House prices

RICS sees further evidence of homebuyer caution

RICS has reported that the UK housing market continues to weaken, with last month...

Hometrack unveils Property Listings Data tool

Hometrack, the provider of valuation solutions, has launched its Property Listings Data tool. It  to deliver key...

Halifax reports another fall in average house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by -0.4% in October, compared to...

First monthly fall in house prices since July 2021

There was a sharp slowdown in annual house price growth last month, to 7.2%...

Rightmove: little sign of downwards price pressure on existing properties for sale

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

E.surv reveals September house price data

E.surv's September House Price Index has revealed that annual house price growth stood at...

Rising mortgage rates to hit household buying power by up to 28%

Zoopla believes that the housing market is slowly transitioning to a buyers market as...

Scotland’s house price growth continues

Walker Fraser Steele has reported that annual Scottish house price growth is currently running...

Annual house price growth back in double digits

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

E.surv: annual price growth up to 12.2%

E.surv has reported that annual price growth increases to 12.2% in England & Wales. It...

Halifax reports likely slowdown in market activity

Halifax has reported that the typical house price reached another record high in August...

Annual house price growth remains in double digits

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth softened in August. That said,...

Rightmove reports ‘traditional’ August fall in house prices

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

Halifax reports first house price fall of 2022

Halifax has reported that house prices fell marginally by -0.1% in July, the first...

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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Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

The Buckinghamshire launches new discounted rate range

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new discounted rate mortgage range, giving brokers greater...

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