House prices

Property market contracting pre-Brexit

In July, house prices rose by £700, or 0.2%, to an average £293,318, according...

Halifax: house prices down 1%

House prices in the three months to July were 1.6% higher than in the...

Little change in annual rate of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that house prices in the UK rose by...

46% see property wealth as key to retirement income planning

Long term growth in UK house prices and homeowners’ lasting attachment to their homes...

Thatcher & Blair oversaw highest London house price growth

House prices in London rose by 251% and 209% during Thatcher and Blair’s time...

Research highlights ‘Waitrose effect’ on house prices

Lloyds Bank has established that living close to a well-known supermarket chain can add...

Hometrack: city level house price growth plateauing

Hometrack has predicted that sales volumes are likely to slow with price growth moderating...

Normality returning to Scottish housing market

Your Move and Acadata have reported an increase of 0.9% in house prices in...

Annual house price rise of 13.6% in London

The Land Registry's May data shows an annual price increase of 8.1% which takes...

Rightmove: small July fall in house prices

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to the market in July...

Modest house price rise in June

House prices in the UK increased in June despite the pending EU referendum decision, according...

Halifax: pace of house growth may be easing

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to June were 8.4%...

New book outlines state’s challenges ahead

Academics, parliamentarians and leading industry figures have contributed to a new publication, outlining the...

House prices up 0.2% in June

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a slight increase in house price growth in June. Prices...

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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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