Mortgages and Property News

UK house prices rose by just 0.3% in August and by 0.1% over the quarter, according to the latest figures from Halifax. The latest Halifax House Price Index revealed that average property prices in...

The UK’s largest supermarket is exiting the mortgage market, selling its entire mortgage portfolio to Lloyds Bank in a £3.8 billion deal. The accounts of 23,000 homeowners will be transferred to...

House prices could fall by up to 20% next year if the UK leaves the EU without a deal next month, according to accountancy firm KPMG. The latest report from KPMG has predicted that if there was to be...

The government is closing a loophole that restricted home buyers using the Help to Buy scheme to 25-year mortgages. Under the current system, homeowners who used Help to Buy and remortgaged at the end...

UK parents are now one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders, according to a survey by Legal & General. The latest research from the financial services company revealed that around £6.3...

While the number of mortgages issued has fallen, indicating a slowing housing market, numbers of remortgages are up, as homeowners try to lock in rates amidst economic and political uncertainty....

Average house prices in the UK dropped for a second month in a row in July, according to Halifax. The latest house price index from the nation’s biggest mortgage lender revealed that the average value...

Older people are staying in their homes longer and locking younger buyers out of family properties or homeownership all together. Economic uncertainty has depressed buying and selling activity among...

Virgin Money has launched a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages that offer fixed interest rates for up to 15 years. The new range of products will allow homeowners to be protected from...

Although nine out of ten young Britons aspire to own their own home, just a quarter will realise that ambition. While half of people under 34 owned a property in 2006, by 2026 that figure will fall to...