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House prices rose by 2.6% in 2017

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth ended the year...

Cheltenham was 2017 house price winner

Cheltenham saw the highest percentage rise in house prices of any major UK town...

Hometrack: rents to grow 2% over 2018

Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack, has explained his three defining themes for the...

House prices return to monthly growth

Average house prices saw a return to growth in November after several months of...

Average price for £1m homes falls for third year in a row

Sales of million pound properties in northern England strongly outperformed many other parts of...

Homeowners look to improve not move

24% of homeowners plan to move within the next five years and nearly 10%...

Annual rate of house price growth eased in November

Halifax has reported that house prices between September and November 2017 were 2.4% higher...

Most brokers expect further London house prices falls in Q4

63% of respondents to the most recent broker poll from United Trust Bank (UTB) expect...

National Park homes cost an extra £116,500

Lloyds Bank has revealed that homes in national parks attract a premium of £116,501. House...

London sees lowest annual house price growth

The Office for National Statistics has reported that in September there was an annual price...

Annual rate of house price growth continues to rise

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three month were 2.3% higher...

No housing quick fix available

There is no easy answer when it comes to building enough new houses to...

Save £480k with a 60-minute commute

Lloyds Bank has calculated that people living an hour away from London and making the...

Beaconsfield passes £1m market town milestone

Lloyds Bank has calculated that homebuyers looking to live in a market town will...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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Merry Christmas from Opus First Media!

Wishing you a Soup-er Christmas and a prosperous 2026! Between Christmas and the New Year...

Two-thirds of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Two-thirds of landlords are planning some form of growth activity in the year ahead...

High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

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