House prices

Land Registry sees house price growth slowing

December saw an annual price increase of 7.0% which takes the average property value...

Annual house price growth continues to moderate

UK house prices rose by 0.3% in January, the Nationwide Building Society has reported....

Convergence in city level house price growth

UK house prices increased by 0.4% in December to 8.3% year-on-year (4.5% in 2013)...

Top property price growth in ‘gateway to the south’

Property prices in the London area of Balham outgrew the rest of the capital...

Widening divide between London and rest of the country

The latest annual London Factor report from Halifax has shown that the London economy...

ONS: 10% year-on-year growth in UK house prices

UK house prices increased by 10.0% in the year to November 2014, down from...

London & South East constraining house price growth

December saw the average house price reach £278,997, according to the latest house price...

Government reveals latest Help to Buy stats

Over 73,000 homes have been bought under the government’s Help to Buy schemes. Latest figures...

Halifax: weakening in house price growth continues

House prices in the three months to December were 7.8% higher than in the...

RICS outlines its market predictions for 2015

House prices in the UK will see an average increase of 3% over the...

December discounts for home buyers available

33% of all UK properties currently on sale have seen their asking price lowered...

Fall in consumer confidence over house prices

The latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has found that consumer confidence in the...

Majority earned less than the average home over past year

The average house in the UK earned more than the average worker in the...

November house sale completions down year-on-year

LSL Property Services and Acadata have reported that in November, the average price paid...

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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