House prices

Annual house price growth in Scotland now 3.5%

House prices in Scotland returned to growth in November 2017, rising 0.3% and raising...

Annual house price growth rate continues to fall

Your Move has reported that average prices in England and Wales rose marginally in...

Halifax reports monthly house price fall

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three months of 2017 were...

House prices rose by 2.6% in 2017

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth ended the year...

Cheltenham was 2017 house price winner

Cheltenham saw the highest percentage rise in house prices of any major UK town...

Hometrack: rents to grow 2% over 2018

Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack, has explained his three defining themes for the...

House prices return to monthly growth

Average house prices saw a return to growth in November after several months of...

Average price for £1m homes falls for third year in a row

Sales of million pound properties in northern England strongly outperformed many other parts of...

Homeowners look to improve not move

24% of homeowners plan to move within the next five years and nearly 10%...

Annual rate of house price growth eased in November

Halifax has reported that house prices between September and November 2017 were 2.4% higher...

Most brokers expect further London house prices falls in Q4

63% of respondents to the most recent broker poll from United Trust Bank (UTB) expect...

National Park homes cost an extra £116,500

Lloyds Bank has revealed that homes in national parks attract a premium of £116,501. House...

London sees lowest annual house price growth

The Office for National Statistics has reported that in September there was an annual price...

Annual rate of house price growth continues to rise

Halifax has reported that house prices in the last three month were 2.3% higher...

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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