House prices

Affordability issues behind monthly house price fall

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.4% in April,...

Major regional differences in housing market for FTBs

There are stark regional differences in conditions for first-time buyers, according to Coventry for...

ONS reports house prices are stabilising

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that average UK house prices decreased...

Rising house prices for 74 authorities in February

E.surv has reported that confidence appears to be slowly returning to the UK housing...

Small March dip in house prices

Nationwide has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March, after taking...

House prices continue to rise, reports Halifax

Halifax has reported that house prices rose in February for the fifth consecutive month. ...

Strong start of the year for the housing market

Halifax has reported that average house prices increased by 1.3% in January, which is...

Nationwide: house prices up 0.7% month in January

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 0.7% in January,...

House prices rise for second consecutive month

Halifax has reported that UK house prices rose for the second month in a...

Sellers being more realistic with asking prices, says Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that average new seller asking prices fell by 1.7% (-£6,088) over...

House price growth returns in October

Average house prices increased by 1.1% in October, compared to a fall of -0.3%...

All regions saw annual house price falls in Q3

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth was unchanged at -5.3%...

House prices continue downward trend

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

Largest year-on-year fall in house prices since 2009

Halifax has reported that property prices in August dropped by -4.6% on an annual...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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