House prices

House price growth slowdown continues: ONS

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

House price growth remains moderate

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to December were 1.3%...

House prices fell 0.7% in December: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society's latest house price index shows that house price growth slowed...

Most affordable commuter towns for London revealed

Online mortgage broker Trussle has published a list of what it claims to be...

Halifax expects stronger house price growth in 2019

Halifax has said that the housing market performed in line with its expectations over...

House prices “continue to flatline”

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

New Forest tops national park house price poll once again

House prices in UK national parks are on average £121,383 more expensive than similar...

Annual house price growth rises slightly to 1.9%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices increased by 0.3% between October...

Second steppers stuck on the ladder

Lloyds Bank has revealed that six in 10 second steppers think it’s harder to...

ONS: annual house price growth rate increased in September

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

Halifax maintains annual house price growth forecast

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to October were 1.5%...

Annual house price growth in October slows to 1.6%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that there was a slowdown in annual house...

Capital house price falls concentrated in inner London

House prices in 63% of London local authorities have fallen year-on-year but the proportion...

Edinburgh and Glasgow continue to support Scottish house price growth

House price rises are continuing to slow in Scotland, with the annual rate down...

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...

Latest news

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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