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Building societies are currently offering the most competitive mortgage deals for first-time buyers compared with high-street lenders, research suggests. Analysis of 90%...

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...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has secured promises from banks to be more flexible with mortgage borrowers amid concerns about rising rates. Average mortgage...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his take on a manic week for the property market. This is the week when...

The chief executive of the Building Societies Association is warning that mortgage lending - already down on last year - is...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...

One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...

The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...

The Building Societies Association’s regular confidence tracker about the housing market shows rising pessimism over interest rates, the escalating cost of...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

Mortgage lenders have announced a voluntary moratorium on possessions from today, December 13, until Tuesday January 4.  A statement from the umbrella...

Figures from the Building Societies Association show continued momentum in the housing market, with gross lending by building societies up 22...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

Agents have given their backing to the government’s First Homes initiative, offering discounted houses for local people and key workers and...

Banks and building societies want the government to offer more help to the housing market through additional assistance to home owners...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

Over 1.2m mortgage payment holidays have been offered by lenders to customers impacted by the Coronavirus crisis - that’s equivalent to...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

It’s been reported that the government is talking with banks and building societies about putting the housing market ‘on ice’ during the...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Mortgage prisoners - borrowers unable to switch lenders despite being up-to-date with payments - may have an escape route in sight...

An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is in a dominant position, enables rents to rise and fall, which...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Confidence in buying property remains negative according to the quarterly sentiment measure undertaken by the Building Societies Association. Over a quarter of...

The triggering of Article 50 may have been regarded as a historic event but it appears to have left the housing...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

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

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

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

First time buyers with small deposits are among those likely to suffer as a result of new regulations on credit risk...

Over half of Britain's home owners will hit problems if interest rates rise. The Building Societies Association says new research which it...