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UK property platform Rightmove (RMV.L) and building society Nationwide have launched an online feature that allows potential homebuyers to understand if a specific property is likely to be eligible for mortgage lending. They said that the new digital "property lending check" is a global first, in enabling homebuyers to receive real-time information about the likelihood of getting a mortgage on a house before viewing it and make an offer. The feature aims to give "home-hunters more mortgage confidence, much earlier in their moving journey," they said. According to the announcement...

Property website Rightmove has recorded a jump in inquiries from US-based house hunters about homes for sale in the UK. According to the website, the number of inquiries stemming from the US regarding homes for sale in the UK since the start of the year - which covers all of 2025 up until the first week of May - is nearly a fifth (19 per cent) higher than the same period in 2024.  Rightmove suggests that the increase is a result of the global economic uncertainty that looms following Donald...