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Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...

Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth.  The Halifax House Price...

Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...

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

Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...

The Bank of England has confirmed that base rate is to rise again, for the third time in three months, to a...

Storm clouds continue to gather over the UK economy with growing inflation, another likely interest rate rise, and a warning from...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

After a long period of improvement in the level of product choice for borrowers, February has seen mortgage availability fall for the...

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

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...

The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...

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

At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

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

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...

The Bank of England is to review the affordability tests imposed on  borrowers, opening the door to a possible relaxation of...

The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...

Multi-national financial institution UBS says there could be a cut in the Bank of England base rate as early as May...

The Bank of England has once again maintained base rate at 0.75 per cent - but it is warning that the...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...

The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...

There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...

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

Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...

The mortgage industry may be throwing agents and the housing market something of a lifeline - it’s been revealed that 40...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...

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

A new survey suggests that despite many lenders increasing their rates, most mainstream mortgages are down compared to the start of...

Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...

The costs of the majority of mainstream mortgages increased in the final three months of last year.  The news comes from mortgage...

The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...

We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...

The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...

Experts suggest that a possible interest rate rise this morning - if it is backed by a majority of members of...

As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee consider whether to increase base rate later this week, new figures from the...

Analysts believe a rise in the Bank of England base rate is on the cards next month as a result of the...

Respected mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says that the costs of some mortgages are already rising in the expectation of a base...

The housing market may appear stagnant but one of the leading monitors of the mortgage market says many rates for borrowers...

There are more mortgage products available to buyers now than at any time since 2008 according to respected finance monitor service...

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...

A new report from the NatWest Bank nips in the bud any speculation that rising inflation may end the current cheap...

Research from the consumer organisation Which? suggests that the number of mortgages on the market has increased by 13 per cent...

Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...

This week, tech startup Habito claims to have launched the world's first artificially intelligent 'digital mortgage adviser'.  The robo-adviser takes into account...

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...

The Bank of England may cut its base rate again, but probably not until November predicts a survey of 59 leading...

The Bank of England says the number of new mortgages fell to 60,912 in July, down from 64,152 the previous month...

The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...

The number of mortgage products available is now over 23,000 - a figure last seen during the heady days just before...

There has been a spur in activity in the mortgage market since the Bank of England base rate dropped to 0.25...

  The Bank of England has, as expected, cut its base rate to 0.25 per cent after a record seven years at...

Estate agents and mortgage experts have reacted to the Bank of England’s surprise decision to keep base rate unchanged at 0.5...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...

The Bank of England is expected to set out its latest thinking on the UK’s Brexit economic changes today - including...

One of the leading members of the Bank of England's influential Monetary Policy Committee has suggested that the recent fall-back in...

In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...

A member of the Bank of England’s key Monetary Policy Committee says waiting too long to raise interest rates risks undermining...

The imbalance of supply and demand in the housing market “will lead to even stronger price gains over the next 12...

At first sight the decision by the Bank of England not to raise base rate appears good news for the industry...

The Bank of England is to publish three previously-separate pieces of information on interest rates tomorrow in a bid to avoid...

In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...

This week RICS reported a further drop in the number of people putting their homes up for sale; new instructions fell...