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London house sales volumes down a fifth in two years

Your Move has reported that house prices in England and Wales remained subdued in...

Tram routes boosting house prices

House prices have been boosted by improved transport links with new tram lines driving...

Halifax reports quarterly fall in house prices

Halifax has revealed that house prices fell by 0.2% over the past three months. It...

77% of parents want to control spending of their legacy

Prudential research has found that parents want to keep control over how any money...

MPs call to end dominance of big homebuilding firms

The parliamentary Communities and Local Government Committee has concluded that the dominance of large volume...

Most affordable places to buy revealed

Kingston-upon-Hull is the most affordable city in the country, with 92% of properties currently for...

Annual house price growth at weakest pace for nearly four years

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate...

London transaction volumes at all-time low

Sales transactions in London are at an all-time low, according to the latest Land...

Record high for average price of property coming to market

Rightmove has reported a 1.1% (+£3,547) rise in newly marketed property in April. It has pushed the national...

Terraced homes most affordable in Scotland

Scotland has seen the average price of a flat north of the border rise by...

Strong growth in Scottish house prices

Your Move has reported that house prices in Scotland grew strongly in February, rising...

Housing market confidence settling to ‘new normal’

The latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has found that confidence in the UK...

Most unaffordable local authorities revealed

Prospective homeowners in some parts of the country would need to save for 27 years before...

West Midlands has highest rate of annual house price growth

The average house price rose to £301,278 in March, up 0.5% month-on-month and 3.3%...

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Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

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Hope Capital targets refurb market with high-LTV bridging product

Hope Capital has launched a new bridging loan product offering 75% net initial advance. It...

Savvy summer sellers deliver strongest July sales since 2020

July delivered the highest number of sales agreed for this month since 2020 as...

Newcastle for Intermediaries removes age cap on standard repayment mortgages

Newcastle for Intermediaries has abolished the maximum age limit for the repayment of standard...

Rising cost of living could stall housing market activity

The rising cost of living remains the most pressing concern for Britons and could...