House prices

ONS reports 3.4% year-on-year rise in house prices

Average UK house prices increased by 3.4%, to £292,000, in the 12 months to...

Uncertainty looms over UK housing market in 2025 amid budget and tax changes

The UK housing market faces a challenging start to 2025, as tax changes, geopolitical...

Brick by Brick: Rightmove predicts 2025 housing market to build on optimism

Rightmove is predicting a 4% rise in national average asking prices for 2025 –...

E.surv positive about house prices over coming months

The November House Price Index from e.surv for England and Wales has revealed that...

Homeowners can boost retirement savings by leveraging pensions and property wealth

Homeowners could nearly double the amount of money they have on hand for retirement...

House prices soar again: 1.3% rise pushes average home to nearly £300,000

UK house prices increased by 1.3% in November - the fifth consecutive month of...

Zoopla forecasts buoyant housing market for 2025

The UK housing market is set to experience a significant rebound in 2025, with...

Surprise as house prices surge at fastest rate in two years

House prices in the UK rose at their quickest pace in two years in...

Borrowers not yet benefitting from lower costs

Borrowers are spending over two-fifths of their salary on mortgage repayments, according to new...

House price to income ratio easing improves homebuying affordability

Marginal house price inflation, in conjunction with strong wage growth, means buying a home...

New Forest maintains National Park house price top spot

The New Forest in Hampshire is the most expensive National Park in the UK...

Scottish house prices continue to edge up

Scottish house prices in September picked up by 0.2% or £400 compared with August, according...

E.surv records first monthly house price rise for six months

E.surv has reported that the average sale price of a home in England and...

Fourth consecutive monthly increase in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 0.2% in October, which represents a...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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