UK house prices rise for fifth straight month but market ‘softening’

Increase in January of 0.1% on previous month but annual rate slows to 4.1%, says Nationwide

London house sales at highest level since before Brexit vote, says Foxtons

Estate agent reports that revenues and profits for 2024 beat market forecasts

Typical advertised rent outside London dipped £3 to £1,341 a month in final quarter of 2024, says Rightmove

The Holme in Regent’s Park, which has 40 bedrooms, was put on the market two years ago for £250m

Homes in the city cost 8.5 times the annual earnings of the typical full-time worker, Nationwide says

Schemes backed by previous government to improve energy efficiency have left homeowners unable to sell

Adele rented Grade II-listed house for six months and is named in planning document as owner says he can’t find buyer

Number of homes new to market 11% higher than a year ago, despite uncertainty over interest rates and stamp duty

FCA also aims to change law to try to prevent a repeat of mass compensation schemes for consumers such as PPI

Surrey town saw 12.5% increase in asking prices last year with rest of UK rising just 1.4%, according to Rightmove

Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average

Cash profit on a sale falls for second year in a row, to below £100,000, finds Hamptons

Site of the former west London exhibition centre to include nearly 4,000 homes, cultural venues, a park, offices, shops and restaurants

Almost 700,000 homeowners face increase when fixed-rate deals end this year

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender says say affordability could hamper further rises in the months ahead