House prices

Annual Scottish house price growth at highest level for 2022

Walker Fraser Steele has reported that annual Scottish house price growth now stands at...

Rightmove sees smallest house price increase since January

Rightmove has reported that the average price of property coming to market hits yet...

RICS: slowing demand cools pace of house price growth

The latest RICS Residential Market Survey, covering June, found that while house prices continued...

Halifax: housing market defies slowdown expectations

Halifax has reported that average property prices rose by 1.8% in June, the largest...

Zoopla: lowest monthly house price growth since December 2019

Zoopla has reported that average property prices were broadly unchanged in May at 0.1%,...

Nationwide: house price growth slows up

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth slowed to 10.7% in...

Wales and Scotland saw most significant house price growth in 2021

Legal & General Surveying Services has revealed the UK regions experiencing the fastest house...

May increase in UK house price growth

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK...

Rightmove reports record asking prices

Rightmove has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

Scottish house price growth at highest level for 2022

Walker Fraser Steele has reported the highest year-to-date annual house price growth in Scotland...

House price growth cooling down

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 1.0% in May, the 11th consecutive...

Asking prices now £55,000 higher than before the pandemic

Zoopla has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

High demand for more affordable homes near Land Trust sites

Homes located near Land Trust sites are often more affordable than those in their...

FTB house prices rising faster than rest of market

The average first-time buyer is spending £223,751 on their first property, according to new analysis...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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