House prices

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained subdued in...

Number of homes ‘earning more than their owners’ falls

There has been a contraction in the divide between earnings and property price inflation...

Annual house price growth at lowest level since 2012

Average house prices in the UK increased by 0.6% in the year to February...

Annual house price growth rises slightly

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 2.6%...

House price growth slowdown continues: ONS

The Office of National Statistics has reported that average house prices in the UK...

Buyer affordability rising at fastest rate in nearly eight years: Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the average annual rise of 0.2% is the most subdued...

Surprise 5.9% monthly rise in house prices

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February were 2.8%...

Sluggish house price growth continues

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that annual house price growth remained subdued in...

Fall in property demand in January

January saw the number of house hunters registered per estate agent branch fall from...

House prices fall by 2.9% month-on-month

Halifax has reported that house prices in the latest quarter (November-January) were 0.6% lower...

Oxford is the UK’s least affordable city

Lloyds Bank has found that city house prices in the UK have outpaced earnings...

Nationwide expects low house price growth – if economy grows

The Nationwide Building Society has rooted that annual house price growth almost ground to...

Transactions fell 2.4% in 2018: Your Move

Your Move has reported that house prices rose again in December for the fifth...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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