House prices

Investec to hold broker event on Brexit and London market

Investec Private Banking is holding a broker insight event on the evening of 13 October, to provide...

Huge house price saving from one hour’s commute

Those people working in London could save themselves almost £450,000 (60%) on the cost of...

London asking prices down 3% since mid-June

The UK housing market remains "alive and active", according to analysis of the UK...

House prices up 8.3% year-on-year

The Land Registry's July data shows an annual price increase of 8.3%, which takes...

Halifax: easing in annual house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to August were 0.7%...

Record number of people falling into IHT net

The proportion of properties sold in England and Wales above the £325,000 Inheritance Tax...

Parents spending £50k+ to live near top state school

Parents are willing to pay an average of £53,000 more to live in an...

Nationwide: August rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 0.6% in August. This resulted...

Housing cost of an ‘Outstanding’ education revealed

Living in the catchment area of a state secondary school with an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted...

Scottish house prices up 4% annually

Scottish house prices saw a month on month decline in June, for the first...

London completed house sales down 50% year-on-year

The Land Registry's June data has revealed an annual house price increase of 8.7%. This takes...

Rightmove: 2016 to be year of two halves

According to Rightmove's August house price index, the price of property marketed in the...

RICS: house price growth “run out of steam”

House price growth continued to slow in the UK in July while key indicators...

Property market contracting pre-Brexit

In July, house prices rose by £700, or 0.2%, to an average £293,318, according...

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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...