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Nationwide has grown its profits and reported record-high financial benefits for members. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Nationwide announces growing profits as member benefits reach record high

Financial fraud is currently the most common crime in the country, with one in seven of us targeted by scammers in the past year, according to the bank NatWest. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Why financial fraud has become the most common crime in the country

It’s only natural that we’re obsessed with house prices. For an awful lot of us, our home is the most valuable thing we’ll ever own, and even a small fluctuation could leave us thousands of pounds worse off on paper. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Why it's only natural to be obsessed with house prices: Sarah Coles

Nationwide's House Price Index for August 2023 concluded a "further softening in the annual rate of house price growth" - Credit: Adobe

House prices wobble - making homes more affordable for wannabe owners

Konrad Pietka shares his analysis. Picture: Simon Dewhurst

Chinese growth target for 2023 under major question: Konrad Pietka

A soft landing for the housing market is a possibility

House prices fall but a soft landing is still possible for the property market

Santander has delivered its latest trading update for investors. (Photo by PA)

Santander's corporate and commercial banking business 'performs strongly'

Property values fell by 3.4% annually in May, marking the biggest drop seen since July 2009 when an annual fall of 6.2% was recorded, Nationwide Building Society said.

House prices see biggest slump since 2008 financial crash

The housing market could be hit by higher interest rates according to Nationwide – after house prices in the year to May fell.

Nationwide warns housing market could be hit by higher interest rates

Nationwide will pay £340m directly into customer accounts for the first time in 2023.

Nationwide to pay £100 into customers’ accounts - who’s eligible

Tejay Fletcher, 35, pleaded guilty to running the iSpoof website

Fraudster jailed for running multimillion-pound scam website in UK

With official figures still showing annual growth, and a few more positive signs emerging from the market, people are starting to ask whether this could be the great house price crash that never was, says Sarah Coles

The great house price crash that never was - Sarah Coles

The discounted, one-bedroom starter homes by Yorkshire County Properties

How to find new build homes for first time buyers with 20 to 50 per cent off

Saving money for a rainy day is always a good idea - but what’s the best savings account to use?

Best savings accounts and cash ISAs at the moment

A major supermarket to close a number of stores in the UK - full list

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Yorkshire in top three most affordable places to buy a first home

High street lender HSBC has been given a warning by the competition watchdog after admitting providing incorrect information on fees, charges and rates under its open banking agreement.

HSBC rebuked by competition watchdog over open banking breaches

UK housing market 2023: Property price growth continues to decline

What will happen to house prices in 2023

Property market predictions for 2023 from building society's chief economist

Debbie Crosbie Picture by Simon Hulme

Nationwide Building Society posts higher profits

House prices in the UK have fallen for the first time in over a year.

UK house prices fall in October for first time in 15 months

House prices in the UK have fallen dramatically, alongside a rise in mortgage rates, following Liz Truss’ government’s mini budget back in October.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng holds a folder reading "The Growth Plan 2022" as he walks out of Number 11 Downing Street on his way to unveil an anti-inflation budget plan in London on September 23, 2022. - The UK's new government will unveil multi-billion-pound measures aimed at supporting households and businesses hit by the highest inflation in decades. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images):Kwasi Kwarteng

Senior Tories turn on Truss and Kwarteng’s quest for growth

Steps to avoid becoming a victim of online fraud - Sam Richardson

Last year, WPP won the majority of Coca-Cola’s £3.3bn account in the biggest marketing deal in the beverage brand’s history.

Global advertising giant WPP sees growth in ad spend in first half of the year

Michael Barratt was one of the most famous faces of the 1970s.

Nationwide presenter Michael Barratt has died aged 94, family announces

House price forecast

Latest UK house price prediction says values are rising but a slowdown is coming

House prices on an upward trajectory but this may not last

Surge in Yorkshire house prices but the market is about to come under pressure

The Real Living Wage is set to rise today (Getty Images)

These are the companies signed-up to the Real Living Wage as workers set for a p...

The rising cost of buying a home

House prices rises in Yorkshire top the English chart once more

Leeds-based recruitment firm Caval has secured a £9m funding package from NatWest. Picture: AdobeStock

Recruitment firm secures £9m funding package to support recovery and growth

Is switching to a graduate account the right option?

Is switching to a graduate account the right option? - Gareth Shaw

Karl Elliott, chief executive of Beverley Building Society.

Profile: the building society boss who believes in the benefits of mutuals
At a time when the coronavirus pandemic has made life even more challenging than usual for self-employed people across the region, many have turned to the big high-street banks for help, only to be turned away. Their financial history wasn’t long enough, their business profile not readily categorised, or their personal circumstances too complex to pass the binary online application process.

Loi Nguyen, 16, was last seen leaving his home address in Bingley (near Bradford), at 1pm on Monday 31 May.

'Nationwide' appeal to find missing West Yorkshire teenager launched

Many first-time buyers were locked out of the mortgage market when lenders stopped offering 90 per cent mortgages. Now they are back

Tidings of joy for first time buyers as lenders bring back 90 per cent mortgages

Low deposit deals have become much more scarce since the coronavirus crisis started

Yorkshire Building Society re-enters the 10% deposit mortgage market

Thousands of workers will get a pay rise today - here's who's eligible

Paul Ellis, chief executive of Ecology

Ecology raises £3m in investment

James Rowbury

Fears of second wave cast cloud over markets - James Rowbury

House prices have risen rapidly as lockdown has eased. (Photo: Shutterstock)

House prices are at an all-time high due to coronavirus - this is why

Library image of passengers arriving at Birmingham Airport, as people arriving into England from holidays in Spain have been told they must quarantine when they return home.

These insurers provide cover for holiday cancellations caused by COVID-19

Persimmon home

York-based Persimmon to post lower profits

The housing market slumped as a result of the Great Recession (Shutterstock)

Here’s what is likely to happen to house prices during the recession

The new rules will come into effect from 30 June (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the new money transfer rules you’ll have to follow from 30 June

The Nationwide survey provides an insight into the health of the housing market.

UK house prices suffer largest monthly fall since February 2009, according to Na...

The decisive election outcome may be boosting buyer sentiment, said the Nationwide Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

This is why house prices have grown at their strongest annual rate since July 20...

This new savings account offers £100 prizes to regular savers

Graduation. Pic: Helen Franks

Gareth Shaw: How upcoming changes will impact student overdrafts

Banks must refund unauthorised card transactions and restore your account to the state it would have been in before.

Jenny Ross: Switch to a better bank

Frequently, bank and building society accounts are opened using false information

Conal Gregory: Beware the fraud minefield as £845m lost in banking scams

Picture credit should read: PA Photo/iStock.

Conal Gregory: Why going on holiday without travel insurance is foolhardy

Yorkshire tops English house price league

Annual house prices rose by 4.1 per cent in Yorkshire in the first quarter of this year. Picture: Homes on Redrow's Devonshire Gardens site in Harrogate.

Yorkshire house prices have a buoyant first quarter

Price Hike Day

Parents' £2,500 bill to get children to leave

Barratt. Photo credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Business as usual says housebuilder Barratt

Nationwide building society Photo: Paul Faith/PA Wire

Nationwide cheers savers with pledge to maintain interest rates

Nationwide said the outlook for the housing market remains unusually uncertain.

'‹Nationwide says house prices rise to a new record, but warns on Brexit'‹

Yorkshire Building Society chief executive Chris Pilling

Chris Pilling to step down from Yorkshire Building Society

File photo dated 05/01/13 of a Nationwide building society, which posted a 34% increase in pre-tax profits as it benefited from the continued boom in mortgage lending. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday November 20, 2015. The nation's biggest building society said pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of September were £802 million, up from £598 million on the same period last year. See PA story CITY Nationwide. Photo credit should read: Paul Faith/PA Wire

Nationwide delivers 34 per cent rise in profits

Construction output falls

Picture: PA

Free money: Banks up stakes to nab more customers