House prices

London house prices up 7.7% over the year

UK house prices increased by 7.0% in the year to October 2015, up from...

Lowest seasonal dip in house prices for nine years

Rightmove has reported a seasonal 1.1% (-£3,120) dip in the price of property coming...

Kensington and Chelsea dominate most expensive street poll

Victoria Road in Kensington is England's most expensive residential street, with an average house...

Halifax: quarterly house prices up 1.4%

House prices in the three months to November were 1.4% higher than in the...

20% decline in £1.5m+ house sales

Halifax has claimed that the average home buyer is £4,500 better-off under the new...

Halifax expects house prices to continue rise in 2016

Halifax believes the substantial imbalance between supply and demand is likely to persist over...

Over-55 homeowners greatly underestimating property wealth

60% of older homeowners have not had their house valued since they first bought...

Nationwide: very small rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has said that UK house prices edged up by 0.1%...

House prices up 5.6% year-on-year

The Land Registry's October data shows an annual price increase of 5.6% which takes the...

Slowdown in first-time buyer completions

The latest First-time Buyer Tracker from Your Move & Reeds Rains has reported taht...

House prices in National Parks up by £58k in 10 years

House prices in the National Parks of England and Wales in 2015 are, on...

House price growth accelerates in large regional cities

Hometrack’s UK Cities House Price Index has reported annual house price growth of 9.4% per...

Momentum rebuilds in Scotland’s property market

House prices in Scotland have accelerated 1.4% annually, more than double 0.6% annual growth...

Proximity price premiums for World Heritage Sites

Homes located near to a World Heritage Site are worth 27% more than the...

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Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

Trump tariff madness

Because Trump is so unpredictable and we don’t know what the end result will be following tariff negotiations and retaliations (and perhaps counter retaliations)...

The FCA should make later life lending central to its public discussions

The government’s ongoing focus on growing the economy has led it down the path to various industry regulators, not least our own FCA, with...

Auctions are growing in popularity – but choose your lender carefully

Property auctions have traditionally been a niche part of the UK property market, accounting for around 20,000 residential property sales each year, roughly one...

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Chancellor to meet City leaders for crisis talks on US tariffs

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will hold urgent talks with leading City executives this week...

Equity Release Group expands advisory team with trio of new hires

Equity Release Group has strengthened its advisory business, Equity Release Supermarket, with the appointment...

Nationwide lowers income threshold for Helping Hand

Nationwide Building Society has reduced the minimum income requirement for sole applicants using its...

Redwood Bank appoints non-executive director

Redwood Bank has appointed Tina Kokkinos to its board as an independent non-executive director...