House prices

Edinburgh tops student buy-to-let league

University cities in Scotland provide the best areas in the UK for profit for...

Halifax: 3% quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the three months to August were 3.0% higher than in the...

Fastest rise in house prices for past 12 months

House prices in England & Wales rose by 0.7% in August, according to the...

32% of Brits have bought a property as an investment

A new study of 2,000 homebuyers has found that the average UK home buyer...

£41k premium to buy near top secondary schools

Parents need to pay almost £41,000 extra to secure a home close to the...

3.3m over-55s want to downsize

47% of UK adults aged 18 to 54 aspire to live in a three...

£32k premium for attractive catchment areas

26% of parents with children of a school age have either bought or rented a...

Scottish housing market “now back in smoother waters”

House prices in Scotland increased by £4,331 in June, according to Your Move. Its house...

Housing market momentum getting stronger

Connells Survey and Valuation has reported that housing market activity showed rapid annual growth...

RIghtmove: strongest August market since credit crunch

The Seasonal August fall is house prices has been more muted than usual, with...

Strongest July for home sales in eight years

The average price paid for a home in July 2015 was £279,515, a marginal...

RICS: rising house prices not dampened interest

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has fond that growing demand and contracting...

Properties on lanes top property value poll

New research by Barclays Mortgages has found that homes sited on ‘lanes’ are worth over...

Halifax: house prices fall month-on-month

House prices fell by -0.6% between June and July, the Halifax has reported. The average...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Suffolk Building Society introduces higher income multiples for renters

Suffolk Building Society has increased its maximum income multiple to 5.49 for applicants with...

Iress UK delivers double-digit earnings growth in strong half-year

Iress has reported a robust first half of 2025, with its UK business delivering...

Tembo launches Lifetime ISA bonus to boost first-time buyers’ deposits

Tembo has introduced a new incentive for first-time buyers, offering a 1% bonus on...

The Coventry trims mortgage rates after Bank cut

Coventry for intermediaries is cutting mortgage rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges, with...