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Average house prices and mortgage approvals hit new highs during the summer months, in a positive sign for the property market. Nationwide...

Fewer sales than usual were registered by HMRC for June, official figures show. The latest property transactions statistics from the taxman - based on...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase fell for the third consecutive month in June but property professionals remain optimistic...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase fell for the second consecutive month during May, Bank of England data shows. Banks...

House prices appear to have benefited from a Spring bounce but sales and mortgage approvals have struggled. It comes after a busy...

The rate of inflation slowed to 2.3% in April, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. It means the consumer price index...

Savills has today upgraded its five-year UK mainstream house price forecast to reflect the stronger than expected start to the year...

Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...

Mortgage approvals rose for the sixth consecutive month in February and are at the highest level since September 2022, Bank of...

Savills has claimed most of the property markets It operates in are past “peak uncertainty” after posting lower revenues and profits...

Average house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month during February, figures from Halifax show, but it is unclear how long...

The level of mortgage approvals for home-movers hit the lowest level since the 1970s amid the cost of living crisis in...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

Mortgage approvals increased for the fourth consecutive month in a row during January but that hasn’t fed into official sales yet, data...

The number of mortgage approvals hit a six-month high in December as falling mortgage pricing and renewed buyer confidence “breathed new...

The level of mortgage approvals hit a four-month high in November, Bank of England data reveals. There were 50,067 mortgage approvals in...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

House prices increased for the second consecutive month in November, according to Halifax. The lender’s latest House Price Index recorded monthly growth...

The number of mortgage approvals for house purchase has hit a three-month high, Bank of England data shows. Figures from the Bank...

It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...

The number of mortgage approvals for home purchase hit an eight-month low during September, Bank of England data shows. Mortgage data from...

Property sales and mortgage approvals both fell annually in August, official data shows. Figures from HMRC show UK residential transactions were down...

The number of mortgage approvals for home purchase hit a five-month low in July. Bank of England data shows there were 49,444...

It won’t come as a surprise that forecasts show mortgage approvals will fall this year. But a new analysis says the drop...

The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...

Mortgage approvals rose between April and May but are down by a quarter annually, underlining the uncertain market. Bank of England data...

Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...

The property market appears to have stalled in April and May, with official data showing a dip in house prices and...

Average UK house prices declined last month for the first time in three months, Halifax claims. The lender’s latest House Price Index...

Mortgage approvals bounced back in March but buyers are borrowing less at higher rates. The latest Bank of England data has showed...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

The level of mortgage approvals for home purchases bounced back in February, Bank of England figures show, but buyers are borrowing...

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...

House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...

The motivation of ‘needs-based buyers’ shouldn’t be underestimated despite the current negative market data, Knight Frank claims. Official data in recent weeks...

Falling mortgage rates are a “false positive” for the health of the property market, analyst Davy Research has warned.  A housing research...

Lenders approved the lowest number of mortgages since May 2020 in December. The latest Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for...

Tracking mortgage rates may be more fruitful for buyers than following house price data, a property expert claims. Tom Bill, head of...

Mortgage approvals for home purchase hit their lowest level since June 2020 during November, the latest Bank of England data has...

New mortgage lending data from the Bank of England has indicated a slowdown in property market activity during October but agents...

The housing market isn’t definitely facing a 2008-style cliff-edge moment, Knight Frank claims. New commentary from the agent has asked if October’s weak...

The Bank of England has prompted new warnings of a housing market slowdown after revealing a ‘significant decrease’ in mortgage approvals...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...

House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...

A property expert has claimed that it remains to be seen where housing will feature in the upcoming political agenda. Nicky Stevenson,...

The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...

A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...

The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

If you were hoping for a summer lull during August, think again. That’s the messages from Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

Bank of England figures reveal that in February there were 87,700 mortgage approvals - down from a peak of 103,700 in...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...

Mortgage approvals decreased slightly in December but remain well above pre-Covid levels thanks to the continuing incentive of the stamp duty...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...

Mortgage approvals - a key indicator of short-term activity in the housing market - beat expectations in June according to Bank...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Mortgage lenders approved the highest number of loans for house purchase in nearly four years in January, according to Bank of...

The  number of mortgage approvals rose 1.9 per cent in the final month of last year according to e.surv’s mortgage data...

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

The number of new mortgages approved by banks fell to a six-month low in September - but the annual figure shows...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

On the same day as one of the most optimistic Rightmove market snapshots of recent months, the latest mortgage monitor from...

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...

The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...

Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...

The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

The latest mortgage snapshot from e.surv has reinforced recent claims from other sources that London’s housing market remains the most difficult...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...