House prices

Nationwide predicts “relatively soft landing” for house prices

Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth fell back in May,...

Homeowners could access 5 years’ worth of retirement income from property wealth

Homeowners in England and Wales could access the equivalent of five years’ worth of...

I don’t expect large house price fluctuations in either direction

As I write this, the Rightmove asking house price index has just been published,...

Rightmove: new sellers responding to improving market

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

RICS predicts brighter future amidst weak market conditions

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has reported a market continuing to struggle,...

Halifax reports return of house price falls

Halifax has reported that average house price fell by 0.3% in April, following the...

Nationwide: house prices rise in April

Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.5% during April, after...

Nearly £17k made on property by pensioners over last 12 months

Over-65s have seen their property wealth increase by nearly £1,400 a month in the...

Rightmove: number of agreed sales now back to pre-pandemic levels

Rightmove has reported that new seller asking prices in April 2023 rose by just...

Average UK house prices fall for third consecutive month

Average UK house prices increased by 5.5% in the 12 months to February 2023,...

Equity release advisers expect house price falls

62% of equity release advisers predict that house prices will continue to fall in...

Salcombe leapfrogs Sandbanks to become top seaside spot

Salcombe in Devon is now the most expensive seaside location in Britain to buy...

House prices fall for sixth month in a row

House prices down 1.1% year-on-year in February, according to the Nationwide Building Society. This was...

House prices stabilised in January, says Halifax

Halifax's latest house price index has found that UK house prices were stable in...

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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