House prices

RICS: buyer demand remains firm

RICS UK Residential Survey for April 2021 reveals that respondents frequently highlighted the mismatch between...

April house prices 1.4% higher than in March

Halifax has reported that house prices reached a record high for the second month...

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...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...

Co-operative Bank in sub-4% mortgage arena following rate cuts 

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates, bringing...