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Fewer than 50,000 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, official figures show. The scheme was launched...

The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

With a historic majority for Keir Starmer and the Labour Party, there can be no doubt over which party will be...

There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...

The Conservative Party’s General Election manifesto has committed to resurrecting the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme and temporarily removing Capital...

Stamp Duty reform and first-time buyer support tops the list of what Foxtons would like to see from the next Government. The...

Housing has finally made it onto the General Election campaign, albeit with a familiar policy. Labour has unveiled plans for a Freedom...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

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

Agency brand Chestertons has joined calls for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to include Stamp Duty reform in his Autumn Statement. Hunt will deliver...

Single first-time buyers with low deposits are priced out of much of the property market, research suggests. New analysis using the latest...

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

The Labour Party is being urged to take the lead on estate agency regulation and help driving up standards in the...

A mortgage expert has expressed concern about the level of borrowers still taking out high loan-to-value government-backed home loans despite falling...

For just over a decade, the Government has operated ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in England. The first of these, ‘NewBuy’, which...

The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...

Property sales are yet to decline amid higher mortgage rates and the cost of living crisis but there are signs of...

A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...

Sir Kier Starmer has used his speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool to set out plans of getting home...

The government is being urged to expand and make the Treasury’s mortgage guarantee scheme permanent and compulsory on home loans above...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Christopher Keen and Company Director  What is ‘company name’ and what...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

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

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...

The Chancellor’s decision to extend the stamp duty holiday has “put a spring in the step" of the housing market according...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

First time buyers are now saving more than £800 a year in comparison with tenants, new analysis suggests.  The Halifax says the...

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

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

The Building Societies Association says there’s been a surge in consumer confidence in the housing market following the Budget. Some 37 per...

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

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

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

Today’s Budget is the most eagerly-anticipated for many years, as it juggles to shore up the economy with the longer-term issue...

Labour has accused the government of promoting “sky high mortgages” instead of providing stable accommodation for younger households. A new mortgage guarantee...

A new mortgage guarantee scheme to help buyers with small deposits will be revealed on Wednesday at the Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

A 10-point ’must have’ list of demands for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 has been issued by NAEA Propertymark. It’s...

Stamp duty breaks have historically done little to help the housing market - and it’s the same now. So says David Hannah,...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

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

You have to feel for Rishi Sunak - well, at least a little. Leave to one side that he carries more presentational...

A prominent tax specialist has suggested that stamp duty cuts would not help improve the housing market, despite many agents suggesting...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

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

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

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

As we know, the property market in London is notorious for sitting a long way outside the conventions of the wider UK...

Help to Buy’s equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have helped nearly 120,000 people buy a home, according to government figures.  Since...