House prices

North East is top region for house price growth

E.surv has reported that annual house price growth at lowest rate since March 2012,...

RICS sees sharp downturn in buyer demand

RICS has published its UK Residential Survey for July 2023  and the trade association...

Halifax predicts “gradual” decline in house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by -0.3% in July, a fourth...

House prices down 3.8% year-on-year

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth was -3.8% in July....

UK housing market “has entered a turning point”

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that average UK house prices increased...

RICS reports eight-month low in buyer demand

The June 2023 RICS UK Residential Survey has reported a renewed deterioration in sales...

Halifax reports third third consecutive monthly decline in house prices

The average UK house price fell by 0.1% in June, a third consecutive monthly...

Further slowdown in house price growth

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that average UK...

Majority would prefer a home with solar panels

58% of Britons think that solar panels would make a property more attractive to...

Activity holding up despite rate rises, reports Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that average new seller asking prices fell by £82 (-0.0%) in...

April rise in Scottish house prices

Scottish house prices increased by 0.7% in April, according to Walker Fraser Steele chartered...

House prices fall year-on-year for first time in over a decade

Halifax has reported that average house prices were largely unchanged in May, remaining flat...

Nationwide predicts “relatively soft landing” for house prices

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth fell back in May,...

Homeowners could access 5 years’ worth of retirement income from property wealth

Homeowners in England and Wales could access the equivalent of five years’ worth of...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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London exodus slows as leavers stay closer to the capital

The pandemic-era rush out of London is firmly in retreat with new figures showing...

Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

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