House prices

Investors extending influence over prime central London

The proportion of 'prime' central London house purchases made by investors has jumped 8%...

Nationwide: rise in annual house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.4% in...

Wannabe first-time buyers compromising on quality

The proportion of tenants expecting to buy by the end of the year has...

Balearics dominate Spanish hotspot list

New research has shown that five of the top 10 most expensive Spanish property...

One hour’s commute can save £450k on house price

Latest research by Lloyds Bank has found that commuters with up to an hour's...

House prices up 5.4% year-on-year

The Land Registry has said that June saw an annual house price increase of 5.4%. This...

Demand at highest level for over a decade

June saw an 11-year high in the number of house hunters registered per branch...

City house price inflation outpacing UK as a whole

House price inflation across the 20 largest cities in the UK was 6.4% in...

Premiership property table revealed

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has studied the Premiership 'property table' before the start of the 2015/16 season.  The...

Modest monthly increase in asking prices

July has seen the price of property coming to market hit a new record high...

Rise in house price optimism continues

Confidence in the outlook for house price growth hit its highest level in four...

ONS: house price up 5.7% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.7% in the year to May 2015, up from...

8.3% rise in number of UK property millionaires

The number of homeowners in Britain whose property is worth £1m or more –...

House prices up by 0.9% in the euro area

House prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), rose by 0.9% in...

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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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