House prices

Britons turning a blind eye to crime

Latest research from Direct Line Home Insurance has found that 8% of Britons say they have been a...

Posh west London feel Stamp Duty effect

Analysis by London estate agent Stirling Ackroyd of data before and after Stamp Duty reforms...

10.9% annual rise in London house prices

September data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows an annual price increase...

“General cooling” in housing market

The average house price in England and Wales is now £294,351, according to the...

House price optimism at lowest level since June 2013

The latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has revealed that confidence in the UK...

Halifax: house prices largely unchanged

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months from August to October...

‘Only’ one million pound town in UK

The number of million pound house sales in the country in the first half of...

House prices unchanged month-on-month

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that, after 15 successive monthly increases UK house...

Cemetery proximity has grave impact on house prices

Living next door to a cemetery could potentially knock almost 25% off the value...

Rickmansworth the most expensive M25 town

Halifax has revealed that, since opening 30 years ago this week, the average house price...

Land Registry reveals September price paid data

The latest Price Paid Data from the Land Registry includes details of over 95,300 residential...

Market town premium continues

People seeking to buy a home in one of England’s most picturesque market towns will...

ONS: 1.3% monthly rise in house prices

The Office for National Statistics' (ONS) UK House Price Index for August 2016 has shown...

93% of London properties sold for over £200k

In 1995, 87% of properties sold in London were for less than £150,000, according...

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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