July yields fastest rate of UK house price rises this year, says lender Cheaper mortgage rates and rising wages helped to push monthly growth to 0.4%, according to Halifax
UK house prices rebound as market recovers from June dip Average price of property rises 0.6% in July to £272,664, says Nationwide
New mortgage affordability rules help UK housing market avoid summer lull Record number of homes for sale has created ‘buyer’s market’ and kept price rises in check, Zoopla report says
Average UK house asking price registers steepest monthly drop for 20 years Rightmove blames the 1.2% fall in new sellers’ prices on the end of stamp duty discounts and more homes coming on to the market
Bangladeshis linked to Hasina regime appear to have made UK property transactions in past year Call for asset freezes after figures under investigation in Dhaka employed services of UK law firms and consultants
Sales of UK country houses rise as buyers tempted out by lower prices Deals for homes worth more than £750,000 are up 7% in June over last year with more properties on market
Bank of England rolls out looser mortgage rules to help first-time buyers Move hopes to push lenders to offer more high loan-to-income mortgages and help 36,000 buyers on to housing ladder
Property prices flat in June amid signs UK job market may be ‘softening’ Expected interest rate cuts could support growth after fall in first-time buyers since end of stamp duty cut
First-time buyers turn from rural areas to Britain’s regional cities Number looking to move to urban centres up 16% in first five months of 2025 compared with same period in 2015
UK house prices fall by most in more than two years Increase in stamp duty has helped weaken demand, as average price drops by 0.8% in June, says Nationwide
‘He left us with nothing’: the British investors swindled by a German property firm Investors in the Dolphin/GPG ponzi scheme run by Charles Smethurst are angry that more is not being done to recover the €1bn owed to them
Rules that protect UK homeowners from repossessions may be scrapped FCA boss says mortgage charter up for review amid pressure from the chancellor to remove red tape for firms
Interest-only mortgage could make comeback as regulator revisits rules Financial Conduct Authority looks at whether the product it once called a ‘ticking timebomb’ can support home ownership
UK house prices fall in toughest sellers’ market in 10 years Rightmove says prices dropping as more properties are available and after stamp duty increases in England
‘Freemen on the land’: YouTube videos tell homeowners they aren’t bound by mortgages FCA has sounded alarm over growing conspiracy theory that uses arguments dating back to Magna Carta