House prices

Sharp rise in value of homes in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Homeowners in some of the most beautiful places in England have seen the value...

Property ownership a sign of being ‘grown up’

Almost half of Brits believe that the global economic crisis is forcing people to...

Quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the three months to May were 0.8% higher than in the...

Surrey tops most valuable homes table

Surrey’s homes are the most valuable in the UK’s at £288 billion, according to...

Scottish housing market remains flat

In the three months ending April 2012, Lloyds TSB Scotland's quarterly price index for...

House prices remain stable

House prices are 0.7% lower than one year ago, the Nationwide Building Society has...

‘Generation rent’ still aspire to buy

12 months on from the launch of its Save to Buy scheme for first...

House prices little changed from start of 2011

UK house prices in March 2012 were 0.4% lower than a year earlier, according...

Upbeat outlook for house prices

House price optimism is at its highest for seven quarters, Rightmove’s latest quarterly Consumer...

We do like to be beside the seaside

During the past decade house prices have more than doubled in half of the...

£2.9bn knocked off asking prices

The number of properties for sale in Britain that have been reduced in price...

House prices across UK continue to fall

House prices in April edged lower, according to the latest UK Housing Market survey...

2.4% monthly fall in house prices

On a monthly basis, house prices fell by 2.4% in April, the Halifax has...

House prices down 0.2% in April

The price of a typical UK home fell by 0.2% in April, following a...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

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Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

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