House prices

Rightmove: October price records in all regions and sectors

The price of property coming to market in October increased by an average of...

Victorian property prices “could plummet” with EPC targets

Hargreaves Lansdown has warned that Victorian homes' lack of energy efficiency could see their...

£10bn rise in available UK housing equity

Canada Life has calculated that over £740 billion of equity was available for release...

House prices rise for fourth consecutive month

Halifax has reported that UK house prices rose once more in October, as the...

Price of average UK home up £30k since start of pandemic

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained elevated in...

August increase in UK house price growth

The latest house price index from the Land Registry for August 2021 show that...

Stamp Duty holiday gives over-65s a boost to property wealth

Over-65s saw their property wealth rise by more than £800 a month over the...

Strongest monthly house prices growth for 14 years

Halifax has reported that UK house prices increased by 1.7% in September, adding more...

Annual house price growth cooled in September

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth eased back to...

‘Business as usual’ for house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices rose once more in August, with the...

Nationwide: UK house price growth rises to 11%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth rose to 11.0%...

Halifax: small July rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices increases by 0.4% in July to add £1,122...

Annual house price growth remains in double digits

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth slowed to 10.5% in...

Record month for estate agents

NAEA Propertymark has reported that 40% of properties sold for more than the original...

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

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

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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