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Apr 09, 2020

Call for stamp duty holiday to kick start housing market

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling for a stamp duty holiday fo...

Apr 06, 2020

Half of all mortgages withdrawn in just three weeks

Lenders have halved the number of mortgages on offer in a little more than three weeks, in...

Apr 06, 2020

Half a million home sales set to be ‘lost’ in 2020

Half a million home sales are set to be ‘lost’ in 2020 from the fallout of the coronav...

Apr 03, 2020

Energy Performance Certificates still required for property lettings and sales

The government will not be relaxing requirements on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)...

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Apr 02, 2020

House price growth hit two-year high before coronavirus

House price growth was at its strongest level in more than two years before the coronaviru...

Mar 31, 2020

Lenders axe hundreds of mortgages amid coronavirus uncertainty

The number of mortgage products on offer has plunged by more than 1,500, as lenders turn t...

Mar 31, 2020

Nationwide withdraws mortgages for small deposit holders

Nationwide Building Society is temporarily withdrawing all fixed rate and tracker mortgage...

Mar 30, 2020

Mortgage approvals surged before coronavirus hit

Gross mortgage borrowing jumped 1.7 per cent in the year to February as completions also s...

Mar 27, 2020

Mortgage offers extended three months as only ‘critical’ home moves allowed

Mortgage lenders will extend offers for borrowers who have already exchanged contracts by ...

Mar 26, 2020

Barclays and Halifax stop mortgage lending for small deposit holders

Barclays and Halifax Intermediaries have removed the majority of mortgages and remortgages...

Mar 25, 2020

UK lockdown: Practical tips if you were in the process of buying or selling a home

With the UK now in lockdown due to the threat of coronavirus, those looking to buy or sell...

Mar 25, 2020

House prices slipped before coronavirus hit

The average UK house price in January was £231,000 – down 0.4 per cent from December, a...

Mar 24, 2020

Third of tracker mortgages pulled after base rate drop

Almost one in three tracker mortgages were withdrawn from the market just days after the B...

Mar 20, 2020

Nationwide withdraws all tracker mortgages

Nationwide Building Society has withdrawn its mortgage tracker products from the market.

Mar 16, 2020

New-to-market house prices reach record high

Asking prices have risen 3.5 per cent reaching a record high of £312,625, data from Right...

Mar 12, 2020

Nationwide raises tracker rates for new borrowers

Nationwide will raise rates on all two-year trackers for new borrowers from Friday, despit...

Mar 11, 2020

Coronavirus impacts housing market confidence

Concerns over the coronavirus are already impacting confidence in the property market, res...

Mar 09, 2020

First-time buyer savings schemes dwindle: your options now

A number of schemes helping first-time buyers save for a deposit have been axed. But there...

Mar 09, 2020

Biggest lenders cut borrowing costs ‘despite ever-tightening margins’

The UK’s 10 biggest lenders have dropped the cost of mortgages further since the start o...

Mar 06, 2020

House price growth falls as coronavirus fears hit market

House prices increased by 2.8% in the year to February, as critics warned the coronavirus ...

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