House prices

City house price inflation outpacing UK as a whole

House price inflation across the 20 largest cities in the UK was 6.4% in...

Premiership property table revealed

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has studied the Premiership 'property table' before the start of the 2015/16 season.  The...

Modest monthly increase in asking prices

July has seen the price of property coming to market hit a new record high...

Rise in house price optimism continues

Confidence in the outlook for house price growth hit its highest level in four...

ONS: house price up 5.7% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.7% in the year to May 2015, up from...

8.3% rise in number of UK property millionaires

The number of homeowners in Britain whose property is worth £1m or more –...

House prices up by 0.9% in the euro area

House prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), rose by 0.9% in...

House price growth at two-year low

House prices in England and Wales continue to climb, albeit at a moderate pace,...

RICS: property set to become ever more unaffordable

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has reported that house price growth increased...

Summer Budget 2015 speech – in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, This is a Budget that puts security first. It’s a Budget that recognises...

Halifax: monthly rise in house prices of 1.7%

The latest Halifax House Price Index has reported that house prices in the three...

Most sellers get £13k less than the asking price

Estate agent comparison site, estateagent4me.co.uk, has revealed that on average estate agents achieve a...

IHT changes could cause rush to revalue homes

NFU Mutual has claimed that Gloucestershire, Dorset and Cheshire families may be leading the...

Olympic Park prices grow at double national market rate

Three years on from the London 2012 Olympic Games, the latest research from Lloyds...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

The West Brom promotes Gareth Madeley to chief customer officer

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

Industry leaders unite behind MIMHC Lunch

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

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...

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...

PROFILES