Dye & Durham meet the team

Dye & Durham’s depth of expertise covers many aspects of conveyancing, enabling the organisation to support conveyancers with both data and insight. We spoke to Tim Champney Commercial Product Director to find out more about his background and how the company works with legal firms. 1. Tell us about your background. I’ve always been interested […]
Government scraps housebuilding targets

Pressure from over 100 Tory MPs forces the government to alter its manifesto pledge The government has backed down from its pledge to maintain housebuilding targets due to pressures from backbench Tory MPs. As part of a manifesto pledge the Conservatives aimed to build 300,000 homes per year by the middle of the decade. This […]
Remortgaging to soar 30% in 2023 as homebuyer demand dwindles – analysis

Findings suggest homebuyer lending in 2022 set to fall 9.1% compared to 2021 The latest market analysis has revealed that despite recent turbulence following a string of base rate increases, the total sum of lending secured across the UK property market is on course to sit 2% higher than it did in 2021. Revolution Brokers […]
1 in 5 landlords set to reduce portfolio size, research suggests

New research has found one in five landlords are set to reduce their portfolio size in an effort to combat the cost of living crisis. This may offer a much needed supply boost to the residential property market – something potentially compounded by the upcoming requirement for all residential rental properties to have an EPC […]
Research reveals highest mortgage repayments since 2010 – but still below historic highs

New research has revealed that despite homebuyers paying the most expensive monthly mortgage repayments since 2010, costs still remain a long way off historic highs. The analysis by Revolution Brokers claims to show reveals that homebuyers are now paying the most expensive monthly mortgage repayments since 2010, but that costs still remain a long way […]