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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...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Home buyers borrowed £11.2 billion in March - down on the ‘stamp duty bonanza‘ period at the same time last year...

Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...

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

There has been widespread praise for the Nationwide building society's crackdown on criteria for mortgages for leasehold new build homes.   From May...

The Bank of England is warning that approvals of mortgages for property purchases in March were at a lower-than-expected 66,837, the weakest...

Research from Legal & General and the Centre for Economic Business and Research says parents are to spend 23 per cent...

Mortgage rates continue to fall with the average new lending rate at a record low of 2.2 per cent: as a...

Property transactions rose marginally in March this year, up 0.5 per cent on February’s total according to figures from HM Revenue...

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

News was released this week of a new PropTech partnership: banking disrupter Revolut has joined up with mortgage brokerage, Trussle, to offer...

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...

One of the biggest stories post-Brexit is how the housing market has proven to be more resilient than anyone could have...

A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...

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

Mortgage brokers say they are encountering fewer difficulties sourcing products now than at any time for three years.  Research from the Intermediary...

There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...

It’s been another busy week of fund-raising for agents across the industry, sparing time to do good works despite the market...

Buyers with deposits of 15 per cent or less of the purchase price now make up more than a fifth of...

The consumer group HomeOwners Alliance claims new research indicates that more than a million UK adults have shelved plans to purchase...

Nationwide has introduced what it calls a ‘Family Deposit Mortgage’ in a bid to help first time buyers. It is aimed at...

Total property wealth owned by over-65s who have paid off their mortgages grew to a new record high of £1.072 trillion...

Former clients of a Scottish estate and letting agency and mortgage company are being asked by a corporate insolvency firm to...

The number and range of mortgages being offered in the UK has almost returned to its pre-credit crunch level. That’s the view...

Data from the Council for Mortgage Lenders show that loans taken out by buyers have hit a near two-year low.   Home buyers...

Research from the consumer organisation Which? claims that first time buyers are typically saving for anything up to a decade for...

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

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

Connells Group has announced strong figures for 2016 with the total number of properties sold rising five per cent and lettings...

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

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

The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...

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

Connells Group’s mortgage services wing has recorded a 10 per cent increase in the number of mortgages in 2016 and has generated...

First-time buyers borrowed £5.1 billion from mortgage companies in December, far above the same month in 2015, and the highest December...

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

The chronic shortage of housing supply in the UK relative to demand has been a national issue for decades. The Government...

The number of properties taken into possession last year declined by almost 25 per cent and has hit the lowest level in 35...

Welcome to February! It means that 2017 is well under way and we’re edging closer to Spring – a time when...

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

Gross mortgage lending reached a remarkable £246 billion in 2016 - that’s 12 per cent higher than the previous year and...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

The highest number of 'risky' mortgages issued during 2015 was in South West London, according to new analysis of the latest...

Digital mortgage broker habito has announced that it has raised £5.5 million in investment funding.  The firm says it will use the...

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

The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...

Around six in 10 estate agents say their experience shows that mortgage lending restrictions targeting customers aged 55 or over are...

Campaigning charity Shelter predicts as many as four in 10 owners or renters in one part of the UK would struggle...

Brexit and wider economic uncertainties worsened by changes to property taxation have forced the Council of Mortgage Lenders to cut its...

Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...

New figures from the Council for Mortgage Lenders add weight to the argument that the housing market is gently slowing.  Home-owners borrowed £10.5...

Retired home owners have gained an average of £26,000 tax-free this year from their houses, new analysis from an over-55s financial...

Over 50,000 have signed up to the Land Registry’s property fraud alert service following a series of high-profile stories on the...

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...

There’s good news for London’s troubled market - a report from the CML shows that buyers in the capital took out 12...

The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...

Older homeowners are unrealistic about how much money they will raise from downsizing, and estate agents are warning them to manage...

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...

The average UK property takes 91 days to sell - and that’s down to greedy sellers according to the mortgage arm...

A business publication says figures from a PropTech peer-to-peer lending firm which markets its products through Zoopla show a 95 per cent...

The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on new guidance to lenders on how to measure and treat the repayment of arrears...

Agents don’t need reminding that Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today are invaluable sources of daily industry news - but...

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...

As with finance broking, there can be many frustrations that come with being an estate agent – I perhaps don’t need...

The Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed that tighter regulations will apply to lenders providing mortgages for buy to...

The government says its latest release of figures from its various Help to Buy schemes show that over 185,000 people have...

Zoopla has formally announced the launch of its new 'Invest' channel, which has been designed to provide consumers with the opportunity...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced the launch of a new feature on its website which will help estate agents to...

As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

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

The credit crunch may have been the economic backdrop against which much of the housing market performance of the past 10...

Confidence in the UK housing market has slumped according to an annual survey conducted by economic consultancy ING.  The survey, called Homes...

Average house prices across the UK increased by 0.6 per cent in August, taking the annual rate of growth to 5.6...

The Bank of England says the number of new mortgages fell to 60,912 in July, down from 64,152 the previous month...

The British Banking Association’s latest mortgage lending figures suggest early signs of fall-out from the surprise vote for the UK to...

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

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

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

An investment report from credit ratings agency Moody’s suggests it is concerned about the effects of Brexit on the housing market,...

The number of mortgages in arrears is now at its lowest level since records began more than 20 years ago.  Data from...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

There was a small two per cent drop in residential valuations in July compared to the same month last year, according to...

  The Bank of England has, as expected, cut its base rate to 0.25 per cent after a record seven years at...

The Nationwide says house prices rose at their fastest annual rate for four months in July, but that performance may not...

The latest figures on mortgage lending suggest that higher house prices led to greater lending in June this year than 12...

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

As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question and answer session with Peter Brodnicki, the man who has been...

I’m indebted to one of the most enthusiastic estate agents I’ve had the pleasure of meeting for suggesting the subject of...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

Estate agents and mortgage experts have reacted to the Bank of England’s surprise decision to keep base rate unchanged at 0.5...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...

One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...

House owners and buyers with mortgages in today’s market should budget to ensure they can “have enough headroom” for a rise...

As I sit and write this piece, even with the FTSE 100 back up and sterling having recovered some of its...