House prices

Halifax: pace of house growth may be easing

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to June were 8.4%...

New book outlines state’s challenges ahead

Academics, parliamentarians and leading industry figures have contributed to a new publication, outlining the...

House prices up 0.2% in June

The Nationwide Building Society has reported a slight increase in house price growth in June. Prices...

Bristol house price growth outstripping London

Bristol has become the first city outside of the South East to see house...

Brexit: London housing market to remain disrupted

Richard Donnell, insight director at Hometrack, has expressed his opinion on how Brexit will...

6.2% rise in first-time buyer property prices

Rightmove has reported a May rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in the price of property...

Young professionals flock to East Sussex coast

The BN3 postal district in Hove is once again the most desirable location to...

14.5% annual house price growth for London

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK average house prices increased by...

Property wealth continues to rise for retired homeowners

KeyRetirement.com has revealed that retired homeowners have seen their property wealth grow by £9.24...

Fears of property price crash following Brexit

61% of Brits who think that their house price will decrease if Britain leaves...

Housing market is slowing down

The housing market in England & Wales is slowing down, both in terms of...

Annual house price growth remains unchanged

The Halifax has reported that annual rate of growth in May was unchanged at...

Nationwide: house prices up slightly

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices edged up 0.2% in...

Most expensive April sale was for a flat

The 'Price Paid Data' from Land Registry for April 2016 has revealed that the...

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...

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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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