Market Financial Solutions’ Reports
The Rise of the Aspiring Landlord: How Many Brits Want In – and How They’re Getting There
Despite rising costs, regulation, and uncertainty, new data reveals a surprising number of Brits still believe in buy-to-let. Discover how optimism, inheritance, and strategy could spark a new wave of buy-to-let investors.
Investment Diversification in 2025: Approaching Property, Equities, Bonds, Digital Assets, and More
Investing today is harder than ever, with endless advice and conflicting opinions making it tough to know what’s right. Our latest whitepaper cuts through the noise, revealing how UK investors are diversifying their portfolios across multiple asset classes.
The Current State of Play in the BTL Market – and the Outlook for 2025
After a turbulent 2024, landlords face new challenges in 2025 – but also rising rental yields and fresh investment opportunities. With regulatory changes ahead and a new wave of young investors entering the market, our latest survey reveals key trends, risks, and opportunities shaping the BTL sector.
The Importance of the Local High Street: A Follow-Up in a Post-Pandemic Economy
We have revisited the importance of our local amenities in our report “The Importance of the Local High Street: A Follow-Up in a Post-Pandemic Economy”. We explored whether perspectives have shifted or remained consistent and identified new priorities that developed in 2024.
Homebuyer Wishlist 2024
Our Homebuyer Wishlist 2024 report reveals how the UK property market has evolved post-pandemic, highlighting shifting buyer priorities, the resilience of the housing sector amidst economic challenges, and the emerging influence of political changes on future market dynamics.
Gazumped Britain IV: Uncovering the Challenges Facing Homebuyers
For the 4th time, we surveyed 2000 people about their experience with gazumping as part of their home buying process. This report reveals the ongoing problems and what has changed in the last few years.
Property investment trends in 2024: Harnessing opportunities and capitalising on change
What are the current property investment trends in the aftermath of high inflation and interest rates? In this Market Financial Solutions report we’ve surveyed property investors about their confidence in the market and their outlook on investments in 2024.
The UK’s empty buildings: How can we tackle the issue?
We have seen an increase of empty buildings. In our survey, we are looking at the public’s opinion on empty properties, how the government handles the issue & what should be done to solve it.
How can specialist lenders facilitate an increase in the supply of homes?
Specialised lenders may not offer the initial development funding required for a housing construction project. However, they can offer support as the project approaches its conclusion.
Why demand is rising for specialist finance
It’s has been difficult for mainstream lenders, as well as the UK’s property market including borrowers and investors. In a market in need of more flexibility specialist lenders will have an increasingly important role to play.
The property market’s policy wish list
In this Market Financial Solutions report we explore the findings, revealing the level of faith 1,300 homeowners and investors have in the government’s handling of the property market, and the policies – existing and prospective – they are most in favour of.
Winners and losers of the UK property market
After the challenges of the previous months, we look at the data across countries, regions, property types as well as the buy-to-let and commercial sectors to determine the winners and losers of the UK property market. And what is the outlook for the future?
How are UK Landlords preparing for new EPC rules?
Until September 2023, regulations around EPC ratings in the private rental sector were upon us. Did landlords know about these changes? Which measures have they implemented already and what were they planning to implement before rules were supposed to come into effect?
Exploring the landlord-tenant relationship
How are landlords and tenants coping with rising interest payments & rental prices in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis? This Market Financial Solutions report investigates how the crisis has influenced their relationship and what the requests on both sides are.
The Importance of the Local High Street
Local High Streets are under the microscope, as long-term shopping trends converge with turbulent trading conditions. So what is the outlook of our local high streets, and what role do they have in consumers’ lives and their choices of where to live?
Housing Crisis Report 2021
The housing crisis is one of the most significant societal issues affecting the UK. A lack of available housing – particularly affordable housing – has resulted in rent and house prices rising sharply over many decades. In turn, millions of people across the UK are living in unsuitable accommodation, while many millions more are unable to purchase their own property.
Gazumped Britain III: Uncovering the Challenges Facing Homebuyers
In the third installment of our ‘Gazumped Britain’ research, we have surveyed over 500 UK adults who bought a residential property in England or Wales within the past decade. This Market Financial Solutions report will explore, how prevalent gazumping remains, the main causes and ramifications of being gazumped, and what can be done to tackle the issue.
The homebuyer wishlist 2021
Our timely research delves into the factors that matter most to UK homebuyers and how their priorities have changed as a result of the pandemic. Further, the results are compared with a survey Market Financial Solutions commissioned in the summer of 2019, offering a clear overview of how the property buying market has evolved over the past two years.
Gazumped Britain II: uncovering the challenges facing UK homebuyers
Three years after first exploring this issue, bridging lender Market Financial Solutions has surveyed more than 750 UK homebuyers to uncover just how prevalent gazumping is and what can be done to stop it. The report also explores the significant financial and emotional cost of being gazumped on a property purchase.
The UK homebuyer wishlist 2019
Between August and September 2019, Market Financial Solutions commissioned an independent survey of more than 1,000 UK-based homebuyers and property investors to discover the factors that matter most to people when hunting for a house or flat to buy. To read the results, be sure to download the report ‘The UK Homebuyer Wish List’.
Gazumped Britain I: UK property buyers pipped to the post
Demand for British real estate, from both domestic and foreign buyers, has pushed the market into a fiercely competitive and fast-paced state. But despite the demand, mortgage approval rates have slowed. A lack of options and quick access to funding has led to a rise in gazumping – being beaten to a property purchase at the last minute.