House prices

Economic activity driving house price rises

People owning homes in places with the largest rises in economic activity have seen...

London and South East masking wider market declines

In the 12 months to April 2012 The House Price Index measured by the...

Lifetime saving from home ownership calculated

Owning your home rather than renting it will save you £194,000 over a 50-year...

Return to annual property growth – for some

In May, the average price paid for a house in England in Wales rose...

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...

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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