House prices

Stamp Duty holiday gives over-65s a boost to property wealth

Over-65s saw their property wealth rise by more than £800 a month over the...

Strongest monthly house prices growth for 14 years

Halifax has reported that UK house prices increased by 1.7% in September, adding more...

Annual house price growth cooled in September

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth eased back to...

‘Business as usual’ for house prices

Halifax has reported that average house prices rose once more in August, with the...

Nationwide: UK house price growth rises to 11%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth rose to 11.0%...

Halifax: small July rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices increases by 0.4% in July to add £1,122...

Annual house price growth remains in double digits

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth slowed to 10.5% in...

Record month for estate agents

NAEA Propertymark has reported that 40% of properties sold for more than the original...

ONS reports increase in annual house price growth

UK average house prices increased by 10.0% over the year to May 2021, up...

Halifax reports 0.5% fall in house prices

Halifax has reported with June saw the first monthly fall in house prices for...

Annual house price growth at highest level since 2004

Annual house price growth accelerated to 13.4% in June, the highest level since November...

ONS sees house price growth slowing

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

Halifax: house prices up 1.3% in May

Halifax has reported that house prices reached another record high in May, with the...

Annual house price growth increases to 10.9%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices in May 2021 were up...

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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