House prices

House prices fall for fourth successive quarter

Halifax has reported that house prices in between May and July were 0.2% lower...

House prices see ‘modest’ 0.3% increase month-on-month

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual pace of house price growth remained...

Hackney sees large house price per square metre rise

Boroughs in London continue to dominate the UK's list of the most expensive property...

Housing demand up, supply down in July

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the number of sales...

Land Registry reports 0.5% monthly rise in house prices

The Land Registry's House Price Index for May 2017 shows an annual price increase...

North-South house price divide re-emerges

House prices fell in June, continuing to slide for the third month in a...

Help to Buy hitting London FTBs

An estate agent has warned the the London housing market is being badly distorted...

Loss of house price momentum in London

The Halifax House Price Index, administered by IHS Markit, indicates a sustained slowdown in...

UK sees change in concentration of £1m+ house sales

More than half of £1m+ property purchases are set to take place outside Greater...

Halifax: annual house price growth eases

Halifax has reported that house prices have flattened over the past three months. Prices...

Prime London transactions remain subdued

London Central Portfolio's (LCP) analysis of Land Registry data for the first quarter of...

Annual house price growth edges up to 3.1%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a rebounding of house prices in June, with...

NAEA: prospective buyer demand up 15%

NAEA Propertymark has reported that just 3% of properties sold for more than asking...

One-third of second steppers want family help

32% of homeowners looking to take their second step on the property ladder think they will still...

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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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