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Sharp rise in value of homes in areas of outstanding natural beauty

Homeowners in some of the most beautiful places in England have seen the value...

Property ownership a sign of being ‘grown up’

Almost half of Brits believe that the global economic crisis is forcing people to...

Quarterly rise in house prices

House prices in the three months to May were 0.8% higher than in the...

Surrey tops most valuable homes table

Surrey’s homes are the most valuable in the UK’s at £288 billion, according to...

Scottish housing market remains flat

In the three months ending April 2012, Lloyds TSB Scotland's quarterly price index for...

House prices remain stable

House prices are 0.7% lower than one year ago, the Nationwide Building Society has...

‘Generation rent’ still aspire to buy

12 months on from the launch of its Save to Buy scheme for first...

House prices little changed from start of 2011

UK house prices in March 2012 were 0.4% lower than a year earlier, according...

Upbeat outlook for house prices

House price optimism is at its highest for seven quarters, Rightmove’s latest quarterly Consumer...

We do like to be beside the seaside

During the past decade house prices have more than doubled in half of the...

£2.9bn knocked off asking prices

The number of properties for sale in Britain that have been reduced in price...

House prices across UK continue to fall

House prices in April edged lower, according to the latest UK Housing Market survey...

2.4% monthly fall in house prices

On a monthly basis, house prices fell by 2.4% in April, the Halifax has...

House prices down 0.2% in April

The price of a typical UK home fell by 0.2% in April, following a...

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Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide

Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

Chris Williams on being the architect of connection

For most of the last decade Chris Williams has been dissecting the machinery of the UK property market and helping industry understand how it...

Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

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Nationwide expands interest-only lending to first-time buyers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced a major expansion of its interest-only mortgage range, including...

Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

Mortgage market slows pre-Budget but product choice hits record high

The mortgage market lost momentum in October as buyers adopted a wait-and-see approach ahead...

Keystone boosts efficiency with criteria overhaul

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a raft of criteria enhancements designed to speed up...

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