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Scottish house prices growing faster than in England & Wales

Your Move’s latest Scotland House Price Index has found that house prices increased in...

ONS: house prices up 1.6% month on month

The latest house price index from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed an...

Sharp slowdown in house sales in London

House prices in England and Wales rallied to a new peak in May, according...

House prices back on the rise again

Halifax has reported that UK house prices in May rose by 0.4%. However, annual house...

House prices fall for three months in a row

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices recorded their third consecutive monthly...

Sandbanks retains seaside town house price top spot

The latest Halifax Seaside Town Review has found that house prices in British seaside...

The ‘Waitrose Effect’ on house prices revealed

Homes within easy reach of a local supermarket are, on average, £21,512 higher than...

Brokers still expect house price growth

65% of property and asset finance brokers expect the average house price to increase...

Flats outperformed all other property types since 2009

Halifax has reported that the average price of a UK flat has increased by £84,644...

Rightmove: ‘typical’ family homes see strongest price growth

Rightmove's house price index for May has found that prices continue to be under-pinned...

London house sales volumes down a fifth in two years

Your Move has reported that house prices in England and Wales remained subdued in...

Tram routes boosting house prices

House prices have been boosted by improved transport links with new tram lines driving...

Halifax reports quarterly fall in house prices

Halifax has revealed that house prices fell by 0.2% over the past three months. It...

77% of parents want to control spending of their legacy

Prudential research has found that parents want to keep control over how any money...

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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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