House prices

20% decline in £1.5m+ house sales

Halifax has claimed that the average home buyer is £4,500 better-off under the new...

Halifax expects house prices to continue rise in 2016

Halifax believes the substantial imbalance between supply and demand is likely to persist over...

Over-55 homeowners greatly underestimating property wealth

60% of older homeowners have not had their house valued since they first bought...

Nationwide: very small rise in house prices

The Nationwide Building Society has said that UK house prices edged up by 0.1%...

House prices up 5.6% year-on-year

The Land Registry's October data shows an annual price increase of 5.6% which takes the...

Slowdown in first-time buyer completions

The latest First-time Buyer Tracker from Your Move & Reeds Rains has reported taht...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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