House prices

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...

Younger buyers expect green improvements to boost home value

74% of millennial and Gen Z buyers (18 to 34 year-olds) believe energy efficiency...

Halifax: house prices have plateaued

Halifax has reported that UK house prices increased on a monthly basis in April...

Affordability issues behind monthly house price fall

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.4% in April,...

Major regional differences in housing market for FTBs

There are stark regional differences in conditions for first-time buyers, according to Coventry for...

ONS reports house prices are stabilising

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that average UK house prices decreased...

Rising house prices for 74 authorities in February

E.surv has reported that confidence appears to be slowly returning to the UK housing...

Small March dip in house prices

Nationwide has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March, after taking...

House prices continue to rise, reports Halifax

Halifax has reported that house prices rose in February for the fifth consecutive month. ...

Strong start of the year for the housing market

Halifax has reported that average house prices increased by 1.3% in January, which is...

Nationwide: house prices up 0.7% month in January

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 0.7% in January,...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
News

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

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