Retired people downsizing to fund their retirement should be exempt from stamp duty, a leading insurer has said. So-called “property pensioners” are...

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

The Greater London property boom is spreading with average prices in more than half of all postcodes breaking through £500,000. Half-million-pound postcodes...

NatWest and RBS have unveiled their plans to help more people get a foot on the capital's property ladder through the...

First-time buyer numbers fell nearly 5% in December as the traditional winter cooling hit the UK property market. Some 26,600 buyers took...

More than 200 Britons are becoming property millionaires every single day taking the total to more than 600,000. There were 75,796 new British...

Mortgage arrears and repossessions hit a new low in the third quarter but brokers have warned against borrower complacency. They fear borrowers...

More than 600,000 Britons intend to use all or part of their pension to help repay their mortgage balance, new research...

The number of remortgages has leapt almost 90% in the last year after a major surge in July, new figures show. The...

The number of home movers has fallen sharply over the past 12 months and is still far lower than before the financial crisis. But the...

Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...