House prices

House prices bounce back in July

Nationwide has revealed that UK house prices rose by 1.7% in July. This compares to...

NAEA: housing market in for busy summer

10% of properties sold for more than the original asking price in June, NAEA...

House prices fall for fourth month in a row

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by 0.1% in June. In the latest...

Annual house price growth in negative territory

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that UK house prices fell by 1.4% in...

Nationwide reports largest monthly house price fall in 11 years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 1.7% over...

Halifax reports house price fall in April

Halifax's house price index for April has found that, on a monthly basis, house...

Nationwide: annual house price growth up to 3.7%

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that annual house price growth in April moved...

Distributor calls for house price indices’ suspension

The Brightstar Group believes there should be an "immediate and indefinite" suspension of all...

ONS: February house prices down 0.6%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that house prices in February fell by...

Halifax reveals pre-lockdown house price data

Halifax has reported that on a monthly basis, house prices in March were flat...

Nationwide: house prices up 0.8% in March before crisis

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth increased to 3%...

January fall in house prices

The Office for National Statistics has reported that, on average, house prices in January...

Halifax: house prices up 0.3% in February

Halifax has reported that house prices in February were 2.8% higher than in the...

Strongest annual house price growth rate for 18 months

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth continued to...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“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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Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

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

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

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

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

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