House prices

Halifax: 2.8% quarterly rise in house prices

The Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to October were...

Total equity released in past three months rose 19%

Key Retirement has revealed that pensioners are boosting their retirement income by an average...

Majority fear Brexit will hit property prices

Research has suggested that 55% of British homeowners think exiting the European Union will...

Countryside living premium continues

Property prices in the countryside are, on average, £43,490 (22%) higher than in urban...

Rent rises hitting West Midlands the hardest

Those tenants who live in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent...

Nationwide: slight increase in annual house price growth rate

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.6% in...

Land Registry: 1% monthly house price rise

The Land Registry has reported an annual price increase of 5.3% for September. This...

Sharp fall in multi-million pound homes

The number of property sales worth at least a million pounds has fallen in...

Continued rise in homeowner market confidence

The latest Zoopla Housing Market Sentiment Survey has reported that confidence homeowners have in...

Landbay: London a “victim of its own success”

Rents for one bedroom flats average over £1,000 a month in 73% of London...

Brighton tops poll of unaffordable towns for property

Local people are being priced out of their towns, as average wage earners could...

“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...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Appointments

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

West Brom Building Society has appointed Gareth Madeley as its new chief customer officer,...
MIMHC

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

HSBC UK, Virgin Money, Nottingham Building Society, Landbay and top broker firms Mortgage Advice...
News

Santander raises foreign national mortgage lending to 90% LTV

Santander UK has expanded its foreign national mortgage policy by increasing the maximum loan-to-value...
Buy-to-let

Keystone passes £2bn in securitisation issuance with sixth Hops Hill deal

Keystone Property Finance has completed its sixth securitisation, taking total issuance under its Hops...

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