House prices

“Tough time” for prime central London

Demand for prime central London (PCL) property is at its lowest point since the...

European housing market confidence up by three percentage points

Confidence in European house prices continues to rise, but higher costs are putting a...

Cost of homeownership set to climb

The annual cost of home ownership is set to reach £15,300 in 2015, according...

August FTB prices up 3.8% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to August 2015, unchanged from...

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...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Chancellor presses lenders to expand support for borrowers ahead of rate resets

The government has secured fresh commitments from major lenders to step up engagement with...
Building Societies

Suffolk BS tops £800m in mortgage assets after strong 2025 growth

Suffolk Building Society has passed £800m of mortgage assets for the first time after...
criteria

UTB eases mortgage and second charge processes with criteria changes

United Trust Bank (UTB) has introduced a series of service and criteria changes across...
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Foundation returns with revised buy-to-let and residential mortgage range

Foundation has returned to the market with a revised product range across both buy-to-let...

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