House prices

£24k premium for market town homes

Market towns are continuing to command a house price premium over those in neighbouring...

RICS: agreed sales rose at quickest pace since May 2014

RICS' residential market survey for September 2015 indicated that house sales picked up across...

September house sales reach eight-year high

House prices in England & Wales are continuing to rise faster than wages and...

Halifax: monthly house price fall but 2% quarterly rise

House prices fell by 0.9% between August and September, following last month’'s gain of...

Funeral costs increases “almost in line with house price rises”

The cost of an average, basic funeral in the UK has increased by 3.9%,...

Halifax: underlying pace of house price growth is strong

The latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has reported sharp increase in the...

London house price growth rose to 10.6% in Q3

“UK house prices increased by 0.5% in September, with the annual pace of house...

Land Registry: slowest annual house price increase for two years

There was an annual price increase of 4.2% in August, which takes the average...

Average London FTB house price over £300k

The number of first-time buyer sales in August grew by over a quarter compared...

NAEA: market reaching “crisis point”

Last month saw an 11-year low in the number of properties available to buy...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...

Flats made greatest price gains over past decade

The average price of a flat in the UK has risen by £87,550 (£730...

Skills shortage in housebuilding sector

A severe shortage of skilled workers in the housebuilding industry, and the current planning...

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

COMMENT

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

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...

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...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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