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There’s been particularly sharp criticism for the Bank of England’s decision at the end of last week to hold base rate...

Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110...

oneyfacts data reveals the average shelf-life of a mortgage has dropped to 15 days, down from 28 days a month prior. Month-on-month...

The mortgage market is resilient enough to endure temporary political uncertainty created by next month’s General Election. That’s the view of Jonathan...

Higher-for-longer interest rates are likely to remain for the rest of this year, warns the deVere Group, an independent financial advisory...

Rightmove says there should be a review of mortgage affordability criteria undertaken by the next government. The portal’s mortgages expert Matt Smith...

Analysis by an estate agency shows that since the 1980s, house prices have climbed by an average of 5.4% in the...

The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment Bill) successfully passed its legislative stages as part of the last minute ‘wash up’ of...

New data from Rightmove reveals that 95% of people planning to move home say the July General Election will not affect...

There’s a warning that the general election campaign will probably mean that the interest rate cuts hoped for in June will...

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, claims...

The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...

Leading agency Knight Frank says demand for new homes is generally robust, dependent upon the location and pricing.  It says its regional...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says first time buyers could benefit from a "revolution in home ownership" with 25-year fixed-rate mortgages. Reeves says...

Jo Breeden, managing director of Crystal Specialist Finance, writes: In his recent speech, the Prime Minister scrapped the proposed changes to EPC...

Like most industries impacted by the Covid pandemic, the world of bridging finance has experienced a contradictory, sometimes stormy and altogether...

Intermediaries believe they can hold out against the uncertainty being caused by Brexit and the general election, according to the Intermediary...

It's been quite the year politically. Brexit, Trump's election, the triggering of Article 50, a new French President and now another...

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month...

Residential property transactions plunged by almost half in April in the wake of a bumper March. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 45.2% last...

The property market is set for a strong finish to 2015 after a healthy 8% rise in house purchase lending in...

Landlords seem to be under attack from all sides of the political divide, as Chancellor George Osborne buy-to-let tax crackdown proceeds...

Changes to the stamp duty system introduced at the end of last year have led to a slowdown in sales of...

A new report from the Bank of England shows that approvals of loans for house purchases hit a 2015 high in...

First-time buyers enjoy their strongest summer on record as sales picked up 25% in the aftermath of the general election. There were...

Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...

June was the strongest month for broker mortgage lending since the financial crisis in 2008. Total lending soared 26.5% year-on-year to hit...

Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...

The number of property valuations rose sharply in June, pointing to a resurgence of growth in the housing market. Figures from Connells...

Difficulties in putting together deposits and the General Election put a dampener on the number of first-time buyers completing property purchases...

The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...

Mortgage approvals hit a 14-month high in May after rising 4% year-on-year, according to new figures from the British Bankers' Association. It said 42,530 mortgages...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...

There has been a rush of buyers into prime central London property in the immediate aftermath of the General Election. There are...

The price of property coming to market has surged to an all-time high after rising nearly £8,500 in a month. The average...

The property market shrugged off pre-election jitters to jump 1% in April, according to Nationwide. Experts say the housing market is now "a...