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Older home owners taking equity release from their properties are, on average, £12,400 worse off today than they were last year,...

Mojo Mortgages’ data has revealed that extending a mortgage from 25 to 35 years can cost the average first-time buyer an...

The number of people moving home increased by 10% in the first half of 2024, according to the latest Lloyds Bank...

Analysis by an estate agency shows that since the 1980s, house prices have climbed by an average of 5.4% in the...

It might look like house prices have stabilised, staying relatively flat over the first four months of 2024, but at least...

UK residents need an average salary of close to £54,000 to purchase a property, according to new research.  The study shows that...

An analysis of government house price data by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests the typical mortgage term for a first time...

UK house prices grew in March on a quarterly basis, by 2.0%, with annual growth slowing to 0.3%, from 1.6% in...

Analysis from estate agency Yopa reveals that while the London market may be the worst performing in terms of house prices, it...

A new study has revealed the best and worst UK regions for first-time buyers based on house affordability and earning potential.  The...

A survey of 2,000 adults by lender Together sheds light on parental help for first time buyers. It shows that a fifth...

A property agency has analysed the lending and housing markets to work out why so many mortgage applicants are couples. Benham and...

Almost two thirds of first time buyers mortgage completions are in joint names (with two or more people), according to the...

A new survey - going against the trend of other housing market studies - suggests that house prices could rise six...

A growing appetite amongst buyers for family homes is helping to drive London’s high value prime market, an agency claims.  Benham and...

The impact of higher interest rates isn’t felt equally across the country, according to data from the Halifax. Despite recording one of...

High interest rates are worsening the affordability issues at play in the housing market, the Halifax admits. It says that downward pressure...

Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad (BOMAD) totalled £8.8 billion in 2022, according to the latest analysis...

New research by Revolution Brokers show that the average monthly cost of a variable rate mortgage has climbed by 13.3% so far...

What is a forever home you ask? Typically, this would be a property the buyer sees themselves living in for a long...

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...

New research by specialist property lending experts, Octane Capital, shows that monthly mortgage payments could increase by £300 each month.  Homebuyers coming to...

A recent study by money.co.uk reveals which places in the UK have forever homes. A forever home is a property the buyer...

New findings by Revolution Brokers reveal exactly how much more money homeowners and buyers can expect to pay for their mortgage...

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...

Property purchasing specialist, HBB Solutions, reveals that properties which are slow to sell by analysing all homes that have remained on the...

After a hot season, research by property developer Stripe Property Group, has revealed that Newcastle United sits top of the Premier...

Since seeing a pandemic inspired boost back in 2019, the latest research by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has revealed that...

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

After the phenomenal win, England was crowned UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 champions after the 31-game tournament came to an end with...

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...

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...

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...

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

Taking inspiration from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the property platform, Boomin, has revealed just how much it will take from...

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

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

Estate and lettings agent, Barrows and Forrester, has revealed the five biggest homebuyer turn-offs and how much money each of them...

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

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

Locations with homes surrounded by trees and greenery were analysed by Barrows and Forrester. The findings show that these locations have...

A study by Barrows and Forrester has uncovered how much UK homebuyers could save by buying a property at auction, as...

Coinciding with International Women’s Day today (March 8), data from the property platform Boomin has found the wide disparity in property affordability...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

New research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk has found out which street names have proved the most popular with homebuyers across...

Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...

Sales of holiday homes near the coast have surged over the past six months with holiday let mortgages for properties in...

It can seem like a lifetime to reach the final instalment of a mortgage payment. But where in the UK will...

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...

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

Borrowers opting for the ‘cheapest’ mortgage deal with one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ lenders could be paying almost £900 over...

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

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

A quarter of young people believe the only way they'll ever own a home is by inheriting cash, research by Halifax has...

Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move 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 British seaside towns have increased by an average £440 every month for the last decade, new figures show. Prices...

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

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

More than 150,000 people have become homeowners through the Government’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme. New official figures show that 80%...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

The price of average British home leapt by more than £7,000 in the first half of this year to hit £270,674. That...

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

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

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

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