House prices

London has room to meet house building requirements

London could see up to 570,000 new homes being built over the next decade,...

Prime London house price growth plateaus

Prime house prices in London will remain stable until the end of the year,...

Haart: small slowdown in house price growth

Estate agency group Haart has reported that the average house price in the UK...

ONS: rate of house price inflation unchanged

The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index to August 20014 has...

Lack of affordable housing causing disenfranchisement

Research from Gocompare.com Mortgages has revealed the effect that the gap between housing supply...

Property not top for price rises in past 40 years

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has matched property prices against a number of other costs...

Media behind Brits overestimating their homes’ value

Media reports of housing bubbles and rising property prices in the last six months...

Possible slowing down of house price inflation

The average price paid for a home in England & Wales last month was...

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...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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