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Most affordable commuter towns for London revealed

Online mortgage broker Trussle has published a list of what it claims to be...

Halifax expects stronger house price growth in 2019

Halifax has said that the housing market performed in line with its expectations over...

House prices “continue to flatline”

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services and Acadata has found that...

New Forest tops national park house price poll once again

House prices in UK national parks are on average £121,383 more expensive than similar...

Annual house price growth rises slightly to 1.9%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% between October...

Second steppers stuck on the ladder

Lloyds Bank has revealed that six in 10 second steppers think it’s harder to...

ONS: annual house price growth rate increased in September

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

Halifax maintains annual house price growth forecast

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to October were 1.5%...

Annual house price growth in October slows to 1.6%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that there was a slowdown in annual house...

Capital house price falls concentrated in inner London

House prices in 63% of London local authorities have fallen year-on-year but the proportion...

Edinburgh and Glasgow continue to support Scottish house price growth

House price rises are continuing to slow in Scotland, with the annual rate down...

One hour commute can save almost £500k on house prices

New research conducted by Lloyds Bank has found that workers in Central London can...

House price growth at lowest rate in six and a half years

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services and Acadata has found that...

Average house sale value is £114k more than its rebuild cost

New analysis from Direct Line SELECT Premier Insurance has shown there is a large...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“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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