House prices

Asking prices now £55,000 higher than before the pandemic

Zoopla has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

High demand for more affordable homes near Land Trust sites

Homes located near Land Trust sites are often more affordable than those in their...

FTB house prices rising faster than rest of market

The average first-time buyer is spending £223,751 on their first property, according to new analysis...

ONS: house prices rise by 9.8%

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

Greater London house price growth recovering

E.surv has reported that annual price growth has increased to 10.4% in England and...

2022 house prices rises even stronger than last year’s

The price of property coming to market has hit a new record high for...

Trussle: longer mortgages set to eat into pensions

The next generation of homeowners may well be paying off their mortgages into retirement,...

Sandbanks regains most expensive seaside town title

Halifax has reported that Sandbanks in Dorset was Britain’s most expensive seaside town in...

Halifax: largest house price rise in six months

Halifax has reported that house price growth in March totalled 1.4%, the biggest increase for...

Nationwide: house prices now 21% than before Covid

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that March saw a further acceleration in annual...

Londoners unhappy with lack of affordable housing

Londoners are the most dissatisfied in the country when it comes to the housing...

House prices rise at fastest annual pace for 15 years

Halifax has reported that monthly house price growth increased to +0.5% in February. With the...

February rise in annual house price growth

Nationwide Building Society has reported that house price growth increased to 12.6% in February,...

ONS: 2021 ended with increase in house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK average house prices increased...
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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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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

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...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

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

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