House prices

“Punishing drop” in London house prices

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices grew by...

RICS reports “steadier” residential market in June

The latest RICS Residential Market Survey has reported a "very modest" rise in buyer...

Nationwide reports annual price falls in London and South East

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth remained below...

Million-pound home sales falter

The number of properties sold for a million pounds or more in Great Britain...

Land Registry publishes May property sales data

HM Land Registry has revealed that the most expensive property sold in May was...

ONS: UK annual house price growth slows

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the year to April...

17 places to buy homes under £80k revealed

There are 17 towns and cities in the UK where it is possible to...

House-building continuing to be outpaced by population growth

House building is failing to keep pace with population growth in Britain’s fastest growing...

Nationwide reports slowing of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained below 1%...

London house prices down 1.9% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that March 2019 saw average house prices...

1.1% rise in house prices: Halifax

On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.1% month-on-month in April, compared to...

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained subdued in...

Number of homes ‘earning more than their owners’ falls

There has been a contraction in the divide between earnings and property price inflation...

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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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