House prices

Cost of neighbours established

88% of estate agents think a well maintained home next door will increase the...

0.7% rise in Scottish house prices

The latest LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index has reported an increase of £1,028, or 0.7%...

Urban asking prices rise but fall in the country

The average asking price of properties for sale in urban areas in England is...

Still tough for ‘second steppers’

The third annual Second Steppers report from Lloyds TSB indicates that little has improved...

Average house price only 1% off its previous peak

The average price paid for a house in February rose by £1,355 (0.6%) from...

Rising economic confidence for homeowners

Increased optimism over house prices in February spurred economic confidence to its highest level...

January property prices up 1%

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

Scottish market remains quiet

In the three months ending January 2013, the quarterly price index for the average...

Welsh house prices continue to stand still

December saw a fall of £597 or -0.4% in the average price of a...

London prices continue to rise

This month has proved to be another record for London, with new sellers coming...

0.2% rise in house prices

The average price paid for a house in December was £480 more, or 0.2%...

Nationwide reports rise in house prices

UK house prices increased by 0.5% in January, but was unchanged compared with January...

Annual house price rise of 1.7%: Land Registry

The December data from Land Registry's House Price Index has shown an annual price...

House prices unchanged in January

Following price falls over the second half of 2012, house prices were unchanged in...

COMMENT

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,...

Latest news

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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