Related topic: House prices

New research reveals the 10 property markets with the biggest first-time buyer discounts compared to existing homeowners.

Average house prices edged down in August as the market remains subdued.

House prices rose 0.2% month-on-month.

Martin Sims, distribution director at Molo Finance, explores why a period of slower house price growth can give investors the chance to focus more on the basics.

Buyers return after a summer on the sidelines with searches up 7% - but they need an extra £18,200 to keep mortgage payments flat.

Average UK house prices rose by 2% in the year to June, slowing from annual growth of 3% in May, according to provisional figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Rightmove has downgraded its national average 2026 price forecast to between 0% and -2%.

Annual growth of 0.1% is the slowest rate of house price inflation since November 2023.

41% of UK areas are more cost-effective to buy than to rent, Pepper Money’s first-time buyer index has found.

44% think they will enter negative equity during their current mortgage term, rising to 56% of buyers aged 25-34.