House prices

6% premium for market town living

House prices in market towns are on average £14,000 (or 6%) higher than their...

Year of asking prices rises

The average asking price in Great Britain has risen every month during 2013 so...

Strong house price growth for Wales

The average price of a house in Wales in September was £152,779, according to...

Scottish housing market “being revitalised”

The average house price in Scotland rose by £952, or 0.7%, in September on...

“Modest dip” in UK house prices

The UK house price index level (184.9) has dropped back slightly from the peak...

RICS: price rises hit an 11-year high

House prices rose again last month as increasing interest from would-be buyers dwarfed the...

Significant rise in those expecting rise in value of their home

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has underlined that confidence is starting to...

House prices up 4.3% year-on-year

House prices rose during October 2013 in all regions in England & Wales for...

14% rise in prime London one-bed prices

The average value of one-bedroom properties in Prime London has risen by over £60,000...

Surprise! House prices rise in October

UK house prices increased by 1% in October and were 5.8% higher than October...

Land Registry: annual house price growth of 3.4%

The Land Registry's September Market Trend Data show a month-on-month rise in house prices...

12% premium to live near top state schools

Parents looking to purchase a home close to one of the country's top 30...

Hometrack: chronic lack of supply driving price growth

House prices rose by 0.5% in October, driven by a widening gap between supply...

Small fall in Welsh house prices

The LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index shows that in August the average price paid for...

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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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...

Together strengthens intermediary team with senior account manager hire

Together has added further experience to its broker-facing team, with Annie Crust bringing more...

Project 28 Charter opens membership to widen push for faster property transactions

The Project 28 Charter has opened membership to organisations across the property transaction chain...

Tembo appoints James Young to lead data and insights

Tembo has appointed James Young as director of data and insights as the savings...

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