House prices

Salcombe leapfrogs Sandbanks to become top seaside spot

Salcombe in Devon is now the most expensive seaside location in Britain to buy...

House prices fall for sixth month in a row

House prices down 1.1% year-on-year in February, according to the Nationwide Building Society. This was...

House prices stabilised in January, says Halifax

Halifax's latest house price index has found that UK house prices were stable in...

Further slowing down in annual house price growth

Nationwide Building Society has reported that the start of 2023 saw a further slowing...

ONS: house prices down 0.3% in November

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that in November 2022,...

York location of highest 2022 property price inflation

Towns and cities with the strongest house price growth saw their average property value...

House prices fall by 2.3% month-on-month

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell in November, as the rate of...

Nationwide reports 1.4% monthly fall in house prices

Annual UK house price growth slowed to 4.4% in November, from 7.2% in October,...

Zoopla: house price inflation losing momentum fast

Zoopla has reported that the UK’s current house price inflation has slowed to 7.8%,...

ONS reports September house price data

UK average house prices increased by 9.5% over the year to September 2022, down...

Rigtmove reveals small October rise in asking prices

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

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...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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