UK house prices: first-time buyers ‘will drive 2026 sales’ amid interest rate cuts
Rent rises likely to slow after rapid increases in recent years, lenders and estate agents forecast
Plymouth had UK’s steepest rise in house prices in 2025
Average property price in city rose by 12.6%, while Stafford and Wigan also had double-digit growth
DIY shops enjoy bumper year as UK property market slows
Paint and sofas sell well as Britons are priced out of moving home or undertaking pricey renovations
UK mortgage shake-up: people on variable incomes could have more payment flexibility
Some potential first-time buyer groups ‘could be better served’, regulator says in review
UK house prices tipped to rise by up to 4% in 2026 as affordability improves – as it happened
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UK house prices ‘could rise by up to 4% in 2026 as interest rates fall’
City watchdog the FCA announces plans to help first-time buyers and self-employed get on the property ladder
Average mortgage for UK first-time buyer hits record high of £210,800
People able to buy homes previously beyond budget, aided by rising wages and looser affordability tests
UK first-time buyers in best position to snap up property in a decade, data shows
Halifax says average price of house was a record £299,892 in November but that affordability is at its strongest since 2015
Skipton in Yorkshire named happiest place to live in Great Britain
Access to nature and essential services and friendliness of the people led ‘gateway to the Dales’ to top Rightmove index
UK house prices rise despite budget tax fears, says Nationwide
‘Mansion tax’ announced by Rachel Reeves will have limited impact on property market, building society says
Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward
The high-value council tax surcharge may only raise £400m but it’s the best opportunity for a bigger, fairer tax on wealth
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‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
Mortgage brokers say house buying at risk from surveyor ‘down valuing’
London and the south-east said to be worst affected, with valuations often coming in at 10% below the agreed sale price
Reeves urged to ‘grasp the nettle’ with wholesale reset of council tax
Experts say chancellor should go further than rumoured plan to update value of homes in top three bands