House prices

FTB growth steady despite winter slowdown

There was a tradition fall in the number of first-time buyers between November and...

Mortgage rate rise expectations decline

The latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has found that confidence in the...

Nationwide reports small monthly rise in house prices

House prices increased by 0.3% in January, the Nationwide Building Society has stated. The...

Dragonfly expands BDM team

Dragonfly Property Finance has added two more external business development managers (BDMs) to its...

Average homeowners making hundreds a week

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has calculated that, on average homeowners across the UK made...

Parking spaces carrying a premium price point

Developers are on average charging 5% of a new property’s purchase price for an accompanying...

ONS: 8.3% house price inflation in England

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices increased by...

0.6% house price rise in December

The rise in house prices in England and Wales has continued, with December 2015...

Buyers taking longer to submit offers

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has claimed that property buyers now take 53 minutes to...

Property lowest asset risk over past 20 years

A new property index has concluded that residential property investment in England and Wales...

Halifax: house prices up 1.7%

House prices increased by 1.7% between November and December, the Halifax has reported.  This maintained...

New round of L&G Mortgage Club LIVE events

Legal & General Mortgage Club will host its fifth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

Travelcard snobbery over as London buyers look further afield

Estate agents Marsh & Parsons have predicted that Tooting and Queen’s Park are the...

Hart should be where the home is

Hart, a town in north east Hampshire, has topped the 2015 Halifax Quality of Life Survey...

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...