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![EPC targets come back, all is forgiven](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20EPC%20targets%20Simon%20Jackson.png)
April 22nd marked ‘Earth Day’, yet it seemed to pass relatively unnoticed within the mortgage market. While the market was once abuzz...
04 May 2024
From: Features
![Government intervention needed on property transaction times – claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568(1).jpg)
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘Good news for buyers’ as inflation hits two-year low](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The rate of inflation has fallen to the lowest level in two years, raising hopes of a boost for the property...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy efficiency remains important to homebuyers and sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_EfficientHome-400x310.png)
Buyers and sellers are still factoring energy efficiency into property valuations despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rolling back net-zero reforms. Analysis by...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Belvoir boosts financial services brand with latest acquisition](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Belvoir Group PLC has expanded its financial services network with the acquisition of MAB (South West) Ltd for £1m. This follows...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing market still in doldrums despite mortgage rate cuts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage lenders are at last cutting their rates on some deals, confident that the Bank of England’s base rate may rise...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage boss: Higher rates will delay buying decisions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Homebuyers should get used to interest rates of 6% to 7% being the norm, a senior industry executive claims. Peter Brodnicki, chief...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - caring for communities](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Smoove seals strategic partners with mortgage broker](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/L%26G%20Mortgage%20club%20announces%20MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
Smoove has entered into a strategic agreement with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) to provide conveyancing comparison and related home-buying support services. The...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Open letter urges Housing Secretary to help speed-up the property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A coalition of businesses from across the property industry have united to call on the Government to do more to speed-up...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - hitting new heights](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/AgentsDoCharity.png)
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Net-zero for lettings: a zero-sum game for landlords?](/upload/images/Net-zero%20for%20lettings%20a%20zero-sum%20game%20for%20landlords.png)
Landlords are now quite accustomed to the challenges of operating in a market where they are often perceived as the antagonist...
22 April 2023
From: Features
![Homeowners urged not to wait for estate agent to discover their EPC rating](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Homeowners are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of their property before they come to sell their home. It...
21 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![And the winners are… allAgents reveals award accolades](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
The winners of the 2022 allAgents Customer Experience Awards were announced last week. The agency customer feedback website held its second ever...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage broker writes-off Boomin investment](/upload/images/Logos/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green mortgages set to ‘become the norm’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenHome-400x310.png)
Mortgage lenders are warming to green mortgages, new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau suggests. Analysis by the broker has found that more...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Broker partners with ViewMyChain to boost sales process transparency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Housing market ‘still moving’ as more lenders withdraw rates](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessStategy-3-400x310.jpg)
Rightmove insists the housing market is still moving as more lenders removed deals yesterday. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows there were...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![What do rate rises mean for homeowners and potential homeowners?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessImprovement-400x310.jpg)
In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...
18 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Agency groups announce major mortgage acquisitions](/upload/images/Logos/BelvoirGroup2022LogoNEW400x310.jpg)
The Belvoir Group has announced the acquisition of mortgage broker TIME. The agency franchise and financial services brand has acquired the entire issued...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents reached out to me, says Boomin boss Michael Bruce](/upload/images/library/Boomin-Logo-400x310.jpg)
The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Purplebricks executive takes over at Yopa online agency](/upload/images/Logos/YopaLogo-2020-Blue-400x310.jpg)
A former Purplebricks chief is the new CEO of rival online company Yopa. Verona Frankish has been involved in the property industry...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Green Mortgages linked to EPC ratings set to soar in number](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
Around a quarter of mortgage lenders currently have ‘green’ products promoting improved EPCs - and the vast majority of the rest...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - video interview with Stephen Brown and RAN 2021!](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![RAN 2021! Conference and Awards tomorrow in Birmingham](/upload/images/Logos/RANlogo-400x310.jpg)
Tomorrow sees the Relocation Agent Network’s first in-person conference since 2019. The event, at the Metropole Hilton in Birmingham, will focus...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![EPC Hot Air? Most owners don’t even know their rating - survey](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EnergyEfficiency-2-400x310.jpg)
The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...
30 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Industry chiefs to address Relocation Agent Network annual conference](/upload/images/Logos/RANlogo-400x310.jpg)
The Relocation Agent Network has unveiled its speakers for its national conference and exhibition early next month. Called RAN Live! 2021 it...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![New regional agency group formed as independent companies merge](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
One of the country's largest independent regional agency groups has been formed through an acquisition announced today. Yorkshire estate agent, Manning Stainton,...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![New App aims to show first time buyers the purchasing ropes](/img/default/eat.png)
A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency group expands finance services with mortgage rebrand](/img/default/eat.png)
Leaders Romans Group is to bolster its finance services with the expansion and rebranding of its mortgage arm. Leaders and Romans Mortgage Services...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fast-growing agency group snaps up mortgage firm from building society](/img/default/eat.png)
Franchise agency giant Belvoir has acquired share capital in a small mortgage company. Nottingham Mortgage Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![In Conversation Today – Q&A with the man behind a 2020 success story](/img/default/eat.png)
By any available metric, Belvoir had a good 2020. Already a well-known and well-established name, it was highly praised for its...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Online agency and auction house links with Mortgage Advice Bureau](/img/default/eat.png)
99Home, the agency that describes itself as the country’s fifth largest hybrid, has teamed up with the Mortgage Advice Bureau. MAB will...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' founders reveal new project to re-enter the agency industry](/img/default/eat.png)
The brothers who founded Purplebricks - Michael and Kenny Bruce - have returned to the agency industry for the first time...
09 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Let Sales Resume! Pressure piles on government from agents and suppliers](/img/default/eat.png)
Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
From: Breaking News
01 February 2020
From: Features
![Transaction time slashed to 11 days by digital conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![White label online agency platform links with marketing service](/img/default/eat.png)
love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![White-label online agency platform now offers mortgage service too](/img/default/eat.png)
love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency in long-term deal to provide financial services to regional chain](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has struck an innovative eight-year exclusivity agreement with Dacres, the 20 office estate agency network based in Yorkshire, to deliver...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings technology - making money, saving costs and improving service](/img/default/eat.png)
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...
28 August 2019
From: Features
![Independent agents’ group names another top industry firm as partner](/img/default/eat.png)
The fledgling independent agents’ trade group, the Federation of Independent Agents, has signed another partnership deal with a high-profile industry supplier...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![New portal bids to cut fall-throughs by offering ‘mortgage passport’](/img/default/eat.png)
The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...
29 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket and new portal OneDome reveal extra services](/img/default/eat.png)
Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2019?](/img/default/eat.png)
As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Agency group beefs up mortgage side with £3.6m acquisition](/img/default/eat.png)
Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau. The £3.6m deal, done through...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and it’s beginning to feel a lot like winter...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - it’s our weekly round-up of good work done by the industry. Everyone...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: ages, incomes and purchase plans for buyers with mortgages](/img/default/eat.png)
New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - and if it's Friday, it must be fund-raising...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity - your opportunity to salute those in our industry working hard for great...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – marketing magic, Mr T and GDPR fever](/img/default/eat.png)
Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...
02 June 2018
From: Features
![First time buyers 'may be paying more because of stamp duty change'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Mortgage Advice Bureau says early evidence suggests typical first time buyers are now spending more following the effective scrapping of stamp...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Advice Bureau enjoys good trading despite flat market](/img/default/eat.png)
Mortgage Advice Bureau has batted off the flat housing market by reporting good figures for 2017. Revenue for the year increased by...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![What next for property in 2018?](/img/default/eat.png)
What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features
![Brexit is not a consideration for majority of home movers](/img/default/eat.png)
New research has revealed that Britain's impending exit from the European Union is not a consideration for 71% of consumers. A study...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a conference smorgasbord](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...
06 May 2017
From: Features
!['Transaction levels remained steady over summer' – HMRC](/img/default/eat.png)
Provisional figures from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs show there were 109,630 residential property transactions in the UK during August. The figure is...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Buyers now have over 23,000 mortgage products to choose from](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of mortgage products available is now over 23,000 - a figure last seen during the heady days just before...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: Q & A with Peter Brodnicki](/img/default/eat.png)
As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question and answer session with Peter Brodnicki, the man who has been...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: flashmobs, a Spice Girls tribute band and girls on stilts](/img/default/eat.png)
The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...
08 July 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: conveyancing, mortgage advice and a PropTech revolution](/img/default/eat.png)
On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...
29 April 2016
From: Features
![Good news: huge rise in mortgage choice, with some record low cost deals](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite the many woes in the housing market, there has possibly never been a better time to get a competitive mortgage...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Market boost as buyers get best choice of mortgage products since 2007](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Average deposit for a home now exceeds £80,000 says mortgage broker](/img/default/eat.png)
The average deposit for a property has risen 15 per cent in the past year and now stands at over £80,000...
27 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Estate agency group takes majority stake in mortgage company](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellors has acquired a majority stake in the brokers Alexander James Mortgage Services. The deal means that the Bracknell-based firm – one...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Affordability actually improving insists mortgage broker](/img/default/eat.png)
The average salary of buyers seeking a mortgage fell to a near-four year low in June according to the Mortgage Advice...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Number of mortgage products reaches post-recession high](/img/default/eat.png)
The total number of mortgage products available reached a post-recession high of 13,539 in April. The latest National Mortgage Index from Mortgage...