House prices

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...

Latest Halifax price data “good news for buyers”

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months from June to August...

CML unveils pre-election ‘manifesto’

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published a housing market manifesto aimed at...

House prices up 1.7% since June – Land Registry

The Land Registry's House Price Index for July shows an annual price increase of...

Hometrack: “clear evidence of slowdown”

Hometrack’s August National Housing Survey has revealed that house prices have risen by just...

Nationwide: pick-up in house price growth

The Nationwide has reported that UK house prices edged up by 0.8% in August,...

East London sees top capital property value growth

The total value of residential property in eastern boroughs of Central London has grown...

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...

Latest news

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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