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An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...

Increasing numbers of mortgage lenders are pulling decent deals as swap rates rise. Santander has become the latest high street lender to...

Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...

New analysis from Rightmove claims to reveal the cheapest UK city for a first time buyers to get on the property...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

Skipton Building Society has unveiled details of the first 100% loan-to-value mortgage launched since the 2008 financial crisis. Aimed at renters, the...

Higher mortgage rates and the end of Help to Buy has had a “sharp impact” on sales rates, Persimmon has warned. A...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

The product choice for buyers wanting mortgages is now the highest it has been since 2008 according to the independent service...

A broker claims the high profile return of the 95 per cent mortgage has actually made little impact on the housing...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...

There are now more mortgage products available than at any time since the start of the pandemic in March 2021. Data from...

It’s not just housing transactions that signal a red-hot market - the mortgage landscape is at its strongest for some time...

A consumer financial service suggests it’s already too late for most buyers to meet the latest stamp duty holiday deadline of June...

The Nationwide Building Society has launched a product which, controversially, allows some first time buyers to borrow 5.5 times their income. From...

From today buyers will be able to purchase properties worth up to £600,000 with just a five per cent mortgage, under...

The latest Moneyfacts monitor of the mortgage market suggests a significant number of new 95 per cent products - even without the...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

First time buyers with just a 10 per cent deposit - for long almost excluded from the mortgage market - now...

There’s now more choice in the mortgage market than at any time since last March, before the pandemic reached a peak. The...

A mortgage has been launched targeting borrowers who believe they are unlikely to complete their purchase before the stamp duty holiday’s...

Estate agents have kept up the pressure on the Westminster government to consider some kind of tapered ending to the stamp...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

HSBC UK is re-introducing its 90 per cent Loan To Value mortgages from next week - a possible lifeline for first...

A house price index that is routinely one of the most pessimistic about the market claims the New Year will see...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

The National Association of Estate Agents wants the government to initiate a mortgage guarantee scheme to encourage more 95 per cent...

There’s good news from the think-tank the Resolution Foundation, which says the threat of negative equity because of the Coronavirus crisis...

The mortgage arm of a regional property portal has launched pre-approval software which it claims will significantly speed up the initial...

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

There’s been another increase in the number of mortgage products available to buyers and landlords - a sign of all aspects...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...

First time buyers will constitute the largest single group of purchasers in 2019, despite the apparent difficulties of deposits and securing...

A new survey suggests that despite many lenders increasing their rates, most mainstream mortgages are down compared to the start of...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

The costs of the majority of mainstream mortgages increased in the final three months of last year.  The news comes from mortgage...

High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...

There are more mortgage products available to buyers now than at any time since 2008 according to respected finance monitor service...

An estate agent and a building society have both advocated radical moves to reform stamp duty - and want Chancellor Phillip...

One of Britain’s biggest mortgage companies has come up with a new way to try to boost buying across the housing...

Moneyfacts, the independent financial products monitoring service, says first time buyer have a lot to thank Help To Buy for -...

The number of 95 per cent loan to value mortgages available for first time buyers has dwindled 16 per cent in...