Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty on home sales, describing it as an “unconservative tax” that denies millions the chance to own a home.
In a surprise announcement during her closing speech at the Conservative Party conference...
Around 2.5 million homeowners could be freed to move house if Conservative Party plans to abolish stamp duty are implemented, according to new research.
The...
Roma Finance has completed a £1.5 million bridging loan in four days to fund the purchase of a £2.25 million investment property in Bristol.
The property consists of 16 apartments – nine with two bedrooms and seven with one...
Younger buyers and families are suffering most from England and Wales’s outdated homebuying process, new research from Santander UK has warned.
The bank’s Fixing the Broken Chain report, produced with WPI Economics and JL Partners, reveals that more than...
Mortgage applications rose sharply in September as borrowers took advantage of falling rates, according to the latest Mortgage Market Briefing from Stonebridge.
The network, which facilitated more than £12 billion of lending last year, said the number of mortgage...
Wales has extended its lead as the UK’s top-yielding region for landlords, according to Paragon Bank’s latest Buy-to-Let Yield Report.
The average gross rental yield in Wales rose to 8.84% in the third quarter of the year, up from...
When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...
The number of first-time buyers entering the housing market has risen sharply this year but new data from Yorkshire Building Society suggests that growth is now losing momentum – a sign that affordability pressures are once again weighing on aspiring homeowners.
Analysis of CACI data...
UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute.
Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have left many borrowers stretching further to achieve their homeownership goals. Policymakers have responded by easing affordability rules, including raising Loan-to-Income...
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has taken a significant stake in UK Moneyman, the Hull-based brokerage led by veteran adviser Malcolm Davidson.
Founded in 2009, UK Moneyman has expanded steadily in both size and profitability under Davidson, who has more than 30 years’ industry experience.
As part...
