House prices

Halifax: housing market defies slowdown expectations

Halifax has reported that average property prices rose by 1.8% in June, the largest...

Zoopla: lowest monthly house price growth since December 2019

Zoopla has reported that average property prices were broadly unchanged in May at 0.1%,...

Nationwide: house price growth slows up

Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth slowed to 10.7% in...

Wales and Scotland saw most significant house price growth in 2021

Legal & General Surveying Services has revealed the UK regions experiencing the fastest house...

May increase in UK house price growth

The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that UK...

Rightmove reports record asking prices

Rightmove has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

Scottish house price growth at highest level for 2022

Walker Fraser Steele has reported the highest year-to-date annual house price growth in Scotland...

House price growth cooling down

Halifax has reported that house prices increased by 1.0% in May, the 11th consecutive...

Asking prices now £55,000 higher than before the pandemic

Zoopla has reported that the average price of property coming to market has hit...

High demand for more affordable homes near Land Trust sites

Homes located near Land Trust sites are often more affordable than those in their...

FTB house prices rising faster than rest of market

The average first-time buyer is spending £223,751 on their first property, according to new analysis...

ONS: house prices rise by 9.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK average house prices increased...

Greater London house price growth recovering

E.surv has reported that annual price growth has increased to 10.4% in England and...

2022 house prices rises even stronger than last year’s

The price of property coming to market has hit a new record high for...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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