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3 days ago · Fast growing home buying platform OneDome claims it will have 200 advisers by the end of 2025. It’s added 10 new mortgage advisers over the last two months bringing the total …

3 days ago · To reach this state of growth though, brokers are wary of the need to navigate ongoing challenges. The top concerns were: Uncertainty over the wider economy (35%); …

The mortgage sector has reacted positively to the latest house price data. The Halifax says UK house prices finished 2024 up 3.3% over the past year, with the average house price now at …

5 days ago · The Bank of England is very likely to cut base rate this week, according to most experts. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at Hargreaves Lansdown, says a rate cut has …

Other key predictions include an increase in gross mortgage lending from £237.5 billion in 2024 to £275 billion in 2025 (a rise of 16%), growing further to £295bn in 2026 (up 11%), with house …

Government figures released over the weekend show that the provisional seasonally adjusted number of UK residential transactions in November was 92,640. This was 13% higher than in …

Mortgage rates remain at unexpectedly high levels, which means many buyers are not seeing significant affordability improvements. That’s the warning from Rightmove. Its weekly …

First-time buyer trends. A 20% increase in first-time buyers seeking our help this year;; Over half (50.8%) of these buyers were aged between 25 and 34;; Surprisingly 1 in 20 (5%) of first-time …

Media reports over the weekend suggest that UK financial regulators have proposed allowing banks to lend more mortgages to first-time buyers with smaller deposits and lower incomes. …