House prices

North West sees highest annual house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that average house prices in February...

Halifax: housing market resurgence in March

Halifax has reported that, on a monthly basis, house prices in March were 1.1%...

March slowdown in annual house price growth

The Nastionwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth slowed to 5.7%...

Pandemic property hotspots revealed

The UK’s pandemic property hotspot, according to Land Registry data analysed by Andrews Property...

Small fall in annual average house price growth

The Office for National Statistics has reported that UK average house prices rose by...

Halifax: recent house price growth unlikely to continue throughout 2021

Halifax has reported that house prices in February were 0.1% lower than in January. However,...

Average Scottish house prices break £200k barrier

House prices in Scotland increased on average by 2.3% during December 2020, according to...

Average house price now £251,500

The latest ONS House Price Index for December 2020 has revealed that the year...

Biggest monthly fall in house prices since April 2020

Halifax has reported that the average UK house price fell by -0.3% in January,...

House prices fall by 0.3%

Nationwide has reported that January saw annual house price growth slowing for the first...

ONS: November house price rise of 1.2%

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that house prices in the UK increased...

House prices rise for six months in a row

Halifax has revealed that house prices in December 2020 were 0.2% higher than in...

Islington the top area for 2020 house price growth

2020 saw some lucky homeowners see the value of their property rise by an...

Halifax: expect house prices falls next year

Halifax has warned that it expects house prices to fall by between 2% and 5%...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...