House prices

Average London FTB house price over £300k

The number of first-time buyer sales in August grew by over a quarter compared...

NAEA: market reaching “crisis point”

Last month saw an 11-year low in the number of properties available to buy...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...

Flats made greatest price gains over past decade

The average price of a flat in the UK has risen by £87,550 (£730...

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...
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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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