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MPs call to end dominance of big homebuilding firms

The parliamentary Communities and Local Government Committee has concluded that the dominance of large volume...

Most affordable places to buy revealed

Kingston-upon-Hull is the most affordable city in the country, with 92% of properties currently for...

Annual house price growth at weakest pace for nearly four years

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate...

London transaction volumes at all-time low

Sales transactions in London are at an all-time low, according to the latest Land...

Record high for average price of property coming to market

Rightmove has reported a 1.1% (+£3,547) rise in newly marketed property in April. It has pushed the national...

Terraced homes most affordable in Scotland

Scotland has seen the average price of a flat north of the border rise by...

Strong growth in Scottish house prices

Your Move has reported that house prices in Scotland grew strongly in February, rising...

Housing market confidence settling to ‘new normal’

The latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has found that confidence in the UK...

Most unaffordable local authorities revealed

Prospective homeowners in some parts of the country would need to save for 27 years before...

West Midlands has highest rate of annual house price growth

The average house price rose to £301,278 in March, up 0.5% month-on-month and 3.3%...

96% of £1m apartment sales are in London

The number of million pound apartment sales in England & Wales has grown by 196%...

Threefold rise in £1m apartment sales over past decade

The number of million pound apartment sales in England & Wales has grown by 196%...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

Nationwide: “softening” in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

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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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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...

Cynergy Bank completes first residential mortgage-backed securitisation

Cynergy Bank has completed its debut securitisation transaction, securing capital relief as it continues...

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