House prices

Record high for £1m house sales

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

Over 90,000 sales of land and property in England & Wales in March

The Land Registry has published Price Paid Data for March 2018. It includes details of more...

Nationwide: 0.2% April rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a slight increase UK annual house growth in...

Scotland house prices rising at fastest rate in a decade

Your Move and Acadata have reported that annual price growth in Scotland accelerated to...

Six regions set new peak average house prices

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services/Acadata has revealed that the rate...

House price growth still outpaces wages across most of the south

Halifax research has ascertained that properties in almost one in five UK local authority districts (LADs)...

RICS: one year on and buyer demand continues to slip

RICS' housing survey for March has found that the momentum in the UK housing...

Nationwide: house price growth “subdued”

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

Rate of UK city house price inflation rises

Hometrack has reported that the divergence in house price growth between southern England and...

Garden property areas 42% better for house prices 

Areas across England with the most residential gardens are home to property prices 42%...

Rutland found safest, most affordable place to buy

The East Midlands county of Rutland is the best place to buy property across England and...

Small fall in house prices, says ONS

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that house prices fell by 0.3% in January....

Second steppers finding it more difficult to move home

A Nationwide Building Society poll has found that people are putting their lives on...

Scotland dwarfs England & Wales house price growth

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland is now over...

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Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

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,...

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Mortgage affordability continues to weaken

January saw a weakening in mortgage affordability weakened for the second month in a...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance ups maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...