Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...
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02 September 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has left the door open to revise its house price forecasts after the chancellor’s first Budget in October. Chancellor Rachel...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Fewer than 50,000 mortgages have been completed with the support of the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme, official figures show. The scheme was launched...
22 August 2024
From: Breaking News
One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...
17 August 2024
From: Features
The latest prime London market snapshot from Knight Frank suggests muted activity so far this summer and warns of possible hesitancy...
12 August 2024
From: Breaking News
UK Finance’s latest data shows the percentage of mortgaged properties taken into possession has risen, but the trade body insists this...
09 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...
08 August 2024
From: Breaking News
A new study by Barclays Bank suggests that despite most Brits either owning a home or aspiring to be future homeowners,...
08 August 2024
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Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...
06 August 2024
From: Breaking News
At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...
03 August 2024
From: Features
House price growth hit its highest level for almost two years during July, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
02 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Higher mortgage rates will push more people than expected into poverty, research warns. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) highlights...
26 July 2024
From: Breaking News
While housing is a devolved matter, ESPC hopes that the promises made by Labour in the recent general election might help...
13 July 2024
From: Features
The number of low deposit mortgage deals has reached a two-year high. Data from comparison website Moneyfacts shows the availability of deals...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable mortgage deals and boosting their...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase fell for the second consecutive month during May, Bank of England data shows. Banks...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The recent dip in inflation to 2% for the first time in three years brings a glimmer of optimism in the...
26 June 2024
From: Features
LSL’s businesses remain in “good shape” and are trading better than expected so far this year, the property brand claims. A trading...
21 June 2024
From: Breaking News
It is currently one of the best times to be a homebuyer, Knight Frank claims. The agency brand has highlighted that a...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in securing a mortgage, it’s been claimed. Research from Market Financial...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...
08 June 2024
From: Features
The majority of estate agents expect a summer interest rate cut to help revitalise buyer market activity, however, they remain split...
04 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgage borrowers still prefer the human touch when applying for a home loan despite the rising popularity of artificial intelligence, research...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Homebuyers have been hit by the highest jump in mortgage rates since March, research suggests. Analysis by Moneyfacts found the typical pricing...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Building societies are currently offering the most competitive mortgage deals for first-time buyers compared with high-street lenders, research suggests. Analysis of 90%...
09 May 2024
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Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...
07 May 2024
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Typical consumer spending on mortgages and rents increased 3.6% in April – the first increase in the rate of growth since...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Just as the Nationwide showed the impact of rising mortgage costs on house prices, so another raft of lenders have made...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...
02 May 2024
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There’s been a significant rise in the number of so-called Suspicious Activity Reports concerning money laundering and the agency industry. Suspicious Activity...
01 May 2024
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A specialist lender is reintroducing a suite of mortgage products aimed at what it call “overlooked customers”. It turns out these are...
01 May 2024
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Purplebricks has launched launched a mortgage divison, known formally as Purplebricks Mortgages Limited This will see a team of more than 150...
30 April 2024
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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
30 April 2024
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Higher mortgage rates are a drag on house price growth says Zoopla - and it’s produced startling figures to prove it. The...
29 April 2024
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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...
29 April 2024
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An analysis by Rightmove reveals that the average interest rate for a two year fixed mortgage at 95% loan to value...
25 April 2024
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The average price of a home in Wales fell to £229,263 in the first quarter of 2024, making this the fifth...
25 April 2024
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New statistics from the Financial Conduct Authority, analysed by a legal firm, show the clear disadvantage and worsening picture for single...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Lenders are predicting a busy quarter for supply and demand of mortgages. The Bank of England’s latest Credit Conditions Survey showed lenders...
12 April 2024
From: Breaking News
From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...
09 April 2024
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Average house prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since September 2023 during March as higher mortgage rates...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...
06 April 2024
From: Features
House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
A game changer? Yorkshire Building Society launches 99% loan-to-value mortgage for first-time buyers
The Government may have backtracked on plans for 100% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages but Yorkshire Building Society has come up with its...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The best news for the property sector to come from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget statement came not from any fiscal...
20 March 2024
From: Features
One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The mortgage price war appears to have eased and the shelf life on home loans has hit a six-month low, Moneyfacts...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Property market conditions in the new-build sector are likely to remain subdued this year. Persimmon has claimed. An outlook in the house...
13 March 2024
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The prime London sales market has made a hesitant start to 2024, Knight Frank has said. Despite the agent and property brand...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
OneDome is expanding its flagship product HomeBuyer Service to include surveying. The property platform said it now provides a full suite of...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Average house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month during February, figures from Halifax show, but it is unclear how long...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are hopeful of support for the property market in today’s Spring Budget. It could be the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s final fiscal...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
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
Mortgage approvals increased for the fourth consecutive month in a row during January but that hasn’t fed into official sales yet, data...
01 March 2024
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Rightmove has joined growing calls for Stamp Duty reform ahead of the Spring Budget next week. The property portal has outlined three...
28 February 2024
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Homeowners with mortgages have seen the highest increase in household costs over recent months, official data suggests. The latest Household Costs Index...
27 February 2024
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The Government’s proposal to introduce a new 1% deposit mortgage scheme to help young people onto the property ladder is unworkable...
24 February 2024
From: Features
Rumours of the launch of a 1% mortgage deposit scheme have re-emerged with just weeks to go until the Spring Budget Chancellor...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Lloyds Bank is predicting a “more modest” fall in house prices during 2024. The lender had predicted in September that average prices...
23 February 2024
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Increasing numbers of mortgage lenders are pulling decent deals as swap rates rise. Santander has become the latest high street lender to...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
After years of saving, hard work, and market watching, being able to view and make an offer on a property is...
10 February 2024
From: Features
Propertymark has urged the Bank of England to cut interest rates “as soon as practically possible” after the trade body noted...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The times, they are indeed a-changin’. But what Dylan may not have appreciated, however, was how fast that change would be...
08 February 2024
From: Breaking News
In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...
03 February 2024
From: Features
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
Compared with a decade ago, today's first-time buyers are older, more likely to buy with a partner and more likely to...
03 February 2024
From: Features
The Labour Party has committed to working on ways to offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to support first-time buyers. Outlining its plan...
01 February 2024
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Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...
30 January 2024
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Mortgage rates may be falling but tougher lending criteria is stifling many borrowers, including high earners. Research by Investec has found the...
30 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Whether a General Election is held in May, November or in January one thing is guaranteed - we can expect to...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The housing sector remains locked in a buyers’ market and prices are unlikely to rise nationally this year, Zoopla claims. While some...
22 January 2024
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The Government’s latest attempt to bolster the property appears to be 1% deposit mortgages. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering...
22 January 2024
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Fintech firm Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. The brand provides systems and...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Labour Party has proposed introducing 25-year fixed term mortgages should it win the next General Election. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves suggested...
15 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Only a tenth of first-time buyers have managed to get on the property ladder without additional support, a survey has revealed. Comparison...
11 January 2024
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House prices ended 2023 up 1.7%, Halifax has claimed. The lender’s latest House Price Index for December 2023 suggests the price of...
08 January 2024
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NatWest chairman Sir Howard Davies sparked fury on social media last week after claiming it isn’t difficult to get on the...
08 January 2024
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The level of mortgage approvals hit a four-month high in November, Bank of England data reveals. There were 50,067 mortgage approvals in...
05 January 2024
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Home movers have been given a “belated Christmas present” as mortgage rates continue to drop, it has been claimed. It comes as...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
March was the most popular month for completions this year as sales took longer and buyers focused on affordability, analysis has...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Inflation fell to its lowest level in two years during November, raising hopes that interest rate cuts and lower mortgage pricing...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The value of gross mortgage advances increased during the third quarter but future lending commitments have dropped, Bank of England data...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Average mortgage rates have fallen for the fourth consecutive month and borrowers can now get a two-year fix below 6%. The latest...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
09 December 2023
From: Features
House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Household finances remain stretched and the full impact of higher interest rates and mortgage pricing has yet to fully hit the...
07 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...
06 December 2023
From: Features
Visits to Rightmove have fallen by 18% in the past year as high mortgage rates hit the national market from the...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove’s entry into the mortgage market presents a threat to financial services leads, agents have been warned. The portal said in a...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase has hit a three-month high, Bank of England data shows. Figures from the Bank...