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House prices fall for second consecutive month

Halifax has reported that house prices fell by 1.4% in September, the second consecutive...

Buyers need an average income of £53,000 to afford a home

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index has reported that the minimum income...

Scottish house prices down 0.4% but still showing annual growth

Your Move and Acadata have reported that Scotland is continuing to lead house price...

London driving slowdown in UK house price growth

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that average house prices in the...

Official house price measure becomes a National Statistic

The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) has been designated as a National Statistic...

1.8% house price growth for third consecutive month

Monthly prices rose modestly in August, according to the latest house price index from...

Halifax: quarterly house price growth at 3.7%

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to August increased by...

Coventry is top university city for house price growth

Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university towns and cities have risen...

House prices grow by 35% in areas with top performing state schools

Lloyds Bank research has established that house price growth in areas with top performing...

£27k house price premium for top state schools

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools...

House prices still recovering from financial crisis

The latest UK Cities House Price Index House from Hometrack has found that prices...

July sees rise in annual house price growth to 3.3%

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to July increased by...

Tottenham Hotspur “run-away champions” of house price growth

To mark the start of the 27th Premier League season in a week's time,...

Nationwide: “modest rebound” in annual house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices in July rose 0.6% month-on-month. The...

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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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