House prices

ARLA sees worsening housing supply picture

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has highlighted the continuing problem of housing...

Quarter of homes earning more than their owners

Average house prices have risen by more than the average employee's net earnings in more than...

Brexit ‘could cause 5% fall in house prices’

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has predicted that an EU exit for the UK could...

Necessity fuelling renovation buyers

New research by Confused.com reveals that 35% of homeowners who bought a property that...

1.6m homes to be worth £1m+ by 2030

A new report from Santander Mortgages forecasts that the number of UK properties worth at least...

Brits admit to kerb side decision-making

The majority of house-hunters take just 10 seconds to decide whether they like a property...

The myth of the south-facing garden

Despite estate agents and property experts promoting the benefits of a south facing garden, this...

RICS: buy-to-let investors pushing up house prices

RICS' latest UK Residential Market Survey has reported a rise in new instructions in...

Average house price breaks £290k barrier

House prices in January 2016 rose by an average £688, or 0.2%, to a...

Investec event to analyse London property market

Investec Private Banking is to hold a broker insight event on the evening of 3 March. It...

Halifax reports monthly house price rise of 2.2%

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to January were 2.2%...

£500k+ property prices for 51% of London postcodes

The majority of London neighbourhoods now have property prices beyond half a million pounds,...

Continued confidence in UK property market

The annual Housebuyers Research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has revealed that half of...

12.4% annual house price growth for London

The Land Registry has reported an annual price increase of 6.4% in December 2015. This takes...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Nationwide unveils affordability boost for remortgage customers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced enhanced affordability criteria for remortgage customers taking out a...

UTB funds £2.8m residential deal for Oast Investments

United Trust Bank’s structured property finance division has completed a £2.8m residential investment loan...

Why every mortgage client needs a will and how brokers can help protect homes from fraud

With Financial Awareness Day on 14 August Royal London is warning that too many...

VPN loopholes could let fraudsters slip through mortgage checks

The UK’s new Online Safety Act has triggered a boom in VPN usage that...