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The proposed acquisition comes just days after Better.com announced plans to buy London-based online loan broker Trussle Lab.

Sales of U.K. homes costing over 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) doubled last month, outperforming the rest of the market as wealthier buyers sought more space following the COVID-19 lockdown.

A boom in the U.K. housing market gathered pace this month as Britons' pandemic-driven desire for more living space and a tax break on purchases pushed asking prices up by the most in four years.

U.K. house prices rose by the most in four years in August as buyers rushed to take advantage of a tax cut that is helping to bolster a post-lockdown spurt in property transactions.

U.K. house prices increased by the most in 16 years in August after a tax cut stoked post-lockdown demand, but the revival could prove-short-lived as the government begins to withdraw its pandemic support.

The domestic mortgage insurer could have a portion of its equity sold as an initial public offering if the China Oceanwide transaction were to be terminated.

Residential property prices in the U.K. fell by the most since the global financial crisis from April through June, according to mortgage provider Halifax.

With thousands of job cuts likely to follow what's forecast to be the worst recession in three centuries, the tenants of the glass and steel towers that dominate the City of London and Canary Wharf may face an even bigger retreat.

U.K. house prices posted their first annual decline since 2012 in June as the coronavirus continued to hang over the property market, according to Nationwide Building Society.

U.K. house prices fell the most in more than a decade and consumer borrowing plunged as the coronavirus lockdown shuttered the economy.

U.K. home sales collapsed last month as the government effectively shut down the market to help slow the coronavirus outbreak.

The original so-called payment holiday started in March and was set to end next month.

U.K. house prices may fall 16% because of the economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus, according to a desktop stress test by the Bank of England.

U.K. real estate agents reported that house prices increased for the first time in more than a year last month.

U.S. developers are moving into the U.K.'s rapidly expanding market for rental housing, including student dorms and senior-living facilities.

The U.K. housing market perked up in December as Boris Johnson's commanding election win helped push up sales and expectations for price gains.

London bore the brunt of heightened political uncertainty in October, with house prices posting their biggest monthly decline for more than eight years.

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority is forcing firms to spell out executives’ responsibilities and put them on the hook for conduct problems. The toughest rules will apply to larger mortgage lenders.

U.K. house prices increased at their fastest pace in more than a year this month, according to Nationwide Building Society.

Wealthy homebuyers are finding global cities less welcoming — even hostile — to their cash.