House prices

London completed house sales down 50% year-on-year

The Land Registry's June data has revealed an annual house price increase of 8.7%. This takes...

Rightmove: 2016 to be year of two halves

According to Rightmove's August house price index, the price of property marketed in the...

RICS: house price growth “run out of steam”

House price growth continued to slow in the UK in July while key indicators...

Property market contracting pre-Brexit

In July, house prices rose by £700, or 0.2%, to an average £293,318, according...

Halifax: house prices down 1%

House prices in the three months to July were 1.6% higher than in the...

Little change in annual rate of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has revealed that house prices in the UK rose by...

46% see property wealth as key to retirement income planning

Long term growth in UK house prices and homeowners’ lasting attachment to their homes...

Thatcher & Blair oversaw highest London house price growth

House prices in London rose by 251% and 209% during Thatcher and Blair’s time...

Research highlights ‘Waitrose effect’ on house prices

Lloyds Bank has established that living close to a well-known supermarket chain can add...

Hometrack: city level house price growth plateauing

Hometrack has predicted that sales volumes are likely to slow with price growth moderating...

Normality returning to Scottish housing market

Your Move and Acadata have reported an increase of 0.9% in house prices in...

Annual house price rise of 13.6% in London

The Land Registry's May data shows an annual price increase of 8.1% which takes...

Rightmove: small July fall in house prices

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to the market in July...

Modest house price rise in June

House prices in the UK increased in June despite the pending EU referendum decision, 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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