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12.4% annual house price growth for London

The Land Registry has reported an annual price increase of 6.4% in December 2015. This takes...

64% of remortgagors secured a lower rate

11% of borrowers who remortgaged in December did so to pay off other debts...

Surge in debt consolidation mortgage enquiries

Kensington Mortgages has found a noticeable increase in the number of people looking to consolidate their...

Average individual unsecured debt now over £6k

Brits are taking on an increasing amount of unsecured debt, according to MoneySuperMarket. Individuals in...

20% have no idea how they’d cope with rate rise

TSB has found that 72% of homeowners are likely to see their mortgage payments...

14% rise in number of tenants with serious arrears

There was a 13.8% quarterly increase in the number of tenants seriously behind on...

Households’ financial anxiety on the rise

Adults' financial anxiety in 2015 has increased sharply since 2014 and is now back to the...

Rents cooling in run-up to Christmas

Rents across England and Wales have fallen below the £800 mark, according to the...

Rise in brokered remortgage volumes

31% of borrowers who remortgaged in November, did so to increase the size of...

One in seven hide debts from their partner

Couples are keeping millions of pounds worth of money secrets from each other and...

Many Brits unprepared for bank rate rise

TSB has surveyed thousands of homeowners across the country to fully understand how prepared Britain...

North-South repossession gap closes

The divide between home repossessions in the North and South has closed by 80% since...

House prices up 5.6% year-on-year

The Land Registry's October data shows an annual price increase of 5.6% which takes the...

1.2% month-on-month fall in rents

Rents across England and Wales have fallen between September and October, according to the...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

PROFILES