House prices

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...

Large rise in ‘prime London’ FTB sales

Marsh & Parsons’ latest London Property Monitor has found that while investors continue to...

April pick-up in house price growth, says Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the price of a typical UK home...

Central London outperformed by large regional cities

Despite Central London recording year on year house price inflation of 3% in the...

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...

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