House prices

January fall in house prices

The Office for National Statistics has reported that, on average, house prices in January...

Halifax: house prices up 0.3% in February

Halifax has reported that house prices in February were 2.8% higher than in the...

Strongest annual house price growth rate for 18 months

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth continued to...

ONS reports house price growth to end 2019

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that December 2019 house prices in England...

Welsh homeowners are the biggest retired winners

Equity release adviser Key has reported that retired homeowners' property wealth increased by more...

Rightmove reports large monthly rise in asking prices

Rightmove has reported a 2.3% (+£6,785) monthly rise in the average price of property...

£33k premium for most popular market towns

Those looking to buy a home in one of England’s popular market towns are...

Halifax: modest monthly increase in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices in January were 4.1% higher than in the...

House prices up 0.5% month-on-month

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a "modest pick-up" in house price growth in...

Burnley is most affordable area for first-time buyers

Halifax has revealed that the cost challenge facing first-time buyers increased significantly over the...

Rightmove predicts 2% house price growth in 2020

Rightmove has predicted that the price of property coming to market in Britain will...

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...
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COMMENT

networks

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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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

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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