House prices

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...

House prices continue to slow

House prices are down for the third month in a row, and the annual...

£41k rise in price of semi-detached in Scotland

The average price of a semi-detached property in Scotland has risen by £41,639 in...

Terraced homes ‘trending’ with first-time buyers

The average price of a flat in the UK has risen by £75,074 over...

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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