House prices

Nationwide: annual house price growth fell to 0.2% in September

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house price growth remained subdued in September. There...

House price slump means inheritance tax rebate for many

Analysis by NFU Mutual of house price data data has shown that families could...

ONS: slowdown in house price growth continues

The Office for National Statistics has reported that in July, on average, house prices...

Rightmove reports “summer buying spree”

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

Nationwide: annual house price growth remains subdued at 0.6%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained below 1%...

Halifax reports second month of slight house price falls

Halifax has reported that house prices in July fell by 0.2% on a monthly...

Nationwide: house prices remain subdued

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that July saw a 0.3% month-on-month rise in...

Intervention needed to keep homeownership dream alive

Santander Mortgages has warned that the dream of homeownership for middle-income Britain, individual buyers...

Available housing equity now totals over £380 billion

There is now £382 billion worth of equity available within older homeowner’s properties, due...

“Punishing drop” in London house prices

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices grew by...

RICS reports “steadier” residential market in June

The latest RICS Residential Market Survey has reported a "very modest" rise in buyer...

Nationwide reports annual price falls in London and South East

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth remained below...

Million-pound home sales falter

The number of properties sold for a million pounds or more in Great Britain...

Land Registry publishes May property sales data

HM Land Registry has revealed that the most expensive property sold in May was...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...

Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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