House prices

House price confidence hit

Confidence in the housing market was dented slightly last month, despite the fact that...

31% rise in seaside house prices over last decade

House prices have risen, on average, by a third across British seaside towns over...

5.4% rise in Scottish house prices

In March, average house prices in Scotland rose by an average £9,200, or 5.4%,...

Affordable housing hire at Marsh & Parsons

Marsh & Parsons has appointed Matt Bird as its new head of affordable housing. He will...

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...
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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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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
News

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

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