House prices

Funeral costs increases “almost in line with house price rises”

The cost of an average, basic funeral in the UK has increased by 3.9%,...

Halifax: underlying pace of house price growth is strong

The latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has reported sharp increase in the...

London house price growth rose to 10.6% in Q3

“UK house prices increased by 0.5% in September, with the annual pace of house...

Land Registry: slowest annual house price increase for two years

There was an annual price increase of 4.2% in August, which takes the average...

Average London FTB house price over £300k

The number of first-time buyer sales in August grew by over a quarter compared...

NAEA: market reaching “crisis point”

Last month saw an 11-year low in the number of properties available to buy...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...

Flats made greatest price gains over past decade

The average price of a flat in the UK has risen by £87,550 (£730...

Skills shortage in housebuilding sector

A severe shortage of skilled workers in the housebuilding industry, and the current planning...

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

Over three years needed for typical FTB deposit

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks suggests that almost 40% of first time buyers...

Premium prices for stately home proximity

Buying a house close to one of Britain's many stately homes can cost, on...

9m doubt they’ll ever afford to buy a property

The latest Post Office Money Mortgages survey has found that there 20 million people currently...

ONS: 5.6% annual house price inflation

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to July 2015, down from...

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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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