House prices

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...

Annual house price growth rate continues to fall

Your Move has reported that average prices in England and Wales rose marginally in...

Halifax reports monthly house price fall

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months of 2017 were...

House prices rose by 2.6% in 2017

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth ended the year...

Cheltenham was 2017 house price winner

Cheltenham saw the highest percentage rise in house prices of any major UK town...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

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Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

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Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

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The Monmouthshire reports 61% rise in profits

Monmouthshire Building Society has reported a sharp rise in annual profits. The Newport-headquartered mutual saw...

Value of rental arrears falls for first time since 2021 amid easing rent growth

The average value of rent arrears has fallen year-on-year for the first time since...

Clydesdale Bank cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is making widespread reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges this...

Quantum Mortgages appoints new BDMs

Quantum Mortgages has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of two new business...