House prices

Rural Scotland becoming less affordable

Latest research from Bank of Scotland shows that house prices in rural Scotland have...

Scottish FTBs bucking UK trend

In July 2012, the average price paid for a house in Scotland fell by...

Decline in the cost of buying a home

The cost of buying a home is now almost a fifth lower than renting,...

Slight rise in asking prices

The latest LSL Acad England & Wales House Price Index shows a marginal rise...

Fall in prime property values

Prices of the UK's most expensive homes have fallen for the second month in...

People looking to improve rather than move

Homeowners are increasingly choosing to improve their existing property rather than move home, according...

Halifax: house prices treading water

House prices in the three months to August were 0.3% lower than in the...

Surprise rebound in house prices

UK house prices rose by 1.3% in August, the largest monthly increase since January...

Land Registry: monthly rise in house prices

July house prices were up 0.8% on the previous month, according to July Market...

Home affordability at best for 15 years

Mortgage payments for a new borrower are at their lowest as a proportion of...

UK’s most affordable housing is north of the border

Mortgage payments for a new borrower in Scotland are at their lowest as a...

Fall in Welsh house prices

The average house price in Wales was £500 lower in June than in May;...

Olympics hits asking prices

Numbers of new sellers coming to market in August were marginally up on the...

Top flight football reaps housing benefits

It can pay to live near a Premier League football ground, the Halifax has...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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