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Average mortgage rates have ticked up ahead of the typically busier spring home selling season but borrowers are at least benefiting...

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

Average mortgage rates have hit a six-month low, giving new hope to buyers looking to climb on or up the property...

Average mortgage rates have fallen for the fourth consecutive month and borrowers can now get a two-year fix below 6%. The latest...

The number of lenders offering sub-5% mortgage deals has doubled in the past month in a sign that the cost of...

Two more major lenders have cut mortgage rates, prompting hopes that deals could seen come close to 3%. HSBC and Halifax have...

Low deposit home buyers have been given a boost after product choice hit a 14-month high. Data from Moneyfacts shows the number...

Average mortgage pricing is falling in a “positive sign” for the market, new analysis suggests. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows typical...

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

The mortgage rate rollercoaster is finally winding down but pressure will remain on the property market, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from...

Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

Mortgage borrowers now have the greatest choice of home loan products since February 2022, Moneyfacts data suggests. It is a boost for...

Average mortgage rates have dropped slightly, providing possible respite for homebuyers. The latest Moneyfacts data shows the average two-year fixed mortgage rate...

The average rate for a two-year fixed rate mortgage has passed the “devilish” 6.66% point, figures show. Moneyfacts yesterday revealed the average...

Borrowers have been dealt a new blow after five-year fixed rates passed the 6% barrier yesterday. Moneyfacts data showed the average five-year...

The property market is braced for another interest rate rise today after the latest inflation data shows the cost of living...

A quarter of homeowners are considering selling up and going back to renting amid rising mortgage costs. New Moneyfacts figures shows the...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ruled out providing financial support for struggling mortgage borrowers as rates hit new highs. Average mortgage rates hit...

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

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Homebuyers looking for a 10-year fixed mortgage for their property purchase are facing less choice, research suggests. Analysis by Moneyfactscompare.co.uk  has found...

Homebuyers looking to secure a mortgage are now facing more choice and lower rates than six months ago. New data from comparison...

It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....

Forget the ‘race for space,’ buyers are now facing a race for mortgage rates. Comparison website Moneyfacts has revealed that the average...

The Bank of England increased interest rates from 3% to 3.5% yesterday, potentially pushing up costs for those looking to purchase property...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

Mortgage borrowers who paused home purchasing plans may be getting a respite from rising rates after new data shows average pricing...

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

Rightmove insists the housing market is still moving as more lenders removed deals yesterday. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows there were...

The number of mortgages available to borrowers has hit the lowest level for more than a year, Moneyfacts has warned. Analysis by...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

After a long period of improvement in the level of product choice for borrowers, February has seen mortgage availability fall for the...

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

The signs are that even with the stamp duty holiday tapering to a close at the end of the summer, the...

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...

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

Mortgage availability has risen for the fifth consecutive month according to respected market monitor Moneyfacts. With 3,532 products on offer, this is...

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...

Over 50 per cent of all mortgage products available to home buyers in the UK currently have a standard maximum term...

Mortgage lenders are relaxing age limits so that house buyers can still be paying off their home loan well into their...

The mortgage industry may be throwing agents and the housing market something of a lifeline - it’s been revealed that 40...

Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...

Respected mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says that the costs of some mortgages are already rising in the expectation of a base...

Independent financial service Moneyfacts says first time buyers who opt for a fixed rate deal might be better off if they chose...

The housing market may be a little sticky in the middle of summer right now, but there’s certainly no shortage of...

The housing market may appear stagnant but one of the leading monitors of the mortgage market says many rates for borrowers...

First time buyers who were supposed to be helped by the high-profile Help To Buy ISA have in fact found it...

The proportion of mortgage products available for investor buyers operating through limited companies has risen by over 50 per cent in...

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

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

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

Cash rebates with mortgages - seen by housing market analysts as a great sweetener for many cash-strapped first-time buyers - may now...

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

The number of fee-free deals on fixed rate mortgages has more than doubled in the past year according to research by...

Research from the consumer organisation Which? suggests that the number of mortgages on the market has increased by 13 per cent...

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

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

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

There has been a spur in activity in the mortgage market since the Bank of England base rate dropped to 0.25...

Respected financial comparison website Moneyfacts says the average buyer requiring a mortgage and securing a deal now will be £240 a...

Consumer choice of mortgage products has reached a near-eight-year high with 17,132 products available on the market. This is the highest number...

The total number of mortgage products available reached a post-recession high of 13,539 in April.  The latest National Mortgage Index from Mortgage...