House prices

Over three years needed for typical FTB deposit

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks suggests that almost 40% of first time buyers...

Premium prices for stately home proximity

Buying a house close to one of Britain's many stately homes can cost, on...

9m doubt they’ll ever afford to buy a property

The latest Post Office Money Mortgages survey has found that there 20 million people currently...

ONS: 5.6% annual house price inflation

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to July 2015, down from...

Edinburgh tops student buy-to-let league

University cities in Scotland provide the best areas in the UK for profit for...

Halifax: 3% quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the three months to August were 3.0% higher than in the...

Fastest rise in house prices for past 12 months

House prices in England & Wales rose by 0.7% in August, according to the...

32% of Brits have bought a property as an investment

A new study of 2,000 homebuyers has found that the average UK home buyer...

£41k premium to buy near top secondary schools

Parents need to pay almost £41,000 extra to secure a home close to the...

3.3m over-55s want to downsize

47% of UK adults aged 18 to 54 aspire to live in a three...

£32k premium for attractive catchment areas

26% of parents with children of a school age have either bought or rented a...

Scottish housing market “now back in smoother waters”

House prices in Scotland increased by £4,331 in June, according to Your Move. Its house...

Housing market momentum getting stronger

Connells Survey and Valuation has reported that housing market activity showed rapid annual growth...

RIghtmove: strongest August market since credit crunch

The Seasonal August fall is house prices has been more muted than usual, with...

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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