House prices

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...

August FTB prices up 3.8% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to August 2015, unchanged from...

Six-month high in housing market activity

UK housing market activity has risen to its highest level in six months, according...

Gender divide over choosing a home

New research from Santander Mortgages has suggested that women looking to buy a home...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Latest news

Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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