House prices

National park property prices up 7%

New data from Lloyds Bank reveals that a home in one of England or...

£123bn in housing equity available to release in South East

There was a quarterly increase of £100bn in equity available for release in UK...

‘Second stepper’ home demand drives prices higher

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market was up 0.2%...

Effects of stamp duty holiday being seen in house price data

On average, house prices in England and Wales increased 0.7% in September, according to...

Mortgage application growth behind house price rises

Halifax has reported that house prices in September were 1.6% higher than in August. The...

Over 50s to benefit from latest house price moves

Over 50s finance provider SunLife says the fact that house prices have risen for...

Annual price growth at highest rate for four years

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.9% month-on-month in...

NAEA: rise in number of properties selling for over the asking price

NAEA Propertymark has reported that in August, 13% of properties sold for more than...

ONS: June house prices rose by 2.8%

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that, In England, house prices rose...

Halifax: August house prices up 5.2% year-on-year

Halifax has reported that, on a monthly basis, house prices in August were 1.6%...

Record high for UK house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 2.0% in...

Over-65s ‘earn’ £6,000 in a year from homes

Analysis from equity release adviser Key has shown that over-65s saw their property wealth...

“Unprecedented” demand on housing supply post-lockdown

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that housing supply in the UK could...

Rightmove reports “unexpected mini-boom” in July

Properties coming on to the market are doing so at a new record average...

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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