Analysis

Housing market steadies as November transactions rise on a seasonal basis

Residential transaction volumes edged higher in November, according to the latest provisional data from...

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

Borrowers moved early as rate cut expectations built, Twenty7tec data shows

Mortgage search activity reached its highest level of the month on 9 December, nine...

Stamp Duty receipts climb to £13.7bn as homebuyers shoulder higher tax burden

Homebuyers paid £13.7bn in Stamp Duty between January and November, according to new analysis...

Landlord profits climb as rental yields reach 10-year high

UK landlords are closing out the year with their strongest profitability since 2019, supported...

IMLA predicts sustained growth in mortgage lending through 2027

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is forecasting rising mortgage lending volumes through 2026...

Rental supply rises year on year despite tax and regulatory pressures

Rental supply across England has increased by more than 15% over the past year,...

Twenty7tec unveils INSIGHT Pro as lenders push for deeper behavioural analytics

Twenty7tec has launched its latest data-analytics platform, INSIGHT Pro, positioning the technology as a...

AdvisoryAI launches free tool to help advisers interpret Budget 2025

AdvisoryAI has built a free Budget Analyser to help advisers understand how the Autumn...

OBR forecasts stamp duty burden to almost double by early 2030s

Stamp duty receipts on homes bought in England and Northern Ireland are projected to...

First-time buyer affordability improves as wages rise and mortgage rates ease

First-time buyers are seeing the most favourable affordability conditions in almost a decade, according...

Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape

Gareth Lewis has spent the past seven years at MT Finance, guiding the specialist...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Industry braces for impact

On Wednesday, the Chancellor is due to deliver the second highly anticipated Autumn Budget...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for...
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COMMENT

Artificial Intelligence

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

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New first-time buyer ISA proposed as replacement for Lifetime ISA

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AR market consolidates as revenues rise despite fewer principal firms

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