House prices

Annual house price growth at lowest level since 2012

Average house prices in the UK increased by 0.6% in the year to February...

Annual house price growth rises slightly

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 2.6%...

House price growth slowdown continues: ONS

The Office of National Statistics has reported that average house prices in the UK...

Buyer affordability rising at fastest rate in nearly eight years: Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the average annual rise of 0.2% is the most subdued...

Surprise 5.9% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February were 2.8%...

Sluggish house price growth continues

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that annual house price growth remained subdued in...

Fall in property demand in January

January saw the number of house hunters registered per estate agent branch fall from...

House prices fall by 2.9% month-on-month

Halifax has reported that house prices in the latest quarter (November-January) were 0.6% lower...

Oxford is the UK’s least affordable city

Lloyds Bank has found that city house prices in the UK have outpaced earnings...

Nationwide expects low house price growth – if economy grows

The Nationwide Building Society has rooted that annual house price growth almost ground to...

Transactions fell 2.4% in 2018: Your Move

Your Move has reported that house prices rose again in December for the fifth...

House price growth slowdown continues: ONS

The Office for National Statistics has reported that average house prices in the UK...

House price growth remains moderate

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to December were 1.3%...

House prices fell 0.7% in December: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society's latest house price index shows that house price growth slowed...

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2026 forecasts: Atom bank

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“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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