House prices

Ninth month of slowing annual house price growth

Your Move and Acadata have reported that average house prices rose again in February,...

Annual rate of house price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months to February were...

PM’s housing threats “unhelpful and misguided”, say councils

The Prime Minister has warned developers who are too slow to build houses that...

Nationwide: house prices fell by 0.3% last month

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth fell back in...

Cities to close house price growth gap on London

Large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20% to...

Collapse in home ownership amongst the young

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found that today’s young adults are significantly...

ONS: small December house price rise

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has stated that in December house prices rose by...

Half a million households at risk of negative equity

Computershare Loan Services has warned that a fall in the average UK house price of...

House price falls in London, South East and North East

January 2018 saw house prices continue to fall in London, where prices have been...

Annual house price rises slowing, says Halifax

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months to January were...

10-year low for city home affordability

Lloyds Bank’s Affordable Cities Review has found that home affordability across cities in the...

Annual house price growth rises to 3.2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a "surprising" increase in the annual rate of...

Buyers’ market in London and southern cities

London and other southern cities such as Oxford and Cambridge are increasingly becoming buyers'...

Annual house price growth in Scotland now 3.5%

House prices in Scotland returned to growth in November 2017, rising 0.3% and raising...

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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...