House prices

ONS: UK annual house price growth slows

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the year to April...

17 places to buy homes under £80k revealed

There are 17 towns and cities in the UK where it is possible to...

House-building continuing to be outpaced by population growth

House building is failing to keep pace with population growth in Britain’s fastest growing...

Nationwide reports slowing of house price growth

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

London house prices down 1.9% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that March 2019 saw average house prices...

1.1% rise in house prices: Halifax

On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.1% month-on-month in April, compared to...

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

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

Number of homes ‘earning more than their owners’ falls

There has been a contraction in the divide between earnings and property price inflation...

Annual house price growth at lowest level since 2012

Average house prices in the UK increased by 0.6% in the year to February...

Annual house price growth rises slightly

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 2.6%...

House price growth slowdown continues: ONS

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

Buyer affordability rising at fastest rate in nearly eight years: Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the average annual rise of 0.2% is the most subdued...

Surprise 5.9% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February were 2.8%...

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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