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UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

Sales Market: The UK housing market is at an inflection point, which means mixed signals for buyers and sellers. Inflation has fallen...

Last year, 2023, was a challenging one fo the housing market in the UK and a frustrating one for investors. While there...

Two leading house price indices have shown recent rises - both the Nationwide last month and now the Halifax. The latter says...

A bank says seasoned property investors are sizing up commercial opportunities given the hostile landscape for residential investment. Emma Cox, MD of...

Knight Frank says the seasonal autumn bounce has failed to materialise in the UK housing market this year. It was a...

Despite a drop in the average number of homes listed for sale per estate agency branch across Britain as a whole,...

Ross Counsell, chartered surveyor and director at property buyers, GoodMove, shares his thoughts on the stamp duty holiday, how it’s contributed to higher...

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

Covid-19 and the subsequent government lockdown will result in a loss of 526,000 home sales in 2020, according to further analysis...

Asking rents have reached a record high this quarter following an ongoing trend of fewer property investors purchasing buy-to-let properties, according...

There will be a continued dampening of the buy-to-let sector over the next three years, before the market stabilises in 2021...

The most well-known house price indices in the UK are publishing out-of-date statistics and misleading buyers and sellers, according to recent...

Mortgage approvals for residential property purchases rose slightly in July to its highest level since March 2016, despite a general fall...

Recent months have seen the UK property market starting to slow down. So what has caused this, and will it change? Whilst...

Mortgage approvals and household credit growth both slowed last month, adding to growing signs that prospective purchasers in the UK are...

Cheap borrowing levels should boost demand for property across the UK in the coming months, despite a recent fall in the...

Residential property prices in Ireland look set to increase as demand for property continues to pick up, while the number of...

Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...

Growing economic uncertainty in the UK is starting to weigh on consumer confidence and willingness to engage in major transactions such...

Residential property prices in Ireland increased by 0.6% month-on-month in January to keep annual growth steady at 7.9% following the first...

UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...

The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...

With mortgage borrowing costs at a record-low, home price growth relatively flat and new housing supply failing to meet demand, one...

The number of mortgages approved for residential property purchases rose for the second consecutive month in October as the housing market...

A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...

UK mortgage approvals rose last month as the housing market continued to show signs of recovery following June's vote to leave...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks rose last month from a 19-month low in August, according to fresh data...

The volume of mortgage approvals fell for the third month in a row in August, the latest Bank of England figures...

Residential property prices in the UK rose marginally in August to reach yet another all-time high, according to fresh data from...

The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...

The introduction of a stamp duty surcharge next month has again been deemed responsible for a boost in housing demand, with...

The number of mortgages approved by British banks in September dropped to its lowest levels since May, according to findings by...