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Extend Your First Home scheme to existing homes, say property experts

SAM Conveyancing warns restricting Your First Home to new builds will inflate developer profits

Extend Your First Home scheme to existing homes, say property experts

Mortgage approvals slip again as buyers await Budget support

House purchase approvals fell to 54,900 in August while effective rates on new mortgages climbed to 4.6% ahead of the Budget

Mortgage approvals slip again as buyers await Budget support

Real estate drives SME lending to £5.35 billion post-pandemic high

Lenders are already easing off the accelerator

Real estate drives SME lending to £5.35 billion post-pandemic high

Landlord exodus accelerates across UK rental market

Hundreds of thousands of rental homes could disappear within a year

Landlord exodus accelerates across UK rental market

Sales agreed slide signals softer Q4 for lenders

Four straight monthly falls in sales agreed point to a thinner completion pipeline

Sales agreed slide signals softer Q4 for lenders

UK rental supply falls as mortgage rates bite

Landlords warn Section 24 and rising BTL rates could accelerate market exits

UK rental supply falls as mortgage rates bite

Housing market steadies, but Budget risk looms for brokers

Buyer demand improves for a fifth month as tax speculation clouds outlook

Housing market steadies, but Budget risk looms for brokers

Mortgage approvals swing through most volatile year since 2022

Gilt yields just hit levels unseen since before the 2008 crisis

Mortgage approvals swing through most volatile year since 2022

UK house prices up annually but growth slows for second month

ONS data points to a market losing pace, with London recording its 10th consecutive annual fall

UK house prices up annually but growth slows for second month