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![Mortgage costs push housing market into north-south divide](/upload/images/24%2005%2009%20%2003.jpg)
It might look like house prices have stabilised, staying relatively flat over the first four months of 2024, but at least...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
UK residents need an average salary of close to £54,000 to purchase a property, according to new research. The study shows that...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Record long mortgage terms for first time buyers](/upload/images/24%2004%2017%20%20%2001.jpg)
An analysis of government house price data by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests the typical mortgage term for a first time...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Monthly House Price Fall for Six Months](/upload/images/24%2004%2015%20%20%2005.jpg)
UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New analysis shows busiest cities for buyers in today’s housing market](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2003.png)
Analysis from estate agency Yopa reveals that while the London market may be the worst performing in terms of house prices, it...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Brokerage survey gives surprise result for first time buyers’ affordability](/upload/images/240313%2005.jpg)
A new study has revealed the best and worst UK regions for first-time buyers based on house affordability and earning potential. The...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender says first time buyers lean heavily on families to bag first mortgage](/upload/images/24%2002%2028%20%2002.jpg)
A survey of 2,000 adults by lender Together sheds light on parental help for first time buyers. It shows that a fifth...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Coupling Up - why so many mortgage applicants are duos](/upload/images/24%2002%2021%20%2001.jpg)
A property agency has analysed the lending and housing markets to work out why so many mortgage applicants are couples. Benham and...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Halifax explains why most first time buyer applications are in joint names](/upload/images/24%2002%2005%2005.jpg)
Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...
05 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Unpredictable interest rates could spell upheaval for housing market](/upload/images/23%2012%2013%204.jpg)
A new survey - going against the trend of other housing market studies - suggests that house prices could rise six...
13 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Demand for Family Homes keeping Prime London market active says agency](/upload/images/23%2012%2006%2005.jpg)
A growing appetite amongst buyers for family homes is helping to drive London’s high value prime market, an agency claims. Benham and...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Damage - huge regional variations to housing market](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2006%202%20Interest%20Rate%20Damage%20-%20huge%20regional%20variations%20to%20housing%20market.jpg/23%2009%2006%202%20Interest%20Rate%20Damage%20-%20huge%20regional%20variations%20to%20housing%20market__400x272.jpg)
The impact of higher interest rates isn’t felt equally across the country, according to data from the Halifax. Despite recording one of...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top lender reveals how rate hikes have hurt housing market](/upload/images/23%2008%2028%202%20Top%20lender%20reveals%20how%20rate%20hikes%20have%20hurt%20housing%20market.png)
High interest rates are worsening the affordability issues at play in the housing market, the Halifax admits. It says that downward pressure...
28 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of Mum and Dad forks out £8.8 bn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FamilyBuyers-400x310.png)
Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad (BOMAD) totalled £8.8 billion in 2022, according to the latest analysis...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - why now could be the right time to remortgage](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
New research by Revolution Brokers show that the average monthly cost of a variable rate mortgage has climbed by 13.3% so far...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![From Wokingham to Oxfordshire - study reveals best UK forever homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/Money_co_uk-400x310.png)
What is a forever home you ask? Typically, this would be a property the buyer sees themselves living in for a long...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Corner plot properties boost property values by as much as 81%](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
When it comes to boosting the value of properties, property features can make a major difference. Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property forecast - mortgage repayments are predicted to rise by £300 per month](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceRising_400x310.png)
New research by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, shows that monthly mortgage payments could increase by £300 each month. Homebuyers coming to...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - top 10 places to buy a forever home in the UK](/upload/images/library/House-Keyring-400x310.jpg)
A recent study by money.co.uk reveals which places in the UK have forever homes. A forever home is a property the buyer...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - mortgage costs increase up to 21.5%](/upload/images/library/Mortgage-House-Keys-400x310.jpg)
New findings by Revolution Brokers reveal exactly how much more money homeowners and buyers can expect to pay for their mortgage...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![New build negotiations – buyers purchasing new homes ask for 14% off](/upload/images/library/FeeCut-400x310.jpg)
In a recent market analysis conducted by Unlatch it was discovered that new-build homes sell for 14% less than their original asking price. These...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Slow to sell property locations across England](/upload/images/library/Clock-400x310.png)
Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, reveals that properties which are slow to sell by analysing all homes that have remained on the...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![League of their own - Newcastle tops the table for property purchasing power](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/BerhamstedFootball-400x310.jpg)
After a hot season, research by property developer Stripe Property Group, has revealed that Newcastle United sits top of the Premier...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![On to greener pastures - countryside property boom starting to fade](/upload/images/Locations/AndermattSummer.jpg)
Since seeing a pandemic inspired boost back in 2019, the latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![X marks the spot! London’s most active property market postcodes](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMapPins-400x310.jpg)
Despite the London market trailing the rest of the UK where the pandemic house price boom is concerned, research from London...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![League 2 footballers outperform women’s topflight for property buying potential](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Award-400x310.png)
After the phenomenal win, England was crowned UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 champions after the 31-game tournament came to an end with...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Commonwealth Games likely to increase Birmingham house prices](/upload/images/library/Birmingham-400x310px-min.png)
The Commonwealth Games begin this week and will be hosted in Birmingham. Sprinters, swimmers, and more sporting sensations will take part...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Households hit – mortgage costs account for 28% of disposable income](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
The proportion of disposable household income required to cover average mortgage repayments is 27.6% so far in 2022 – the highest...
21 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![How brokers can help first-time buyers on the affordable mortgage route](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageApplicationForm-400x310.png)
In this guest piece, Adrian Plant, director of Shared Ownership at Leaders Romans Group and Calum Toone, mortgage advisor at Mortgage Scout, delve into the...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Unoccupied Homes - £194.3bn worth of vacant homes sat empty](/upload/images/library/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, reports that vacant homes across England are valued at £194.3 billion in the current market. By analysing...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Out with the old: New towns post strong house price performance](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house123.jpg)
Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, which revealed that the nation’s ‘new’ towns have posted a stronger performance when compared...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Platinum Jubilee road names with a setback of £2m for property](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
Taking inspiration from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the property platform, Boomin, has revealed just how much it will take from...
02 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jubilee price jumps - rise in property values over last decade](/upload/images/library/Queen-400x310.png)
GetAgent.co.uk reveals that UK house prices have increased by as much as 123% in the decade since the Diamond Jubilee in...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![London's cycle route homes command a hefty premium after pandemic](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/BikeRide-400x310.png)
The pandemic has changed the way people have grown accustomed to travelling, with many forced to opt for other methods of...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – homebuyer's five biggest turn-offs and their financial implications](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseViewing-10-400x310.jpg)
Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed the five biggest homebuyer turn-offs and how much money each of them...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price appreciation exceeds average wage in 131 British areas](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/CoinsHouses-2019-400x310.jpg)
Research from GetAgent.co.uk has revealed where houses in Britain have actually earned more than the average wage over the past year. The...
07 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - nation's most expensive St. Patrick's Day street names](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/st%20patricks%20day%20400%20x%20310.png)
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, estate agent Barrows and Forrester discovers which Paddy’s-themed street names, from Guinness to Clover, command...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Areas most suitable for tree-hugging homebuyers](/upload/images/library/RuralCountryHomes-400x310.jpg)
Locations with homes surrounded by trees and greenery were analysed by Barrows and Forrester. The findings show that these locations have...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Homebuyers could save big by heading to auction](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![The gender house price affordability gap - where are women worst off?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/gender%20equality%20400%20x%20310.png)
Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Postcode property price gap has up to £37.7m difference](/upload/images/library/HouseSold-Price-400x310.jpg)
Property platform Boomin revealed which postcodes in England are the most and least affordable. Postcodes home to a gap of up...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London’s private schools push house prices up by as much as 121%](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that living close to one of the...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: Where are FTBs borrowing more than 7 times their salary?](/upload/images/library/HandingOverKeys-1-400x310.jpg)
With house prices rising at their fastest pace in 17 years, first-time buyers now need to borrow up to seven-and-a-half times...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London homebuyers pay 77% more to live within arm’s reach of a royal park](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
A study by specialist mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, has discovered that homes surrounding London’s royal parks command an average house price...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fame factor pushes house prices up by more than 100%](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
Property portal, MoveStreets, has released new data which reveals how the fame factor can increase house prices by as much as...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Selling up in 2022? This is how much you’re likely to have made](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![The stamp duty holiday leaves homebuyers up to £120k worse off](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Study - The post-pandemic property features which can boost your house value](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenancyDeposit-400x310.png)
A new study by MoveStreets, a property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found which home improvements are most likely...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - nation's most expensive Halloween street names](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/Halloween-2-400x310.png)
Research conducted by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has uncovered which of the nation’s Halloween-themed street names garners the highest average...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![The UK’s scariest house price drops since last Halloween revealed](/upload/images/library/HousePriceDown-400x310.png)
Perhaps the scariest thing to occur in the property market is the fall of house prices, with the latest property market...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Living on a prayer - church related road names most popular for buyers](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/church%20400x310.png)
New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Study reveals owning a home costs more than buying a home](/upload/images/library/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Holiday let mortgage applications soar as lockdown eases](/img/default/it.png)
Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – cities with the most and least hours needed to pay off a mortgage](/img/default/it.png)
It can seem like a lifetime to reach the final instalment of a mortgage payment. But where in the UK will...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![House price growth has slowed by half since Brexit](/img/default/it.png)
Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Leave voting areas witnessed faster-growing house prices](/img/default/it.png)
With the outcome of Brexit hanging in the balance, ‘Leave’ voting areas have recorded higher average house price increases than ‘Remain’...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Time to sell across the UK hits three-year high](/img/default/it.png)
The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price growth slows to lowest rate in five years](/img/default/it.png)
Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Customers of the ‘Big Six’ lenders are paying £900 over the odds](/img/default/it.png)
Borrowers opting for the ‘cheapest’ mortgage deal with one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ lenders could be paying almost £900 over...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Over half a million households at risk of negative equity](/img/default/it.png)
Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...
15 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![UK household wealth rises to over £10 trillion](/img/default/it.png)
Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Quarter of young Brits have given up on home ownership](/img/default/it.png)
A quarter of young people believe the only way they'll ever own a home is by inheriting cash, research by Halifax has...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices dipped in May as market 'holds its breath'](/img/default/it.png)
Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move and...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price growth stable at 9.2%](/img/default/it.png)
House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices surge beside the seaside](/img/default/it.png)
House prices in British seaside towns have increased by an average £440 every month for the last decade, new figures show. Prices...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth now looks unrelenting](/img/default/it.png)
UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![A right royal return: house prices rise 47,000%](/img/default/it.png)
House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...
04 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![150,000 now own through Help to Buy](/img/default/it.png)
More than 150,000 people have become homeowners through the Government’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme. New official figures show that 80%...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Is this the last hurrah for the housing market?](/img/default/it.png)
House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit could knock 5% off house prices](/img/default/it.png)
UK house prices could drop by 5% if the UK votes to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June. Prime...
22 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices rise at twice rate of earnings](/img/default/it.png)
Fears of an affordability crisis are likely to grow as new figures show property prices increasing at twice the pace of...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices jump another £3,500 in January](/img/default/it.png)
The collapse in the supply of houses for sale has forced prices to new highs with an average increase of £3,500...
05 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices jump £1,500 every month](/img/default/it.png)
House prices in England and Wales have risen by nearly £18,000 in the last year, an average rise of nearly £1,500...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![London prices soar £50,000 in a year](/img/default/it.png)
House price inflation in UK cities hit 10% in 2015 led by London, where the average property jumped 13.3% to £52,900. Buyers need...
21 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Buy-to-let rents and house prices set to “sky-rocket”](/img/default/it.png)
House prices are set to soar 50% and rents more than 25% over the next 10 years, new figures suggest. The proportion...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty reforms save buyers £4,500 each](/img/default/it.png)
The typical home buyer approximately £4,500 better-off due to last year’s stamp duty changes. Chancellor George Osborne reformed the “slab system” of...
08 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average London property hits nearly £500,000](/img/default/it.png)
The average London house price has leapt 9.6% in a year to £499,997 as the capital's market springs back to life. This reverses the recent...
29 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![September sales and prices hit eight-year high](/img/default/it.png)
Last month was the strongest September for home sales since 2007 as the property market enjoyed an Indian summer. The growth was largely...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Housing sentiment high despite rate hike fears](/img/default/it.png)
Growing expectations of a base rate hike have failed to dent the public's confidence in the outlook for house prices. The quarterly Halifax...
06 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Growth in house prices continues, Land Registry says](/img/default/it.png)
Property price inflation has fallen back slightly to 4.2% a year in England and Wales, according to the latest figures from...
29 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average house costs record 8.8 times earnings](/img/default/it.png)
The average property in England and Wales cost a record 8.8 times local earnings last year, new official figures show. And it topped 10...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Average home up £7,000 this year](/img/default/it.png)
The price of average British home leapt by more than £7,000 in the first half of this year to hit £270,674. That...
23 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Chelsea tops property Premier League](/img/default/it.png)
Chelsea continue to top the Property Premier League despite a recent drop in form, new figures suggest. The average property price in the SW6...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property market confidence slips back, says Halifax](/img/default/it.png)
Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...
17 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Property market returns to growth, says Halifax](/img/default/it.png)
A lack of supply of homes has translated into rising housing market values according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The...
09 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![London prices leap £23,000 in a month](/img/default/it.png)
London house prices surged in May to add £23,132 to the value of the average home, new figures show. The capital's property...