House prices

Scottish house prices continue to rise

Monthly price growth in Scotland slowed to 0.3% in April from 0.9% in March...

Work driving UK property market

Britons are seven times more likely to be moving home because of a change...

UK narrowly avoids full year of slowing house price growth

The latest house price index from LSL Property Services and Acadata has reported that...

House prices nearly treble since Scotland last in World Cup

The average house price since Scotland last took part in the World Cup has...

ONS: house prices up 1.2% month-on-month

The Office of National Statistics has reported that in April, house prices rose on...

Aldi and Lidl drive up property prices

Living near a local supermarket can push up your property’s value by £21,500 compared...

Halifax sees softening in annual house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices grew by 1.5% on a monthly basis, in...

4m homes could move out of stamp duty relief threshold by 2028

Following the announcement in the 2017 Autumn Budget that first-time buyers will pay zero stamp...

Pensioners ‘earning’ £7k a year from their homes

The average over-65 homeowner has seen property wealth gains worth £159,000, the equivalent of...

House prices down 0.2% month-on-month

The nationwide Building society has reported that annual house price growth in the UK...

House price growth stalling in southern cities

Sellers in southern England are having to accept greater discounts on their asking prices...

Market swinging back toward sellers

NAEA Propertymark has reported that demand from prospective buyers grew by 9% in April. On...

Slight fall in house prices

Office for National Statistics' March data shows, on average, house prices have fallen by...

London house prices rose by 40% over past five years

Lloyds Bank has revealed that despite the recent slowdown in London house prices, the...

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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