Buy-to-let landlords targeting smaller UK cities and towns
Landlords buying in urban areas are increasingly shifting their purchasing activities to smaller, secondary towns and cities, data...
Halifax House Price Index – house prices surge at fastest pace since 2007
House prices in the UK have risen at their fastest rate since 2007, as the average house price...
UK mortgages hit 6-month high as housing market stays hot
UK Mortgage approvals struck a six-month high in January, according to official data on Tuesday that showed demand...
Buy-to-let affordability hits record high
Buy-to-let properties have become more affordable to landlords as the average maximum loan size reached its highest level...
Buy-to-let loan sizes jump £20k in one month
Buy-to-let loan sizes jumped by 13 per cent last month, meaning the average maximum loan available to prospective...
Post-pandemic push: UK housing market reaches new highs
There’s no let-up in buyer appetite across the UK housing market, according to the latest figures, with the...
Buy-to-let sector has increased by £239bn since 2017
New research conducted by the property lending experts, Octane Capital, claims that over the last five years the...
More than 90% of lenders admit brokers bring benefits
The latest numbers from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) showed more lenders recognizing the value brokers bring...
Home transactions settle back to pre-Covid levels with ‘best sellers’ market in decades’
More than 85,000 homes changed hands in January, with property transactions up on pre-Covid averages, HMRC data has...
Average house prices reach record highs
Industry experts and company heads have reacted to the latest record-busting house price figures released Wednesday by the...
First-time buyers happy to risk savings, study shows
New research commissioned by UK-based money app Ziglu has revealed that nearly half of prospective first-time buyers were...
UK average house prices up 10.8% in 2021 – ONS
The average UK house price increased by 10.8% in the year to December, putting further pressure on buyers...
House prices in Scotland rise by more than UK average
House prices in Scotland rose by more than the UK average last year, with an 11.2% increase over...
RICS: New buyer demand continues to rise
At the national level, a headline net balance of +16% of respondents cited an increase in new buyer...
Buy-to-let landlords are adapting well to incoming EPC standards
The government’s proposal to ensure that all new rental properties have an EPC rating of at least a...