House prices

Shortage of stock cited as largest market stumbling block

The housing market is being constrained by a shortage of houses for sale, according...

Rightmove: brakes removed from housing market

May has seen an unseasonal drop in new seller asking prices, down by 0.1%...

Low unemployment areas see large house price rises

Homeowners in local authorities with the lowest levels of unemployment have seen the value...

12% value boost from roof terrace

Having a roof terrace or a balcony adds an average of 12% to the...

London loses regional house price growth top spot

House prices in England and Wales continue to rise, albeit at a slowing rate...

RICS sees fall in new instructions

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey found that house prices were driven up...

Prime central London price growth outpacing suburbia

Property growth in Prime Central London is starting to outpace Outer suburban areas, according...

Halifax: house prices up 1.6% month-on-month

House prices in the last three months were 2.2% higher than in the preceding...

House values will be hit by fracking, warn estate agents

A survey of 60 estate agents commissioned by Greenpeace UK has found that they...

Land Registry: house prices down 0.8% since February

Land Registry data for March has shown an annual price increase of 5.3% which...

Large rise in ‘prime London’ FTB sales

Marsh & Parsons’ latest London Property Monitor has found that while investors continue to...

April pick-up in house price growth, says Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the price of a typical UK home...

Central London outperformed by large regional cities

Despite Central London recording year on year house price inflation of 3% in the...

Housing market consumer confidence on the rise

Consumer confidence in the outlook for the housing market has rebounded to its highest...

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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