House prices

House prices grow by 35% in areas with top performing state schools

Lloyds Bank research has established that house price growth in areas with top performing...

£27k house price premium for top state schools

Living in the catchment area of one of England’s top 100 state secondary schools...

House prices still recovering from financial crisis

The latest UK Cities House Price Index House from Hometrack has found that prices...

July sees rise in annual house price growth to 3.3%

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to July increased by...

Tottenham Hotspur “run-away champions” of house price growth

To mark the start of the 27th Premier League season in a week's time,...

Nationwide: “modest rebound” in annual house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices in July rose 0.6% month-on-month. The...

London sellers becoming more realistic on pricing

Hometrack has revealed that UK city house price inflation in June was 4.6% year-on-year,...

Scottish housing market “pausing for breath”

Your Move has reported that annual house price growth in Scotland in May stood...

House prices see early summer slowdown in May

Latest May data from the Office for National Statistics shows that, on average, house...

All regions saw annual house price growth in June

Your Move has reported that average prices in England and Wales were slightly down...

Annual house price growth remains flat

Halifax has reported that house prices continue to remain broadly flat, with the annual...

House growth in London reaches nine-year low

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index reveals house prices are rising faster...

Nationwide: UK annual house price growth weakens to 2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth fell to its...

Sandbanks maintains seaside town top spot

Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for the third year running,...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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