House prices

Annual house price growth remains unchanged

The Halifax has reported that annual rate of growth in May was unchanged at...

Nationwide: house prices up slightly

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices edged up 0.2% in...

Most expensive April sale was for a flat

The 'Price Paid Data' from Land Registry for April 2016 has revealed that the...

Sandbanks tops seaside house price poll

There has been a 32% rise in house prices across British seaside towns over the...

Kensington & Chelsea still most expensive neighbourhood

Property prices per square metre have risen by 432% in Greater London against a...

ONS: house prices up 9% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 9.0% in the year to March 2016, up from...

House prices fall in top 25% of London market

Stirling Ackroyd's latest London Hubs Tracker has found that while London has avoided any...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

Halifax: annual house price growth may ease

The Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to April were 9.2% higher...

Bank of Mum & Dad equivalent to a top-10 lender

This year, home buyers will receive £5 billion of help from families and friends,...

Unemployment stalling house price growth

The divide in house prices between areas with the highest and lowest levels of unemployment...

Generation Rent still have homebuying aspirations

Halifax's 2016 Generation Rent report has found that delays in getting onto the housing ladder...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.5% in March

The Land Registry March house price data has revealed a monthly price fall of 0.5%. The...

Rate of house price growth slows down

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that, while house prices in the UK increased...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

The Mortgage Works cuts switcher rates for existing landlords

The Mortgage Works has reduced rates across selected buy-to-let and limited company buy-to-let switcher...

Mortgage industry scheme for Armed Forces leavers gains momentum

A new initiative designed to encourage Armed Forces personnel into careers across the mortgage...

Hot weather prompts homeowners to rethink cooling costs and property choices

Rising temperatures are prompting more UK homeowners to invest in cooling measures, while growing...

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...

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