House prices

E.surv acquires house price data analytics firm

Valuations business, e.surv Chartered Surveyors, has acquired the intellectual property and brand of Acadata,...

Nationwide reports slowdown in annual house price growth

Annual house price growth slowed in October, down to 2.4% from 3.2% in the...

UK house prices reach two-year high

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% in August 2024, after the...

Fastest annual house price growth in two years, reports Nationwide

Nationwide has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.7% in September, after taking...

Home Counties house price growth 37% up on national average

House prices across the Home Counties rose by £312,749 between 1999 and 2024, according...

UK homeowner equity reaches £5.7 trillion

The total value of the nation’s property equity has risen to a record £5.7...

Rightmove expects more active autumn property market

Rightmove has reported that the average price of property coming to the market for...

ONS reports July rise in house prices and rents

The Office for National Statistics has reported that average UK private rents increased by...

Halifax reports 0.8% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that UK house prices rose in July, following three relatively flat...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Rightmove expects improvement in homebuyer confidence

Rightmove has reported that average new seller asking prices on its platform fell by...

Housing market activity remains fairly subdued

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased up by 0.2% in...

House price growth sees ‘modest’ rebound

Nationwide Building Society has reported an increase in annual house prices in May of...

Salcombe remains country’s most expensive coastal location

According to the latest analysis from Lloyds Bank, Salcombe (pictured) has retained its position...

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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