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The number of properties purchased using a Help to Buy ISA-backed deposit fell to record lows last year, official data shows. Government...

Increasing numbers of people are citing housing as their main concern, official data suggests. The latest public opinions and social trends survey...

Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...

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

Homeowners with mortgages have seen the highest increase in household costs over recent months, official data suggests. The latest Household Costs Index...

Older borrowers were deterred by high mortgage rates last year, bank data suggests. Quarter four figures from UK Finance show a 37.1%...

Inheritance Tax receipts for April to September 2023 have soared to £3.9 billion, some £0.4 billion higher than the same period...

House price growth fell to its lowest annual rate since 2012 in August, official data shows. The latest Land Registry House Price...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

They dropped like a stone - that’s the verdict on property sales from a leading business analyst. Sarah Coles of Hargreaves Lansdown...

The apparent battle for the future of beleaguered online agency brand Purplebricks took an interesting turn last week when activist investor...

House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

The economic turmoil of the past two years has done little to deter people from buying a property, research suggests. Buyers and...

The balance of power in the property market may be shifting back to buyers. It comes as Halifax data showed annual house...

Annual house price growth slowed for the second consecutive month during May. The latest Nationwide House Price Index showed average prices rose...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...

Rising house prices have rendered the government’s Help to Buy ISA scheme useless, an analyst claims. The Help to Buy ISA saving...

Homeowners are now earning almost as much from their property as they are from their salary after prices hit new highs. The...

A leading business analyst says that house prices may appear to be defying gravity but they will soon return to normality...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

Figures just released by HM Revenue & Customs show the Treasury enjoying a bumper year for stamp duty, with record receipts...

If you want to sex-up the Chancellor’s financial statement scheduled for lunchtime on Wednesday, you’d call it a Budget or a...

An analyst is warning that the latest buoyant house price figures could be the last hurrah before a significant depression. The Nationwide’s...

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...

Analysts are gearing up for the full year figures to be revealed by Rightmove to its shareholders at the end of...

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...

Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is set to meet today to consider a possible rise in base rate -...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

There’s been a dramatic 48.4 per cent fall in the number of property sales between September and October, reflecting the end...

The Treasury has enjoyed a record period for stamp duty income. In England from April to October this year - so almost entirely...

A business analyst is warning that the growing emphasis on energy efficiency of homes could spell trouble for the value of...

The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign says the portal has merely kicked the fees can down the road, deferring a long-term...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

Countrywide’s share price woes continued yesterday with another new low being reached in early morning trading. A low of 6.5p at close...

Countrywide’s share price fell to its lowest-ever level yesterday - evidence that it’s not just online estate agencies that are having...

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...