House prices

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...

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...
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COMMENT

networks

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...

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Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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