House prices

0.9% house price rise

The Land Registry has reported an annual house price increase of 0.9% in March. This...

Highest number of million-pound properties for five years

The number of properties selling for over £1 million rose in 2012, reaching the...

London continuing to drive house price growth

House prices gained 0.3% over April, according to Hometrack. Demand in London has grown three...

Key analysis of FTB disenfranchisement published

Delays in getting on the housing ladder will cost the average first-time buyer over...

Small rise for house prices in Wales

February saw the average price of a house in Wales reach £151,810, an increase...

Scottish housing market “turning a corner”

The latest LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index shows an increase of £1,676, or 1.2% in...

House price growth continues: ONS

February saw annual growth in UK house prices of 1.9%, down from a...

Another rise in asking prices

Rightmove has reported that April has seen a 2.1% (+£4,996) rise in new seller...

House price optimism grows over past quarter

Optimism in house price prospects has increased markedly over the past three months, according...

Housing markets continues to see modest improvement

House prices in the first three months of 2013 were 1.2% higher than...

February rise in house prices: Land Registry

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

March house prices? Unchanged…

March saw house prices remain the same as during February, according to Nationwide's latest...

House prices up 0.3% month-on-month

House prices were up 0.3% in March, the highest growth since March 2010, according...

Scottish city affordability improves

Home affordability for city dwellers in Scotland has improved by nearly a quarter since...

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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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

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MorganAsh launches calculator to help firms estimate scale of customer vulnerability

MorganAsh has launched a calculator designed to help financial services firms gauge how many...

Average mortgage rate reaches 5.50% as market reprices

The average mortgage rate tracked by Moneyfacts has climbed to 5.50% for the first...

RSM UK urges action as house price growth stalls and transactions fall

RSM UK is calling for stamp duty reform and more support for first-time buyers...

Clydesdale Bank raises selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a number of residential and buy-to-let product transfer rates from...

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