House 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,...

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...

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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