House prices

Nationwide: softening in annual house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the pace of annual house price growth...

Investec to hold broker event on Brexit and London market

Investec Private Banking is holding a broker insight event on the evening of 13 October, to provide...

Huge house price saving from one hour’s commute

Those people working in London could save themselves almost £450,000 (60%) on the cost of...

London asking prices down 3% since mid-June

The UK housing market remains "alive and active", according to analysis of the UK...

House prices up 8.3% year-on-year

The Land Registry's July data shows an annual price increase of 8.3%, which takes...

Halifax: easing in annual house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to August were 0.7%...

Record number of people falling into IHT net

The proportion of properties sold in England and Wales above the £325,000 Inheritance Tax...

Parents spending £50k+ to live near top state school

Parents are willing to pay an average of £53,000 more to live in an...

Nationwide: August rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 0.6% in August. This resulted...

Housing cost of an ‘Outstanding’ education revealed

Living in the catchment area of a state secondary school with an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted...

Scottish house prices up 4% annually

Scottish house prices saw a month on month decline in June, for the first...

London completed house sales down 50% year-on-year

The Land Registry's June data has revealed an annual house price increase of 8.7%. This takes...

Rightmove: 2016 to be year of two halves

According to Rightmove's August house price index, the price of property marketed in the...

RICS: house price growth “run out of steam”

House price growth continued to slow in the UK in July while key indicators...

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2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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High street banks line up in £2.5bn contest for Evelyn Partners

Barclays and NatWest Group have progressed to the second round of an auction for...

Improving mortgage choice and lower rates ease affordability pressures for homebuyers

Homebuyers entering the market this Christmas are benefiting from improved mortgage choice and lower...

Cynergy Bank completes first residential mortgage-backed securitisation

Cynergy Bank has completed its debut securitisation transaction, securing capital relief as it continues...

Home insurance price falls ease as market shows signs of stabilising

Average combined buildings and contents premiums continued to edge lower last month, according to...

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