House prices

Available housing equity now totals over £380 billion

There is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowner’s properties, due...

“Punishing drop” in London house prices

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices grew by...

RICS reports “steadier” residential market in June

The latest RICS Residential Market Survey has reported a "very modest" rise in buyer...

Nationwide reports annual price falls in London and South East

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth remained below...

Million-pound home sales falter

The number of properties sold for a million pounds or more in Great Britain...

Land Registry publishes May property sales data

HM Land Registry has revealed that the most expensive property sold in May was...

ONS: UK annual house price growth slows

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the year to April...

17 places to buy homes under £80k revealed

There are 17 towns and cities in the UK where it is possible to...

House-building continuing to be outpaced by population growth

House building is failing to keep pace with population growth in Britain’s fastest growing...

Nationwide reports slowing of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained below 1%...

London house prices down 1.9% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that March 2019 saw average house prices...

1.1% rise in house prices: Halifax

On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.1% month-on-month in April, compared to...

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained subdued in...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

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...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...