House prices

Beaconsfield the most expensive market town

Latest research from Lloyds Bank has established that house prices in market towns are...

Halifax: house prices nationally to rise by 3-5% in 2015

The Halifax has said a further moderation in house price growth is likely next...

Second Steppers biding time for family home

Those living in their first home are increasingly looking to move into bigger four...

London loses its boom town crown

October saw the South East (+10.0%) overtake London (+9.6%) as highest annual house price...

Uplift in sales outside of London

LSL Property Services has revealed that property sales rose by 9% in October. There was...

Rural homes more expensive to buy than urban homes

Latest research from Halifax shows that properties in the countryside properties are continuing to...

Halifax: smallest house price rise since December 2012

The latest house price index from Halifax found that house prices in the three-month...

Average asking prices stabilise

The third quarter of the year saw the property market stabilise as the average...

Record number of £1m+ properties

Lloyds Bank has revealed that the number of property sales worth at least a...

Nationwide: softening in annual house price growth continues

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices rose by 0.5% in...

Land Registry: house prices fell in September

The Land Registry has reported an annual price increase of 7.2% in September, which...

Hometrack unveils Cities House Price Index

House prices in London and Cambridge have increased by over £60,000 and £53,000 respectively...

London has room to meet house building requirements

London could see up to 570,000 new homes being built over the next decade,...

Prime London house price growth plateaus

Prime house prices in London will remain stable until the end of the year,...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...