House prices

Annual house price growth edges up to 3.1%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a rebounding of house prices in June, with...

NAEA: prospective buyer demand up 15%

NAEA Propertymark has reported that just 3% of properties sold for more than asking...

One-third of second steppers want family help

32% of homeowners looking to take their second step on the property ladder think they will still...

Scottish house prices growing faster than in England & Wales

Your Move’s latest Scotland House Price Index has found that house prices increased in...

ONS: house prices up 1.6% month on month

The latest house price index from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed an...

Sharp slowdown in house sales in London

House prices in England and Wales rallied to a new peak in May, according...

House prices back on the rise again

Halifax has reported that UK house prices in May rose by 0.4%. However, annual house...

House prices fall for three months in a row

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that house prices recorded their third consecutive monthly...

Sandbanks retains seaside town house price top spot

The latest Halifax Seaside Town Review has found that house prices in British seaside...

The ‘Waitrose Effect’ on house prices revealed

Homes within easy reach of a local supermarket are, on average, £21,512 higher than...

Brokers still expect house price growth

65% of property and asset finance brokers expect the average house price to increase...

Flats outperformed all other property types since 2009

Halifax has reported that the average price of a UK flat has increased by £84,644...

Rightmove: ‘typical’ family homes see strongest price growth

Rightmove's house price index for May has found that prices continue to be under-pinned...

London house sales volumes down a fifth in two years

Your Move has reported that house prices in England and Wales remained subdued in...

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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