House prices

‘Second stepper’ home demand drives prices higher

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market was up 0.2%...

Effects of stamp duty holiday being seen in house price data

On average, house prices in England and Wales increased 0.7% in September, according to...

Mortgage application growth behind house price rises

Halifax has reported that house prices in September were 1.6% higher than in August. The...

Over 50s to benefit from latest house price moves

Over 50s finance provider SunLife says the fact that house prices have risen for...

Annual price growth at highest rate for four years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.9% month-on-month in...

NAEA: rise in number of properties selling for over the asking price

NAEA Propertymark has reported that in August, 13% of properties sold for more than...

ONS: June house prices rose by 2.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, In England, house prices rose...

Halifax: August house prices up 5.2% year-on-year

Halifax has reported that, on a monthly basis, house prices in August were 1.6%...

Record high for UK house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 2.0% in...

Over-65s ‘earn’ £6,000 in a year from homes

Analysis from equity release adviser Key has shown that over-65s saw their property wealth...

“Unprecedented” demand on housing supply post-lockdown

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that housing supply in the UK could...

Rightmove reports “unexpected mini-boom” in July

Properties coming on to the market are doing so at a new record average...

RICS: surveyors cautious about medium-term outlook

RICS' latest UK Residential Survey has found that the housing market gained momentum in...

Lockdown and stamp duty move making homeowners think about change

80% of homeowners who have thought about moving home since lockdown began, say they...

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“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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London exodus slows as leavers stay closer to the capital

The pandemic-era rush out of London is firmly in retreat with new figures showing...

Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

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Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

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Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

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