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![Bumper Start to 2024 Housing Market reports Rightmove](/upload/images/240215%2001.jpg)
The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to arrange valuations ahead of sale hit an all-time high in January, says...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Surging rents drive up capital growth according to Savills](/upload/images/240215%2003.jpg)
UK housing costs hit £200 billion for the first time in 2023, according to the latest research by the property firm...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Savills’ Top Buy To Let and Resi Investment Tips for 2024](/upload/images/24%2001%2009%2001.jpg)
Savills has revealed the residential element of its annual cross-sector forecasts for investments in 2024 to 2028. The agency says turbulence in...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Should Investors Wait? Savills warns of more price falls next year](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2014%203.jpg/23%2011%2014%203__400x267.jpg)
Savills is warning that the average UK house price is projected to fall by a further 3.0 per cent in 2024...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Borrowing from Dad for investment? Call in the lawyers…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The tough economic climate has seen the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad increase its stake in the UK’s mortgage market to...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Signs of rising default risk in Spanish mortgage market](/upload/images/__thumbs/Signs%20of%20rising%20default%20risk%20in%20Sapanish%20mortgage%20market.jpg/Signs%20of%20rising%20default%20risk%20in%20Sapanish%20mortgage%20market__400x257.jpg)
Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company, has released data which points to potential future increases in credit impairments in the...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Insight - is cash now king for investors?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
A leading buying agent has claimed that, with the mortgage market still in turmoil post-the disastrous mini-Budget (and its near total...
28 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - 500,000 mortgage applicants could be shut out the market by 2030](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
A significant nationwide study by leading specialist lender, Together predicts the UK specialist residential mortgage market will treble to £16 billion...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![BTL searches remained buoyant in June, reveals Legal & General Mortgage Club](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
Buy-to-let purchase activity saw a spike in June, according to new data from Legal & General’s SmartCriteria tool, which has been...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - Your Questions Answered about Mortgages in Spain](/upload/images/Locations/Spain-SunnyView-400x310.jpg)
I work closely with specialist mortgage brokers to help my clients to secure mortgages in Spain because it’s such a tricky...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - top tips for securing a Spanish mortgage](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
Well-known Spanish agency Lucas Fox works with some of Spain's leading mortgage brokers who offer competitive mortgage packages to suit all requirements....
22 July 2022
From: Overseas Property
![Government must focus on housing supply imbalance – claim](/upload/images/library/GovernmentImage-400x310.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has outlined the key areas it believes the government and the industry should focus on...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Should property investors lock in interest rates now?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
On Thursday (November 4), the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will decide whether interest rates will finally increase, after the...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar roundup – what do new-builds offer to property investors?](/img/default/pit.png)
Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Brexit has been worse for us than the pandemic’ – Q&A with Goldrose Sharpe](/img/default/pit.png)
A London-based property development company, founded by two young local entrepreneurs, managed to post record sales over the last two quarters...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property buyers will need advice as mortgage market faces uncertain future](/img/default/pit.png)
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mortgage market has been significant and that's why consumers will be seeking expert...
03 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Should you wait to buy your first investment property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It’s a question many would-be investors will have been asking themselves, with so much remaining up-in-the-air and uncertain at present. But...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgage market recovery well underway, latest research shows](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest industry research and market commentary shows that the buy-to-let sector is showing signs of recovery following the strain of...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![BTL mortgage market remains stable despite overall lending dip](/img/default/pit.png)
Lending in the buy-to-let mortgage market has been steady in recent months, despite a slowdown in overall mortgage business, according to...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘Mixed picture’ for buy-to-let mortgage rates, says online mortgage broker](/img/default/pit.png)
New research from online mortgage broker Property Master has revealed the cost of three out of six categories of fixed rate...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fixed rate mortgage market sees big reductions in costs](/img/default/pit.png)
Two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgages have all dropped in cost over the past 12 months, according to Mortgage Brain’s...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Mixed movement in BTL market as mortgage costs waver](/img/default/pit.png)
Fresh figures from Mortgage Brain’s product data analysis show that the buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage market remains ‘unsettled’, with mixed movement seen...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Cost of two, three and five-year mortgages back on the rise](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage costs are back on the rise after two successive quarters in which there were a number of cost and rate...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Soaring number of buy-to-let lenders lending to limited companies](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of buy-to-let lenders lending to limited companies has increased by 47% over the past year, according to Mortgages for...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord remortgaging hits record high](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of landlords looking to remortgage has reached an all-time high, Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Home-movers warned to act now to move by Christmas](/img/default/pit.png)
Average asking prices of newly-marketed property show a fall of 2.3% in August as new sellers launch a ‘late summer sale’,...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Investors are seeking low cost, high yield properties](/img/default/pit.png)
Investors are increasingly searching for cheaper and higher yielding properties despite buy-to-let (BTL) investments offering attractive return rates, according to a...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let mortgage costs remain at record lows as market stabilises](/img/default/pit.png)
The cost of a buy-to-let mortgage remains at a record low, according to analysis by Mortgage Brain. With little movement in costs...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![BTL rates fall despite base rate rise predictions](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the start of the year, the cost of a typical five-year fixed buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage has fallen despite the possibility...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![UK ‘silver spenders’ contributed more than £7bn by releasing equity in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK economy was bolstered by more than £7 billion in 2017 thanks to Britain’s older homeowner’s releasing equity for retirement,...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Second charge lending surges 33% in June](/img/default/pit.png)
The second charge mortgage market saw new business increase 33% by value and 22% by volume in June compared with the...
17 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lender offers free valuations on all new loan enquiries](/img/default/pit.png)
The bridging loans sector has markedly raised its profile in recent years. It is also becoming better understood by property investors,...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in mortgage choice for homebuyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of mortgage products has continued to rise, with the volume of deals on the market having increased by 61%...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![How millennials shape the UK housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
Millennials are the generation born between the early 1980s and the early years of the 21st century, which means that at...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Analysis of mainstream mortgages shows ‘strong mix of rate and cost reductions’](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage costs and rates fell during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest figures. Mortgage Brain’s quarterly product data...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Large deposit borrowers fall freeing up stock for first-time buyers](/img/default/pit.png)
The proportion of people acquiring property with a large deposit dropped in May, the latest mortgage monitor from e.surv shows. Those buying...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![More affordable housing and not small deposit mortgage deals needed](/img/default/pit.png)
The recent surge in small deposit mortgage deals for first-time buyers is good news for purchasers, especially first-time buyers. Recently released data...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK home sales set to drop significantly amid political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property transactions in May dropped by 3.3% on the previous month, following two successive months of growth, in what could...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Low interest rates will ‘continue to support demand’ for property](/img/default/pit.png)
Cheap borrowing levels should boost demand for property across the UK in the coming months, despite a recent fall in the...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage robo-advisor raises £2m seed funding ahead of launch](/img/default/pit.png)
MortgageGym, which is planning to try and change the way UK consumers access the mortgage market, has announced the successful completion...
23 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rise in cash buyers due to ‘over-zealous’ lending rules](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a sharp rise in the number of home buyers using cash to buy property last year, with mortgage lending...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Number of mortgage products hits post-recession high](/img/default/pit.png)
The total number of mortgage products on the market has reached its highest level since the recession in 2008 as competition...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Irresponsible lending in the UK could lead to return of ‘negative equity’](/img/default/pit.png)
TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![How will Brexit affect interest rates and the mortgage market?](/img/default/pit.png)
Article 50, the starting gun for the UK to leave the European Union was triggered on the 29th March and now...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage and stamp duty issues deter one in 10 prospective buyers in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
More than one in 10 homeowners in the UK have tried to move property but decided against it after encountering issues...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage accessibility in the UK hits three-year high](/img/default/pit.png)
Mortgage accessibility in the UK has improved to its highest level since tougher lending conditions came into play as part of...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Australian house price growth surges to seven-year high](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Australia are increasing at their fastest pace in seven years, fuelling growing fears about a property bubble...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors in Australia eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
With banks in Australia continuing to tighten their investor lending criteria, a growing number of investors looking to invest in property...
14 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Portuguese property values increase 0.5%](/img/default/pit.png)
The average value of a home in Portugal increased to €1,106sqm (£971sqm) in January, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). Based...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Low rates boosts remortgage market activity in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a surge in remortgage activity in 2016, which peaked in Q4, as more borrowers opted for longer term fixed...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investors continue to eye less conventional finance options](/img/default/pit.png)
While buy-to-let lenders come to terms with fresh interventions imposed by the Prudential Regulation Authority, designed to subject buy-to-let landlords to stricter...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage lending restrictions having a ‘chilling effect’ on housing market](/img/default/pit.png)
People over the age of 55 are being frozen out of new mortgages, according to a new study. Stricter lending criteria means many...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fewer small deposit mortgages as Help to Buy scheme comes to a close](/img/default/pit.png)
The Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee scheme will come to an end tomorrow and there are fears that its withdrawal could...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK property sales to fall as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter investors](/img/default/pit.png)
Fewer people are expected to invest in residential property in 2017, as tax changes and economic uncertainty deter many property investors...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top tips on how to finance a property purchase at auction](/img/default/pit.png)
Auction rooms across the UK are often filled with property investors looking to buy property, ensuring that hundreds of residential and...
01 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to rise sharply over next five years](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across parts of the UK could rise by more than £50,000 over the next five years, although much...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Bridging lending soars in Q3 following initial Brexit fears](/img/default/pit.png)
Bridging lending increased sharply during the third quarter of the year peaking at £140.49m, brushing off volatility that had plagued the...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyer deposits increase £5,000 year-on-year](/img/default/pit.png)
Homebuyer deposits rose by an average of £5,000 in the first six months of 2016 compared with the same period last...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government terminates Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which has attracted strong demand from borrowers looking for higher loan-to-value (LTV) home loans,...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in sentiment among bridging lenders post-Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions, confidence in one often-overlooked corner of the market is currently booming. Sentiment among bridging...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage product numbers soar](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of mortgage products on the market has increased sharply over the past two years, led by gains in the...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![New deal to provide property investors with auction and bridging finance](/img/default/pit.png)
Specialist lender Together has joined forces with buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC to provide property investors with auction and bridging...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![LendInvest to provide investors with finance to buy property online](/img/default/pit.png)
Short-term property finance lender LendInvest has joined forces with LOT11 to become the funding partner for those seeking to buy property...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sharp rise in fee free mortgages](/img/default/pit.png)
Around one-third of the 3,500 or so mortgage deals currently on the market are now offered without an arrangement fee, according...
06 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property made more unaffordable by new-build homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Research carried out by Nottingham Trent University has shown that new-build properties may be making owning a home in the UK...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![House sale fall through rate rose significantly in last quarter](/img/default/pit.png)
More than one in four house sales fell through in the last quarter of 2015. This is according to data from...