Twenty7tec October 2026 Mortgage Market Snapshot: remortgage searches up 37%, BTL purchases down 25%

Created Nov 5, 2026 • AI-generated summary

Twenty7tec's October Mortgage Market Snapshot (reported 5 November 2026): UK residential remortgage searches rose 37% year-on-year to 820,865 in October, while total buy-to-let searches fell 7% month-on-month and year-on-year to 273,330, with BTL purchase searches down 25% on October 2025 (BTL remortgages +2%). Total mortgage searches 1.83 million (-5% on September, +12% year-on-year); residential purchase searches 592,572; first-time buyer searches 138,315. Contextual reference to BoE September data (remortgage approvals 42,600; purchase approvals 53,400; effective rate 4.63%). Comment from Twenty7tec's Nakita Moss. Membership limited to coverage of this specific October 2026 Twenty7tec snapshot.