House prices

London sellers becoming more realistic on pricing

Hometrack has revealed that UK city house price inflation in June was 4.6% year-on-year,...

Scottish housing market “pausing for breath”

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland in May stood...

House prices see early summer slowdown in May

Latest May data from the Office for National Statistics shows that, on average, house...

All regions saw annual house price growth in June

Your Move has reported that average prices in England and Wales were slightly down...

Annual house price growth remains flat

Halifax has reported that house prices continue to remain broadly flat, with the annual...

House growth in London reaches nine-year low

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index reveals house prices are rising faster...

Nationwide: UK annual house price growth weakens to 2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth fell to its...

Sandbanks maintains seaside town top spot

Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for the third year running,...

Scottish house prices continue to rise

Monthly price growth in Scotland slowed to 0.3% in April from 0.9% in March...

Work driving UK property market

Britons are seven times more likely to be moving home because of a change...

UK narrowly avoids full year of slowing house price growth

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

House prices nearly treble since Scotland last in World Cup

The average house price since Scotland last took part in the World Cup has...

ONS: house prices up 1.2% month-on-month

The Office of National Statistics has reported that in April, house prices rose on...

Aldi and Lidl drive up property prices

Living near a local supermarket can push up your property’s value by £21,500 compared...

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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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