House prices

Average house prices “have never been higher”

On a monthly basis, the average price of a home in England & Wales...

Halifax reports monthly fall in house prices

House prices fell by -1.1% in March, the Halifax has reported. This was only...

9.5% year-on-year rise in UK house prices

UK house prices increased by 0.4% in March and were 9.5% higher than March...

Gap between supply and demand continues to expand

House prices increased by 0.6% in March with the growth in demand outstripping supply,...

Land Registry: London house prices up 14% in 12 months

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

House price inflation slows for new builds

New analysis from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that annual growth of new build...

ONS: house prices up nearly 7% on January 2013

UK house prices increased by 6.8% in January 2014 compared with a year earlier,...

IFAs expect continued house price rises

New research from Castle Trust reveals that 86.4% of IFAs expect UK house prices...

Scottish house prices rise again

The housing market in Scotland continues its upward trajectory, the latest LSL/Acadata house price...

Oxford is UK’s least affordable city

Rising property prices in the last 12 months mean that cities in southern England...

2.1% quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the latest three months were 2.1% higher than in the preceding...

27% year-on-year rise in Scottish property transactions

In December 2013 there were 9,050 property transactions in Scotland, according to the latest...

Average UK house price reaches £250k mark

UK house prices increased by 5.5% in December 2013 compared with a year earlier,...

Urban house price growth revealed

PrimeLocation.com has reported that asking prices for properties in urban areas have risen much...

COMMENT

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

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Skipton Group appoints group chief internal auditor

Skipton Group has appointed Caroline Dale as its new group chief internal auditor, with...

DC Law passes 10,000 Trustpilot reviews with ‘Excellent’ customer rating

DC Law has exceeded 10,000 customer reviews on Trustpilot while maintaining an ‘Excellent’ rating...

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...

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