House prices

RICS: buyer demand remains firm

RICS UK Residential Survey for April 2021 reveals that respondents frequently highlighted the mismatch between...

April house prices 1.4% higher than in March

Halifax has reported that house prices reached a record high for the second month...

North West sees highest annual house price growth

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

Halifax: housing market resurgence in March

Halifax has reported that, on a monthly basis, house prices in March were 1.1%...

March slowdown in annual house price growth

The Nastionwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth slowed to 5.7%...

Pandemic property hotspots revealed

The UK’s pandemic property hotspot, according to Land Registry data analysed by Andrews Property...

Small fall in annual average house price growth

The Office for National Statistics has reported that UK average house prices rose by...

Halifax: recent house price growth unlikely to continue throughout 2021

Halifax has reported that house prices in February were 0.1% lower than in January. However,...

Average Scottish house prices break £200k barrier

House prices in Scotland increased on average by 2.3% during December 2020, according to...

Average house price now £251,500

The latest ONS House Price Index for December 2020 has revealed that the year...

Biggest monthly fall in house prices since April 2020

Halifax has reported that the average UK house price fell by -0.3% in January,...

House prices fall by 0.3%

Nationwide has reported that January saw annual house price growth slowing for the first...

ONS: November house price rise of 1.2%

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that house prices in the UK increased...

House prices rise for six months in a row

Halifax has revealed that house prices in December 2020 were 0.2% higher than in...

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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