House prices

Midlands and North properties good for mid-term investment

Post Office Money has revealed the locations which have seen the greatest house price...

December house prices up 4% year-on-year

Halifax has reported that house prices in December were 4.0% higher than in the...

Housing market remains subdued

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that house prices have fallen on...

Nationwide: annual house price growth remains below 1%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained subdued at...

Expectation of London property price stability

Bridging & Development Lender Affirmative has released its Mortgage & Market Overview report with...

Halifax: “glacial” rate of house price growth

October saw house prices fall by 0.1% on a monthly basis, according to Halifax. In...

0.2% month-on-month rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported little change in UK house price growth in...

Average house prices almost triple in 20 years

The number of prime residential housing transactions have increased rapidly in the past 20...

Rightmove sees no Autumn bounce in house prices

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market has fallen by...

Monthly fall of 1.3% in London house prices

UK house prices grew by 1.3% in the year to August 2019, up from...

Halifax: flat trend in house price growth continues

Halifax has reported that house prices in September were 1.1% higher than in the...

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...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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