House prices

Threefold rise in £1m apartment sales over past decade

The number of million pound apartment sales in England & Wales has grown by 196%...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

Nationwide: “softening” in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

Link between house prices and unemployment studied

Latest research from Lloyds Bank has found that areas with the largest improvements in...

Waltham Forest tops London borough FTB table

new research into first-time buyer house prices in London boroughs by Lloyds Bank has...

Housing affordability worsened for 98% of occupations

New research from mortgage broker Private Finance has found that rising house prices and stagnant wages...

House prices up 6.2% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported an annual price increase of 6.2% in...

The Midlands set house price pace

Rightmove has reported that the average price of newly marketed property increased by 1.3% (+£3,877)...

Scotland sees slow house price growth

Your Move has reported that house prices in Scotland increased by just 0.1% in...

Singletons think it takes two to buy first property

25% of single people believe it will be impossible to buy their own home...

Strongest house price growth in a year

Your Move and Acadata have reported that house prices grew at their fastest pace...

House prices outpace owners’ earnings in 119 local areas

New research from the Halifax has found that average house prices have increased by...

Fall in annual rate of house price growth

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to February 2017 were 5.1% higher...

House prices rise by 0.2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

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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