House prices

Rent rises not keeping up with purchase prices

Increasing property prices are causing an about-turn in rental yields, according to the latest...

House prices surpass 2007 peak

UK house prices increased by 1% in June and were 11.8% higher than June...

Kensington & Chelsea tops square metre chart

Kensington & Chelsea is Britain's most expensive area to buy a house with an...

London house price growth still way ahead

The May data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows an annual price increase...

Affordability largely unchanged outside London

Latest research from comparison site Gocompare.com has highlighted the disproportionate growth in the London...

One in five paying over the asking price

19% of buyers are paying more than the asking price to secure their property...

BSA: cooling in housing market confidence

The number of people who think that now is a good time to buy...

18.7% year-on-year rise in London house prices

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that UK house prices rose by...

12 London boroughs saw prices fall in April

For the 11th month in succession, the average house price in England & Wales...

Fall in demand for new homes in the capital

Too few properties coming onto the market and more stringent lending conditions appear to...

House prices up 8.7% year-on-year

The Halifax has reported that house prices in the latest three months were 2%...

Small increase in annual house price growth

House prices recorded their 13th successive monthly increase in May, rising by 0.7%, according...

Monthly house price rise of 1.5%

The April data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows an annual price increase...

Hometrack: house price inflation starting to moderate

According to Hometrack, house prices increased 0.5% in May – 0.1% lower than the...

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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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...

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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