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Homebuyers and professional property investors hoping to make a good return on investment might want to consider new build homes. New data...

Despite the London market trailing the rest of the UK where the pandemic house price boom is concerned, research from London...

According to a new analysis by Warwick Estates new build house prices have substantially risen over the past 12 months. The construction...

The Commonwealth Games begin this week and will be hosted in Birmingham. Sprinters, swimmers, and more sporting sensations will take part...

The proportion of disposable household income required to cover average mortgage repayments is 27.6% so far in 2022 – the highest...

Research from Benham and Reeves, a lettings and estate agent based in London, shows that despite homebuyers having to pay 50% over...

This week’s mortgage roundup involves a month of firsts and milestones, with Proportunity and BuildLoan launching UK-first products for buyers. Meanwhile,...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk recently analysed annual house price growth across all the major UK music festival locations. Up 44% in...

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...

Research by Stipendium reveals that first-time buyers account for one in 10 of all property transactions across England. The property platform analysed...

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, which revealed that the nation’s ‘new’ towns have posted a stronger performance when compared...

A new analysis from the specialist lender Together finds that 24% of UK’s FTBs would prioritise and pay more than the...

GetAgent.co.uk reveals that UK house prices have increased by as much as 123% in the decade since the Diamond Jubilee in...

This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...

The long-awaited Crossrail line is finally set to launch on 24 May 2022. It will connect the east and west of...

The average first-time buyer (FTB) is spending £223,751 on their first property, 24% more than in 2016, according to new analysis...

Debt advisory specialist Henry Dannell recently analysed the average sold price on roads containing another country within their name. By evaluating sold...

The pandemic has changed the way people have grown accustomed to travelling, with many forced to opt for other methods of...

Estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, revealed seaside towns have the highest level of performance compared to the rest of the market ...

One in 10 Britons have been deterred from applying for a mortgage due to poor credit scores, new research by The...

New research conducted by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, reveals that there is a correlation between commute times...

Research from GetAgent.co.uk has revealed where houses in Britain have actually earned more than the average wage over the past year. The...

While a somewhat slow London property market may be currently trailing the rest of the UK when it comes to the...

After 37 years on air, popular Australian soap opera Neighbours is due to come to an end, but a positive for...

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, estate agent Barrows and Forrester discovers which Paddy’s-themed street names, from Guinness to Clover, command...

Borrowers are turning to second charge mortgages to help alleviate financial issues, according to Knowledge Bank’s latest criteria tracker. ‘Capital raising for...

Property purchasing expert, HBB Solutions, revealed that the gap between the asking price expectations of the nation’s sellers and what buyers...

In this guest piece, Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and director at regulated property buyers, GoodMove, presents tips on everything home movers need to...

Property platform Boomin revealed which postcodes in England are the most and least affordable. Postcodes home to a gap of up...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, has found that living close to one of the...

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found that garden offices, garage conversions and kitchen...

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...

Research from the property platform, Boomin, has discovered that living on a Valentine’s related road name could provide a substantial boost...

A study by estate agent comparison site GetAgent.co.uk has found that the average homeowner in England and Wales achieved 98% of asking...

Retirement non-profit company Cognatum Estates provides advice for those who are considering selling and buying in later life. It is unquestionably a difficult...

The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...

A study by specialist mortgage broker, Henry Dannell, has discovered that homes surrounding London’s royal parks command an average house price...

Property website, Rightmove released their housing report and said 2021’s housing market was ‘defined by people’s sustained desire to move coupled...

Legal & General has unveiled the top search trends that have driven activity in the market over the past three years,...

Property portal, MoveStreets, has released new data which reveals how the fame factor can increase house prices by as much as...

In new research conducted by London estate agency, Bective, it was discovered that homebuyers on the search for a property near...

The latest Homebuyer Hotspots Demand Index by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has found where England’s strongest homebuyer demand hotspots...

2021 proved to be one of the most hectic years to buy and sell a home. We witnessed prices soaring to...

A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...

A study by GetAgent.co.uk has found the cost of buying a property across one of the nation’s festive road names, with a...

For mortgage and protection advisers there is no disagreement that managing a bank of clients from the initial meeting until completion...

A new study by Birmingham estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has uncovered how much properties could make in the current...

In a recent UK housing market forecast, Rightmove uncovers what changes the industry can expect throughout 2022.  The UK's leading online real estate portal...

Deposit Unlock, a mortgage scheme that allows new build buyers to purchase with a 5% deposit, has launched nationally with 17...

Recent property market analysis by London lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves have found that staging your home during the...

In July 2020 the stamp duty holiday was kickstarted by chancellor Rishi Sunak. It gave first-time buyers and home movers up...

Recent research from the estate agent comparison site,GetAgent, has analysed how a house price boom has affected the cost of selling...

A new study by MoveStreets, a property portal designed for the mobile generation, has found which home improvements are most likely...

British house sellers are overpricing by as much as 41% when it comes to the price at which they list their...

Research conducted by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent, has uncovered which of the nation’s Halloween-themed street names garners the highest average...

Perhaps the scariest thing to occur in the property market is the fall of house prices, with the latest property market...

A new study from equity release lender more2life has uncovered the UK regions where using equity release to fund a house...

Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...

House prices have continued to rise throughout the year, making it increasingly challenging for first-time buyers to join the property ladder. UK...

Research by GetAgent has revealed how asking prices across many areas of the property market tumbled in the wake of the...

London lettings and estate agent Benham and Reeves recently publicised which London boroughs homebuyers can purchase a property at a reduced...

Although record property sales and skyrocketing house prices have dominated the headlines, new figures suggest that the rosy picture of the...

Tennis is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the United Kingdom. Whether watching television, live streaming online or physically...

New research from GetAgent has revealed which areas of the property market in England and Wales are seeing homes sell the...

Last week Thursday (May 13) marked one year since the property market in England reopened after being hit with lockdown restrictions. Ascend...

Some areas of the UK market have seen house price growth slow substantially, suggesting they could be in for a rough...

The UK housing market has boomed over the past year, with buyers and sellers benefitting from recent initiatives. But how have...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...

The majority (83%) of first-time buyers in the UK currently house-hunting have had no financial support from their parents, new research...

Responsible Life, a later life lending specialist, is reporting a 52% annual surge in lifetime mortgage sales, as retirees increasingly look...

Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...

With the outcome of Brexit hanging in the balance, ‘Leave’ voting areas have recorded higher average house price increases than ‘Remain’...

The time it takes to sell a home across UK cities has hit a three-year high, according to Zoopla. Its September UK...

A fifth of current mortgage holders believe they will still be paying off their mortgage beyond the age of 65 –...

Since the Brexit vote, house prices have increased across the UK by 9.3%, with market uncertainty surrounding the exit being blamed...

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

Average property prices in the three months to October were 1.5% higher than in the same three months a year ago,...

People aged 18-34 are having to make sacrifices not experienced in previous generations to get onto the property ladder, according to...

A slow but steady start was recorded at the beginning of 2018, in line with numerous industry predictions on how the...

Half a million households would be at risk of negative equity if there was a drop in the average UK house...

Nearly seven in ten (69%) mortgage brokers saw an increasing demand for 35-year mortgages, according to the latest research from the...

The latest ‘bubble alert’ from One 77 Mortgages found lending in March 2017 was in decline compared to March last year...

Figures from Accord Mortgages show a jump in remortgage applications over the summer, with borrowers grabbing competitive mortgage deals ahead of...

Up to 18% of homeowner’s ready to climb the property ladder find it harder than buying their first home, according to...

First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...

Research from Lloyds Bank Private Banking shows that the total household wealth in the UK reached an estimated £10.5 trillion in...

The latest property renovation hotspots list revealed that Barking and Dagenham is the top location for an increase in renovation applications...

Brokers are encountering fewer difficulties when sourcing mortgages for clients than at any point since the introduction of the Mortgage Market...

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive...

The UAE has been named as the best country for first-time buyers, new research carried out by MoveHub has revealed. Based on...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...

The UK House Price Index for November 2016 revealed an annual price rise of 6.7%, taking the overall average property value...

Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move and...

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...

House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according...

House prices in Greater London have topped £600,000 for the first time ever, new figures show. Prices increased by 14.9% over the...

Skipton Building Society has removed its maximum loan size cap for first-time buyers. It said this follows a 20% increase in UK house...

House prices in British seaside towns have increased by an average £440 every month for the last decade, new figures show. Prices...

Housing market sentiment remains strong with most owners optimistic about the future despite market uncertainties, new research shows. Households in all UK...

Tottenham Hotspur may have missed out on the Premier League title but the local property market has claimed the house price growth...

The price of the average home in London broke through the £600,000 price barrier in April for the first time, Home values in...

Demand for UK property has dipped for the first time in 12 months in the latest sign of housing market weakness. However,...

UK house price growth slowed more than expected in the three months to April, further evidence of a slowing property market. House prices in...

The areas of the UK with the highest levels of unemployment have seen the lowest rates of house-price increases over the...

The housing market is facing a “climate of uncertainty” as the UK waves goodbye to buy-to-let boom, according to the Royal...

UK house prices rose 7.6% in the year to February and property experts expect the "unrelenting" growth to continue. This marked a...

House price inflation has hit double digits for the first time in almost two years with prices rising more than £20,000 in the...

House prices have risen 47,000% since the Queen was born 90 years ago this month, new research shows. In 1926 the average...

UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...

The property industry is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to reform stamp duty and boost housing supply in Wednesday’s Budget, but...

The pace of house price growth has doubled due to a boom in buy-to-let sales ahead of April's stamp duty surcharge, new...

Tomorrow will mark the seventh anniversary of 0.5% interest rates but property experts warn that cheap money won't last forever. The average...

Two new sets of figures show house prices continue to power upwards but property experts warn a slowdown could be in sight. The...

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...

House prices leapt by 2.5% in January to mark the biggest monthly upswing for 14 years, Land Registry figures show. The average...

The Brexit referendum is adding to housing market uncertainty which has seen a 2% drop in sales in major UK cities,...

Two-fifths of UK workers earned less than the increase in the average UK home’s value last year, new research shows. House prices...

Property investors say the UK would be a less attractive place to invest if voters decide to leave the EU, new...

UK house prices could drop by 5% if the UK votes to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June. Prime...

The North/South divide in house price expectations has now widened to record levels, new figures show. Households in all UK regions perceive...

The price of property coming to market has leapt by 2.90% this month pushing the average asking price to within a...

Chancellor George Osborne's stamp duty changes saved homemovers more than £4,500 on average last year, new figures show. The Chancellor cut stamp...

The flood of buy-to-let investors looking to beat the forthcoming 3% surcharge on stamp duty is driving house prices even higher...

Fears of an affordability crisis are likely to grow as new figures show property prices increasing at twice the pace of...

The collapse in the supply of houses for sale has forced prices to new highs with an average increase of £3,500...

New figures show the housing market defying the traditional seasonal slowdown in December as mortgage approvals hit a two-year high. The number of...

Finding mortgage finance will be the biggest challenge for amateur landlords in future, according to broker Private Finance. It warned that the...

The average house purchase deposit jumped 15% in a year to more than £80,000 in December. This is its highest point since the...

UK house prices leapt by 7.7% in the year to November after rising at the fastest rate for eight months. This compares...

House prices in England and Wales have risen by nearly £18,000 in the last year, an average rise of nearly £1,500...

Continuing property growth will push prices beyond the reach of low to middle earners next year. 2016 will prove a growing struggle...

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...

The Treasury has launched a consultation on giving the Bank of England more powers to control buy-to-let and could introduce new lending...

House prices are set to soar 50% and rents more than 25% over the next 10 years, new figures suggest. The proportion...

The IMF has warned that the UK's unbalanced housing market could threaten future economic growth. It said the UK economy is on...

House prices in England and Wales jumped £16,446 in the last year to hit a new record high of £290,640. This is...

House price growth will slow in 2016 as buyers struggle to get on the housing ladder and interest rates potentially rise,...

Homeowners aged over 55 are sitting on £90,000 more property wealth than they realise thanks to soaring house prices. This extra housing wealth...

New Land Registry figures showed house prices in England and Wales rising a healthy 5.6% in the year to October, taking...

UK house prices increased by 6.1% in the year to September 2015 with London and the South once again leading the...

Investment demand has picked up in prime central London after recent reports of a property slowdown in the capital. Newly-released third-quarter Land...

November has seen the smallest seasonal drop in new seller asking prices since 2011, setting the scene for higher prices in...

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has committed to review its maximum age limits for mortgage borrowers to help those who need...

UK house prices rose 9.7% in the year to October and should continue climbing over the coming year, according to the...

The total property wealth of over-55s in England will double to almost £2.5 trillion by 2035, according to new research by Age...

The London property market is the most overvalued in Europe and is at risk of a bubble due to "explosive price...

The property market continued to tick over in September with activity up 5.4% on the same month last year. There were 106,030...

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...

Last month was the strongest September for home sales since 2007 as the property market enjoyed an Indian summer. The growth was largely...

The property industry has warned that Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to build 200,000 new starter homes won't be enough to keep...

House prices fell by nearly 1% in September as the annual pace of growth starts to ease off, new figures show. This...

Growing expectations of a base rate hike have failed to dent the public's confidence in the outlook for house prices. The quarterly Halifax...

The number of mortgages for £1million or more has jumped by one-fifth in the last year. The sharp increase has been driven...

Figures published yesterday by Nationwide Building Society show the widening gap between in property values in London and the South-east and...

The cost of taking the first step on the property ladder is soaring according to new figures from estate agent chain...

Property price inflation has fallen back slightly to 4.2% a year in England and Wales, according to the latest figures from...

The Bank of England has ruled out intervention in the UK buy-to-let market despite fears that its growth could pose a...

The price of property coming onto the market has hit a new high after the biggest September rise for 13 years. New...

UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...

UK house prices rose 9% in the past year after a strong summer that saw prices leap 3% between June and August,...

Two new surveys published today show that the property market scaled new highs yet again in August. The RICS UK Residential Market...

House prices now cost six times income even in the most affordable regions of England and Wales as the affordability crisis worsens. In...

Residential property transactions fell by 4% between June and July, according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. July's seasonally-adjusted figures...

Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

UK house prices increased 5.7% in the year to June but London is trailing as the capital's property market continues to...

Landlords are struggling to cash in on the buy-to-let boom because of growing difficulties getting mortgage finance, new research has found. One...

Last month was the strongest July for home sales since 2007 with a rise of 13% on June to 90,000. This is the first time...

Two new sets of figures show the prime London property market has slumped in recent months after years of surging ahead. Analysis...

The number of home movers has fallen sharply over the past 12 months and is still far lower than before the financial crisis. But the...

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...

House prices in England and Wales hit a post-crisis high in June with the average price rising to £181,619. That finally tops...

House price growth in the UK's leading cities is set to hit 10% this year as the market recovery continues. The Hometrack UK...

While the London housing market drove UK growth in 2014, the capital should underperform the rest of the country this year,...

Chelsea continue to top the Property Premier League despite a recent drop in form, new figures suggest. The average property price in the SW6...

A sharp drop in new property supply is forcing house prices ever higher with the average asking price now just a...

The income received by landlords is increasing at its fastest-ever rate, according to new research. The latest Buy-to-Let Index from the Your...

Confidence in the outlook for UK house price growth slipped back in June, according to the Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker. This...

House prices in the UK climbed solidly in May as a result of the certainty provided by the General Election result,...

A lack of supply of homes has translated into rising housing market values according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The...

A lack of affordable homes in England’s rural areas has resulted in young people and families being priced out of the...

Prices of properties near the main site of the 2012 London Olympics are increasing at twice the average rate in the...

The Bank of England has warned that the booming buy-to-let market poses a threat to the financial stability of the UK. It...

Brokers remain confident that house prices will continue to rise this year despite new figures showing a fall of 0.2% in June. The surprise price...

London house prices surged in May to add £23,132 to the value of the average home, new figures show. The capital's property...

The number of remortgages grew strongly in May as homeowners took advantage of rising house prices and the lender price war...

Brokers have welcomed new official figures showing that house prices in England and Wales are within a whisker of their all-time high. House...

Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...

Excellent buying conditions have lured Britons back into the overseas property market this year, with bargain property prices and historically low...

As UK house prices reach new records and the price for an average London property crosses £500k, you might wondering whether...

Mortgage affordability for people who want to buy a home has hit its highest level for six years. Just one in three...

Record low interest rates couldn't prevent a decline in lending and house prices in April. UK house prices increased by 5.5% in...

The price of property coming to market has surged to an all-time high after rising nearly £8,500 in a month. The average...

The property market shrugged off pre-election jitters to jump 1% in April, according to Nationwide. Experts say the housing market is now "a...

Improve mortgage affordability is helping borrowers on lower incomes to climb the property ladder. Mortgage applications surged 18% in March in response to...