House prices

RICS confirms house price growth slowdown

House price momentum in September slowed to the same level it was 16 months...

Slump in house price growth confidence

The latest Zoopla Housing Market Sentiment Survey has reported that homeowner confidence in the...

New Forest the most expensive National Park

New research from Lloyds Bank suggests homebuyers must pay over £125,000 extra to live...

Nationwide: house prices down in September

The Nationwide has reported that UK house prices fell by 0.2% in September, following...

Continued rise in pensioner property wealth

The property wealth of retired homeowners has grown by over £20.3 billion in the...

London “unhealthily overheated”

A new survey, carried out by United Trust Bank, found that 48% of...

HTB1 customers paying a quarter less

Recent data from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that the typical Help to Buy equity...

Rates cut by the Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates by up to 0.60 percentage points on...

Haart: London house prices up 2.4% month-on-month

Estate agent Haart has reported that average UK property price growth remains strong, up...

Small rise in Scottish house prices

Average house prices in Scotland rose on a seasonally adjusted basis by £375 in...

Yes vote could push up high-end London property prices

Property lawyers Moore Blatch have warned that a vote for Scottish independence on Thursday...

Rare September rise for asking prices

Rightmove has revealed that the asking prices of property coming to market in September...

UK property market “a game of two halves”

Last month, the differential between the housing markets in the South East of England,...

MMR adding 2-4 weeks onto transaction times

House price momentum in August slowed to the same level it was a year...
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COMMENT

Comment

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

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Regulation

FCA to join Bristol summit as later life lending sector weighs market study

The Financial Conduct Authority will join advisers, lenders and industry figures in Bristol next...
First-time buyers

Targeted deposit scheme could help one million first-time buyers onto housing ladder

A new government-backed deposit scheme could provide a route onto the housing ladder for...
Buy-to-let

Hodge raises holiday let lending limits with 80% LTV move

Hodge Bank has widened its holiday let criteria, increasing maximum loan-to-value to 80% and...
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Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

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