House prices

Prime central London price growth outpacing suburbia

Property growth in Prime Central London is starting to outpace Outer suburban areas, according...

Halifax: house prices up 1.6% month-on-month

House prices in the last three months were 2.2% higher than in the preceding...

House values will be hit by fracking, warn estate agents

A survey of 60 estate agents commissioned by Greenpeace UK has found that they...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.8% since February

Land Registry data for March has shown an annual price increase of 5.3% which...

Large rise in ‘prime London’ FTB sales

Marsh & Parsons’ latest London Property Monitor has found that while investors continue to...

April pick-up in house price growth, says Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the price of a typical UK home...

Central London outperformed by large regional cities

Despite Central London recording year on year house price inflation of 3% in the...

Housing market consumer confidence on the rise

Consumer confidence in the outlook for the housing market has rebounded to its highest...

New buyer demand up by 22%

Haart’s National Housing Market Monitor for March 2015 has reported a surge in buyer...

Highest ever asking price of £286,133, says Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market has hit a...

It’s the supply, stupid

At the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) annual lunch on Friday 17 April, the...

RICS: trends suggest “a very real housing crisis”

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has revealed that house sales and buyer...

Slowing in house price growth

UK house prices rose by 7.2% in the year to February 2015, down from...

House price rises on Boat Race route analysed

Of all properties overlooking the route of Saturday’s annual Boat Race, homes around Hammersmith...

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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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International landlords drive surge in buy-to-let company formations

One in five buy-to-let companies incorporated in the UK this year has at least...

The Tipton & Coseley widens expat residential mortgage range

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its offering for expat residential borrowers by...

The Right Mortgage launches ‘Opportunity Insights’ podcast series

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has unveiled a new podcast series aimed at...

Fleet Mortgages adds new products alongside rate and fee cuts

Fleet Mortgages has announced a raft of changes to its fixed-rate buy-to-let range, including...