House prices

Six-month high in housing market activity

UK housing market activity has risen to its highest level in six months, according...

Gender divide over choosing a home

New research from Santander Mortgages has suggested that women looking to buy a home...

£24k premium for market town homes

Market towns are continuing to command a house price premium over those in neighbouring...

RICS: agreed sales rose at quickest pace since May 2014

RICS' residential market survey for September 2015 indicated that house sales picked up across...

September house sales reach eight-year high

House prices in England & Wales are continuing to rise faster than wages and...

Halifax: monthly house price fall but 2% quarterly rise

House prices fell by 0.9% between August and September, following last month’'s gain of...

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...

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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