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5 天之前 · 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 number of brokers within the group to 87, and reinforcing OneDome’s commitment to scaling its mortgage services through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.

5 天之前 · 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%); Continued high interest rates (27%); The ongoing cost of living crisis (24%); High house prices (22%); and The lack of new homes being built in the UK (22%)

5 天之前 · The Mortgage Lender has announced that its Broker Portal has undergone more improvements including new automations and streamlined enhancements to amplify mortgage brokers’ experiences when it comes to the customer application process. The latest efficiencies include automated Income Verification ...

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 purchase lending of £177bn and £190bn respectively, and remortgaging of £88bn then £94bn.

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 £297,166. Prices actually fell back slightly in the single month of December, by 0.2%, following five consecutive ...

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 mortgage tracker shows that the average five-year fixed mortgage rate is now 4.75% compared with 4.78% at this time last ...

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. This is a bid to kick-start growth in the economy, in response to …

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 November 2023 but 8% lower than October 2024. The provisional non-seasonally adjusted number of residential ...

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 buyers were aged between 51 and 64;; The average deposit for first-time buyers decreased by 6.1% to £54,894, while loan amounts rose by 5.8% to £221,309; However, the average mortgage term increased ...