Residential transaction volumes edged higher in November, according to the latest provisional data from HM Revenue and Customs, despite budget uncertainty weighing on activity.
The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential property transactions in November 2025 stood at...
UK housing market activity proved more resilient than expected last year, with transaction volumes rising despite higher stamp duty costs and political uncertainty.
Residential property...
West Brom Building Society has launched two new five-year fixed mortgage products offering £2,000 cashback to customers purchasing a home.
The new deals are available...
Suffolk Building Society has introduced a series of criteria changes aimed at expanding access to mortgages for borrowers with more complex income and family...
Recognise Bank has completed a £556,000 residential bridging loan to support the renovation of a central London investment property, while also releasing capital to assist the borrowers’ trading business.
The facility was arranged for a couple who own a...
Barclays Mortgages has reduced rates across a wide range of residential purchase, remortgage and existing customer products.
The latest repricing covers a broad selection of two-year and five-year fixed-rate mortgages across different loan-to-value bands, including products aimed at first-time...
Hanley Intermediaries has expanded its rent to own mortgage across England, Wales and Scotland after removing previous postcode restrictions.
The product, which launched in May 2025, was initially limited to properties within ST postcodes. Following what the mutual describes...
UK health and life insurer The Exeter has appointed James Shepherd to its board as a non-executive director, with effect from 2 February.
Shepherd (pictured) joins the mutual following a 37-year executive career at Swiss Re and GE Capital,...
When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...
January often arrives with good intentions. Fresh starts. New habits. A quiet promise to ourselves that this year will be different.
And for many people,...
Analysis from Property Inspect suggests that fewer than one in five new-build properties were sold subject to contract during Q4, underlining a continued cooling in buyer appetite as the year drew to a close.
The firm reviewed live market listings across Great Britain to establish...
The 2025 Budget will be remembered for many things, but the slip-up that ironically saw the Office for Budget Responsibility figures released minutes before...
After months of febrile speculation and doom-laden predictions ahead of the autumn Budget, featuring an ensemble cast of Wealth Taxes, Exit Taxes and eye-watering hikes to Capital Gains and Inheritance Tax, the final script turned out to be rather more modest.
In fact, for most,...
Connect for Intermediaries has added specialist distributor BuildLoan to its lender panel, expanding adviser access to tailored finance solutions for self-build and complex renovation projects.
The network said the move strengthens its proposition in a growing but highly specialist area of the market, where cases...
