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03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Building Societies' mortgage lending booms ahead of banks](/upload/images/24%2006%2003%20%204.jpg)
Building societies' mortgage balances grew in the six months between October 2023 and March 2024, when they had declined across the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents impatient with mortgage lenders despite better news on sales](/upload/images/24%2003%2006%20%2002.jpg)
The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Negative effects of mortgages on housing market “overstated” - claim](/upload/images/24%2001%2029%2005.jpg)
The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide’s Warning - no housing market rebound likely in 2024](/upload/images/24%2001%2010%2003.jpg)
There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage costs not deterring housing market - at least not yet](/upload/images/4%20Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
Nationwide says the sharp rise in the costs of mortgages is causing a "significant drag" on the housing market - but...
04 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![What is the Bank of England cooking up and what will it taste like?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England meets on Thursday with the market expecting them to announce 0.5% raise...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Whopping 123% rise in house purchases – has the market bounced back?](/img/default/it.png)
An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...