House prices

Skills shortage in housebuilding sector

A severe shortage of skilled workers in the housebuilding industry, and the current planning...

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

Over three years needed for typical FTB deposit

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks suggests that almost 40% of first time buyers...

Premium prices for stately home proximity

Buying a house close to one of Britain's many stately homes can cost, on...

9m doubt they’ll ever afford to buy a property

The latest Post Office Money Mortgages survey has found that there 20 million people currently...

ONS: 5.6% annual house price inflation

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to July 2015, down from...

Edinburgh tops student buy-to-let league

University cities in Scotland provide the best areas in the UK for profit for...

Halifax: 3% quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the three months to August were 3.0% higher than in the...

Fastest rise in house prices for past 12 months

House prices in England & Wales rose by 0.7% in August, according to the...

32% of Brits have bought a property as an investment

A new study of 2,000 homebuyers has found that the average UK home buyer...

£41k premium to buy near top secondary schools

Parents need to pay almost £41,000 extra to secure a home close to the...

3.3m over-55s want to downsize

47% of UK adults aged 18 to 54 aspire to live in a three...

£32k premium for attractive catchment areas

26% of parents with children of a school age have either bought or rented a...

Scottish housing market “now back in smoother waters”

House prices in Scotland increased by £4,331 in June, according to Your Move. Its house...

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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