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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%...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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