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Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...

A specialist lender is reintroducing a suite of mortgage products aimed at what it call “overlooked customers”. It turns out these are...

Propertymark has added its name to calls for Stamp Duty reform and has also urged lenders to develop more affordable mortgage...

The Labour Party has committed to working on ways to offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to support first-time buyers. Outlining its plan...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

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

Fewer sellers are willing to cut their asking prices, Chestertons claims. The agent said vendors in the capital have already priced in...

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

After yet another tumultuous week in the property market, many of those working sector will be breathing a huge sigh of...

OnTheMarket has launched a new financial services arm. The portal has unveiled OnTheMarket Money, an umbrella brand providing consumers with access to...

A strong labour market, growing consumer confidence and an increasing acceptance of a higher mortgage rate environment will support the housing...

Mortgage brokers are trying to get lenders to sign up to a 24-hour Product Withdrawal Pledge in efforts to keep 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...

Purchase mortgage searches fell by almost a fifth last month as the Easter period dampened property market activity and there are...

Further mortgage rate rises could be on the way for homebuyers and owners, Rightmove suggests. After a few weeks where mortgage rates...

Lower mortgage rates than the end of last year and slowing inflation should sustain the housing market as it enters the...

When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

A more competitive mortgage market may actually dampen hopes of a downsizing boom, an agent has predicted. Many property professionals last year...

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

A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...

Mortgage lenders are warming to green mortgages, new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau suggests. Analysis by the broker has found that more...

Homebuyers are spending an average of 15.5% more for an energy efficient property, estate agents claim. New research by Santander found identified...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...

The majority of homebuyers and sellers remain ‘undeterred from their endeavours to tackle the housing market’, despite the turbulence of the...

As I watched Liz Truss take to the stage at this week’s Conservative Party conference, my eyes were drawn to the sign behind her. “Getting Britain...

First-time buyers and homeowners seeking to sell alike are worried and confused about the current state of the housing market. With the average...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...

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...

With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...

The fallout from Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget, which has spooked the markets and caused the pound to fall to record lows,...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

First-time buyers are now facing up to a nine-year wait to save enough of a deposit to get on the property...

The Skipton Building Society, which owns Connells estate agency, says the house-selling arm helped it reach a record profit pre-tax profit...

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

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

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

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

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...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

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

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

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

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

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

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

Buyer demand for new-build property has bounced back 66 per cent in the six weeks since the resumption of the housing...

Mortgage product choices for buyers have increased to the highest level in three months according to new data. PropTech platform Mortgage Brain...

The Property Franchise Group - which operates five High Street agency brands and the EweMove hybrid - has set up a...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

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

It’s the word on everyone’s lips: after two and a half years of debate, and months before that leading up to...

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...

Shock figures out this morning show that a staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting...

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

The Financial Conduct Authority says house buyers need more help to find the best priced and most appropriate mortgage deal for their...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

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...

The Financial Conduct Authority says it is to review lenders offering solely interest-only mortgages to home owners. In its business plan for...

Recent stats from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that last year 360,000 people moved homes, meaning the number has stayed...

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...

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...

A new report from the NatWest Bank nips in the bud any speculation that rising inflation may end the current cheap...

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...

Labour’s long-awaited Redfern Review, set up a year ago after the party’s defeat in the general election, finally reports tomorrow. Although it...

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

The number of mortgage products available is now over 23,000 - a figure last seen during the heady days just before...

Buy to let mortgage sales - one of the key indicators of buy to let property sales - fell drastically in...

Home lending in 2016 saw its best opening quarter for nine years according to the figures from chartered surveying firm e.surv.  An...

Despite the many woes in the housing market, there has possibly never been a better time to get a competitive mortgage...

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 number of sales made to first time buyers has risen for the second month running, to the highest level in...

Sales to first time buyers now account for 29 per cent of all sale transactions according to the National Association of...

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

With pension reform, council licensing changes and a General Election on the horizon, many are anticipating a boom in the buy-to-let...