Mortgages and Property News

Major developers Berkley Homes reported on Wednesday that the number of reservations for new homes had dropped by 20% in the run up to the EU referendum. According to the group, while underlying...

The first publication of the new UK House Price Index (HPI) has been released, and shows growth at 8.2% for the last year. The new index is the product of revised methodology and the combination of...

Kent Reliance has published research that shows that around a third of private landlords are planning to pass costs incurred through tax changes onto their tenants. The building society’s latest...

Buy-to-let landlords are to be refunded a total of £27.5 million by the West Bromwich Mortgage Company after court of appeal judges ruled that the lender was wrong to raise tracker rates. The West...

A persistently low base rate coupled with an on-going price war between lenders has pushed down average mortgage rates down to record lows as house prices continue to edge up. According to the latest...

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors have released their latest Residential Market Survey, showing that a majority of members predict UK house prices to drop for the first time in four years....

Halifax’s house price index is out, showing a small boost in May, though various pressures kept annual growth more or less flat. A 0.6% (£1,200) increase in prices in May brought the average UK...

Research from estate agency Savills seems to dispel the popular wisdom that states that renting a house is costs more than buying a house and paying for a mortgage. According to their data, with all...

The Council for Mortgage Lenders has reported that the number of active interest-only mortgages has fallen from by almost a third since data first started being collected in 2012. The reduction is...

Nationwide Building Society have released their latest house price indices, showing that annual property price inflation fell in May, following the stamp duty increase in April. According to...