Buying Process & Moving Home

Buying Process & Moving Home

Santander provides first time buyer mortgage to 70 year old

Older first-time buyers are taking an ever-growing share of the market ...

Millions choose renovation over relocation

The research comes from Churchill home insurance ...

HM Land Registry accepts Qualified Electronic Signatures

Conveyancers have been invited to submit applications including QES documents ...

Double digit collapse in property searches in first half of summer 

There's been a larger-than-usual slow down in property sale enquiries ...

First time buyers hit the buffers thanks to lending red tape

New research from IMLA shows the problem is getting worse ...

How Long? shocking figures show slow house buying process

The average has breached the 200 day mark for the first time ...

Wide-ranging Mortgage Market Review launched by FCA 

The objective is to make it easier to buy a home ...

HMO sector booming, fuelled by student tenant demand

The analysis comes from the portal StuRents ...

Home owners borrow more to renovate and not relocate

More borrowers use secured loans to fund home improvements ...

Home ownership aspirations plummet – shocking new research 

This is according to HomeOwners Alliance research ...

Solo buyers rebound according to new mortgage figures 

In the past four years 50% of buyers have been solo, says MAB ...

Growing gazundering problem hits housing market transaction volumes

Almost a fifth of sales now encounter gazundering, a firm claims ...

Industry welcomes radical plans to digitise house buying process

The government plans were revealed by surprise over the weekend ...

Quick-buy service links with conveyancing panel provider

Upstix is a 'quick buy' company making cash offers to stuck sellers ...

Big rise in numbers paying mortgages into their 70s

Many older mortgage buyers have loans with 35-plus year terms ...

Interest rate threat and mortgage affordability cause market to stagnate

Higher mortgage costs and economic uncertainty are expected to keep...

Mortgage shock ahead as rates set to rise

Major lenders reprice deals as swap rates climb, adding further...

Biggest decline in mortgage rates since October 2024

Mortgage rates recorded their biggest monthly fall since October 2024...
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Mortgage purchase activity down but remortgaging recovers

Stonebridge reports an 18.2% drop in home loan applications in...

AI warning at conveyancing summit  

Experts warn that uncoordinated adoption of artificial intelligence could disrupt...