House prices

House prices in National Parks up by £58k in 10 years

House prices in the National Parks of England and Wales in 2015 are, on...

House price growth accelerates in large regional cities

Hometrack’s UK Cities House Price Index has reported annual house price growth of 9.4% per...

Momentum rebuilds in Scotland’s property market

House prices in Scotland have accelerated 1.4% annually, more than double 0.6% annual growth...

Proximity price premiums for World Heritage Sites

Homes located near to a World Heritage Site are worth 27% more than the...

Rightmove: indications of higher house prices in 2016

Rightmove has reported the smallest drop since 2011 in new seller asking prices (-1.3%)...

Annual rate of house price growth climbing again

There has been a turnabout in the annual rate of house price growth in...

Value of UK housing stock tops £5tn

The value of UK's private housing stock in August 2015 is estimated at £5.1 trillion,...

Halifax: 2.8% quarterly rise in house prices

The Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to October were...

Total equity released in past three months rose 19%

Key Retirement has revealed that pensioners are boosting their retirement income by an average...

Majority fear Brexit will hit property prices

Research has suggested that 55% of British homeowners think exiting the European Union will...

Countryside living premium continues

Property prices in the countryside are, on average, £43,490 (22%) higher than in urban...

Rent rises hitting West Midlands the hardest

Those tenants who live in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent...

Nationwide: slight increase in annual house price growth rate

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.6% in...

Land Registry: 1% monthly house price rise

The Land Registry has reported an annual price increase of 5.3% for September. This...

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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

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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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...

Hamptons fundraising partnership with Mind reaches £150,000 milestone

Estate agency Hamptons has raised £150,000 for mental health charity Mind since the partnership...

Scotland and Yorkshire lead UK housing market activity in 2025

Scotland and Yorkshire have emerged as home to the UK’s most active housing markets...

Affordability issues likely to intensify until 2027, lenders warn

Mortgage affordability is expected to become a more pressing issue by 2027, according to...

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