House prices

Threefold rise in £1m apartment sales over past decade

The number of million pound apartment sales in England & Wales has grown by 196%...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

Nationwide: “softening” in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

Link between house prices and unemployment studied

Latest research from Lloyds Bank has found that areas with the largest improvements in...

Waltham Forest tops London borough FTB table

new research into first-time buyer house prices in London boroughs by Lloyds Bank has...

Housing affordability worsened for 98% of occupations

New research from mortgage broker Private Finance has found that rising house prices and stagnant wages...

House prices up 6.2% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported an annual price increase of 6.2% in...

The Midlands set house price pace

Rightmove has reported that the average price of newly marketed property increased by 1.3% (+£3,877)...

Scotland sees slow house price growth

Your Move has reported that house prices in Scotland increased by just 0.1% in...

Singletons think it takes two to buy first property

25% of single people believe it will be impossible to buy their own home...

Strongest house price growth in a year

Your Move and Acadata have reported that house prices grew at their fastest pace...

House prices outpace owners’ earnings in 119 local areas

New research from the Halifax has found that average house prices have increased by...

Fall in annual rate of house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February 2017 were 5.1% higher...

House prices rise by 0.2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

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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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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...

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has announced reductions of up to 0.25 percentage points on selected...

Homeowners stay put as remortgaging nears parity with home purchases

Britain’s homeowners are increasingly choosing to refinance rather than move, with remortgage activity now...