House prices

Large house price premium for top secondaries

Parents in the postal district of the Beaconsfield High School in Buckinghamshire face paying...

Spurs top 2014 Nationwide House Price Premier League

As the new Premier League season starting this weekend, new research by Nationwide Building...

Highest annual growth in four years for Scottish property

Average house prices in Scotland rose on a seasonally adjusted basis by £1,800 in...

Market shifting in favour of buyers

Estate agency firm Haart has said that the number of new homes coming to...

A “more prudent” housing market is emerging

The average price paid for a house in England & Wales increased during July...

Halifax: house prices up 10% year-on-year

House prices in the latest three months were 3.6% higher than in the preceding...

Costs of dodgy DIY revealed

10% of homeowners have had a DIY or large scale home improvement project go...

Average deposit grows for fourth successive month

Mortgage Advice Bureau says its latest data show that homebuyers are increasingly taking full...

Slowdown in pace of house price growth

UK house prices recorded their fifteenth successive monthly increase in July, the Nationwide has...

12% house price growth predicted for 2014

CBRE's latest Regional Land report has said that the significant rebound in house prices...

Land Registry: no monthly change in house prices

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

Major growth in Olympic house prices

Homeowners in the 14 postal districts in East London closest to the Olympic Park...

Split between buyer and seller confidence

The latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker suggests confidence in the housing market...

House price growth slowdown continues

House prices increased by 0.1% in July, according to Hometrack's July National Housing Survey....

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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