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One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...

The mortgage price war appears to have eased and the shelf life on home loans has hit a six-month low, Moneyfacts...

The number of first-time buyers fell by a fifth last year but this cohort still made up the largest proportion of...

Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...

Forget the Boxing Day boost, next Monday could be the start of the “first-time buyer boom.” Mortgage technology company Twenty7tec has identified...

Mortgage lenders are expecting a quieter year for home loans in 2024. Forecasts from banking trade body UK Finance suggest lending for...

Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...

The number of first-time buyers has fallen this year but the proportion of sales to this cohort remains the same due...

We all want more transactions - the Holy Grail when it comes to agencies’ bottom lines - but an interesting aspect...

A mortgage expert has expressed concern about the level of borrowers still taking out high loan-to-value government-backed home loans despite falling...

Mortgage rates have officially broken the 6% barrier. Average rates for home loans are now back at the level that prompted the...

The interest rate on a five-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen below 4% for the first time since the financial market...

January was a record month for mortgage searches but mainly for remortgaging rather than home purchase, data from an industry software...

Increasing numbers of property buyers are now taking out mortgages with terms of more than 30 years, new figures show. The latest...

The choice of mortgage products for borrowers dropped by almost half during September, new figures show. Thousands of mortgages were withdrawn and...

Record numbers of buyers have taken out fixed rate mortgages to lock-in lower priced home loans before rates rise further, analysis...

Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...

The Bank of England has confirmed plans to withdraw the requirement for lenders to conduct interest rate stress tests on mortgage...

Boris Johnson has promised a review of the mortgage market and housing benefit rules to help more people to get on...

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely to find it 'much harder' to be approved for loans as...

Mortgage search platform Twenty7Tec is predicting there could be one million searches for home loans this month. The technology company, which lets...

The lack of housing stock, rising inflation and rising mortgage rates could all lead to agents running out of stock in...

The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...

A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

Britain’s second largest lender is to offer 90 per cent loan to value mortgages once again from next Monday - a...

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...

There’s been a warm welcome from the property and consumer sectors for a suggestion that the Financial Conduct Authority may be...

The global chief executive of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has warned mortgage lenders against offering so-called ‘super-sized’ home loans to borrowers.  Bruce is...

Newspapers are reporting that Brexit’s impact on house prices - especially if there is No Deal - are likely to take...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

Home loans activity has fallen to a 12 month low as market torpor sets in ahead of the EU referendum.  According to...

The Aston Mead estate agency says “unnecessarily restrictive mortgage criteria" have caused the number of home loans to drop sharply in...