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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

Virgin Money Mortgage Rates

48 mortgage products listed in our database and is currently offering remortgage fixed rates starting at 4.16% with a £995 product fee for its 5 year products.

Virgin Money Mortgage Rates

Nationwide BS Mortgage Rates

111 mortgage products listed in our database and is currently offering buy to let purchase and remortgage fixed rates from 4.22% with a £1,495 product fee for a 5 year product.

Nationwide BS Mortgage Rates

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

London property slump deepens as brokers brace for October Budget

Adviser warns stamp duty, a stalled base rate and fading confidence are leaving London buyers unable to move

London property slump deepens as brokers brace for October Budget

Busy, but no richer: MAB's half-year shows the product transfer trap

Britain's biggest listed broker network handled more mortgage business than ever in the first half of 2026, yet profits barely moved

Busy, but no richer: MAB's half-year shows the product transfer trap

Bridging deals more than double as wider market cools

Advised bridging loans rose from 42 to 91 in H1, even as BDLA data showed applications down 26.3% in Q2

Bridging deals more than double as wider market cools

Want a cheaper mortgage in Russia? Have more kids

Starting 1 October, Russia will set subsidised home loan rates by family size. One-child families in Moscow will pay 12%, while families with five children could pay as little as 2%

Want a cheaper mortgage in Russia? Have more kids

North outpaces London as UK property market rebalances

New data shows the North and Midlands are driving UK property transaction growth

North outpaces London as UK property market rebalances

First-time buyer affordability splits along north-south lines

Deposit saving and stretched income multiples are holding back first-time buyers in the south while northern cities remain within reach

First-time buyer affordability splits along north-south lines