House prices

Housing market consumer confidence on the rise

Consumer confidence in the outlook for the housing market has rebounded to its highest...

New buyer demand up by 22%

Haart’s National Housing Market Monitor for March 2015 has reported a surge in buyer...

Highest ever asking price of £286,133, says Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market has hit a...

It’s the supply, stupid

At the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) annual lunch on Friday 17 April, the...

RICS: trends suggest “a very real housing crisis”

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has revealed that house sales and buyer...

Slowing in house price growth

UK house prices rose by 7.2% in the year to February 2015, down from...

House price rises on Boat Race route analysed

Of all properties overlooking the route of Saturday’s annual Boat Race, homes around Hammersmith...

Halifax: growth in quarterly house prices

House prices in the first quarter of 2015 were 2.6% higher than in the...

Local supermarkets boost house prices

The average house price in areas which offer residents easy reach of a local...

Land Registry: London prices up 13.1% year-on-year

The February Market Trend Data from Land Registry shows an annual price increase of...

Marginal rise in house prices, says Nationwide

UK house prices increased up by 0.1% in March, the Nationwide Building Society has...

House price optimism back on the rise

The Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker saw house price optimism rebound last month as...

Annual house price growth at slowest rate for a year

UK house prices increased by 8.4% in the year to January 2015, down from...

Earnings-house price divide on the rise

Over the past two years average house prices have increased by more than 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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