House prices

Buying 13% more cost-effective than renting

The gap in cost effectiveness between buying and renting a property is narrowing as...

Scottish second-steppers look to Bank of Mum & Dad

16% of so-called 'second steppers' in Scotland are contemplating turning to the bank of...

Small increase in house prices, reports Halifax

House prices increased by 0.4% in May, according to Halifax's latest House Price Index....

Prime sellers have become more bullish over asking prices

The number of prime properties on the market that have seen a cut in...

House prices up and repossessions down

The April Market Trend Data from Land Registry shows that house prices were up...

Nationwide: further rise in house prices

House prices rose by 0.4% in May, according to the latest house price index...

Seaside towns 17% more affordable on average

The average house price in seaside towns grew by 63% over the past 10...

House prices rise 0.4% month-on-month

House prices grew by 0.4% in May, the highest increase in a single month...

Lack of mortgages hampering Welsh house prices

The average price of a house in Wales was £151,780 in March, an increase...

London behind UK house price growth

In the 12 months to March 2013 UK house prices increased by 2.7%, up...

New record for asking prices

Property coming to market this month has set a new record national average asking...

Scottish market “sailing into calmer waters”

The LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index for Scotland shows an increase of £1,082, or 0.8%,...

House price affordability for keyworkers improving

The ability of key public sector workers to purchase their own home continues to...

House prices helped by improving mortgage market

The average price paid for a house in England & Wales in April rose...

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FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

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IMLA backs FCA roadmap on mortgage rule review

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has described the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) Feedback...

Borrowers moved early as rate cut expectations built, Twenty7tec data shows

Mortgage search activity reached its highest level of the month on 9 December, nine...

AdviceTech ‘giants’ join AdviserSoftware.com AI comparison service

Three of the UK’s most widely used adviser technology systems – Dynamic Planner, FE...

Somo cuts bridging rates after Bank of England move

Somo has moved quickly to cut rates across its bridging range following the Bank...

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