House prices

ONS: June house prices rose by 2.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, In England, house prices rose...

Halifax: August house prices up 5.2% year-on-year

Halifax has reported that, on a monthly basis, house prices in August were 1.6%...

Record high for UK house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 2.0% in...

Over-65s ‘earn’ £6,000 in a year from homes

Analysis from equity release adviser Key has shown that over-65s saw their property wealth...

“Unprecedented” demand on housing supply post-lockdown

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that housing supply in the UK could...

Rightmove reports “unexpected mini-boom” in July

Properties coming on to the market are doing so at a new record average...

RICS: surveyors cautious about medium-term outlook

RICS' latest UK Residential Survey has found that the housing market gained momentum in...

Lockdown and stamp duty move making homeowners think about change

80% of homeowners who have thought about moving home since lockdown began, say they...

Northerners see largest relative house price rise

SunLife has revealed that homeowners over 50 typically have almost £130k in property equity. ...

House prices bounce back in July

Nationwide has revealed that UK house prices rose by 1.7% in July. This compares to...

NAEA: housing market in for busy summer

10% of properties sold for more than the original asking price in June, NAEA...

House prices fall for fourth month in a row

Halifax has reported that average house prices fell by 0.1% in June. In the latest...

Annual house price growth in negative territory

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that UK house prices fell by 1.4% in...

Nationwide reports largest monthly house price fall in 11 years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices fell by 1.7% over...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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