Finance
First-time buyer activity ramping up, say mortgage valuers
Valuations for first-time purchases up 23% on a year ago
Finance
Finance
Numbers of first-time buyers rising fast
Lenders' data appears at total odds with NAEA's 3% claim
Finance
Interest rate rise could be as soon as October, warns Knight Frank
Over one in three mortgage brokers predict rise before the end of this year
Finance
Average house prices up 10.2% in a year, says Halifax
Average house price now £186,322 – close to Nationwide's figure
Finance
LSL announces results – and a 275% surge in profits
Group is latest to report after Countrywide, Rightmove and Connells all unveil soaring profits
Finance
Paragon almost doubles buy-to-let lending
Profits shoot up at lender which closed its books for three years during crash
Finance
Rightmove wows investors as profits soar 22%
Latest results show more growth for portal with profit margins of 74.1%
Finance
Lenders raise forecast for number of home sales this year
CML lifts its prediction but says 'we could already have had the big recovery story'
Finance
Nearly £3bn protected by deposit schemes
TDS boss Steve Harriott says nearly half deposits now more than four weeks' rent
Finance
Most housing transactions since 2007 in twin peak, says HMRC
Home sales rise in June (although the seasonally adjusted version says they go down)
Finance
Britain’s biggest building society turns screws on mortgages
Nationwide clamps down on loan to income limits and tightens stress testing
Finance
‘Most buyers will be paying 3% Stamp Duty within two years’
Haart says Stamp Duty thresholds must be raised as prices rise but buyers drop away
Finance
New building society launches today
Family mutual will allow relatives to help first-time buyers
Finance
Tougher new mortgage rules are a damp squib, claim lenders
Effects are subtle, not dramatic, according to Council of Mortgage Lenders
Finance
Bank of England housing market ‘rhetoric’ scaring off buyers
RICS says Mark Carney's utterances are dragging activity down
Agency
Foxtons a ‘compelling’ case for investors – analysts
Credit Suisse raises Foxtons' rating to 'outperform' while portals share prices fall
Agency
‘Real reason why Rightmove boss sold shares’
Have Rightmove shares really fallen because of the Agents' Mutual effect?
Charity
Revealed: how Nationwide funds Generation Rent
Charity set up by building society gives Generation Rent £725,000
Finance
Mortgage lending falls to lowest for nearly a year
Bank of England stats show house purchase loans dipping for fourth consecutive month
Finance
Countrywide to hand Zoopla windfall to shareholders
Countrywide share price rises after announcement of dividend