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- UK’s best place to live: The list starts with East Hertsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 720.4 KB) (31 January 2020)
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January
- First-time buyers' costs soar over last yearopens in a new tab. (pdf, 642.1 KB) (25 January 2020)
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December
- House prices have trebled since the Millenniumopens in a new tab. (pdf, 649.4 KB) (31 December 2019)
- Home is where the cash is for the North Westopens in a new tab. (pdf, 366.1 KB) (28 December 2019)
- Holidays are coming: don’t let thieves steal your Christmasopens in a new tab. (pdf, 413.5 KB) (20 December 2019)
- Halifax UK Housing Market Outlook for 2020opens in a new tab. (pdf, 272.2 KB) (19 December 2019)
- Piggy banks no longer the whole hog as pocket money starts moving onlineopens in a new tab. (pdf, 321.1 KB) (02 December 2019)
November
- Halifax goes digital to take hassle out of content insuranceopens in a new tab. (pdf, 313.8 KB) (27 November 2019)
October
- Spooky sites cast a spell over local house pricesopens in a new tab. (pdf, 382.9 KB) (31 October 2019)
- Beat the burglars as the clocks go backopens in a new tab. (pdf, 360.6 KB) (23 October 2019)
- Generous Generation: The giving grandparents dishing out over a tenner in pocket money every weekopens in a new tab. (pdf, 400.0 KB) (21 October 2019)
September
- Bristol is the least affordable city in the South Westopens in a new tab. (pdf, 467.9 KB) (17 September 2019)
- First-time buyers face highest deposit in a decadeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 645.6 KB) (12 September 2019)
August
- Mini Millionaires: Kids expect to pocket £1.3m salary when they grow upopens in a new tab. (pdf, 581.9 KB) (26 August 2019)
- Don’t get into a spin with the rules of the road: top tips to avoid being caught in the headlights when driving in Europeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 345.9 KB) (16 August 2019)
- The Big Summer Bribe – parents paying kids to stay off techopens in a new tab. (pdf, 424.4 KB) (12 August 2019)
- Not a Brum deal: homes in Birmingham soar 58% in a decadeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 403.3 KB) (08 August 2019)
- Wonderwalls - Manchester homes up 50%opens in a new tab. (pdf, 402.4 KB) (08 August 2019)
July
- Halifax introduces new card freeze options for credit card customersopens in a new tab. (pdf, 380.5 KB) (15 July 2019)
- UK adults have avoided going for that new job, moving house or getting married, as it’s too stressfulopens in a new tab. (pdf, 282.3 KB) (06 July 2019)
May
- Mortgage free for three – Winners announced in Halifax Mortgage Prize Drawopens in a new tab. (pdf, 419.6 KB) (12 May 2019)
- Seek to sea more: £785k to anchor down and live in Britain’s most expensive seaside townopens in a new tab. (pdf, 339.4 KB) (05 May 2019)
April
- Don’t let wet weather take the spring out of your stepopens in a new tab. (pdf, 379.4 KB) (26 April 2019)
- Number of homes ‘earning more than their owners’ fallsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 530.6 KB) (23 April 2019)
- When is your mortgage freedom day?opens in a new tab. (pdf, 489.2 KB) (16 April 2019)
- Halifax makes it happen with new TV advertisementopens in a new tab. (pdf, 332.6 KB) (05 April 2019)
March
- London mortgages least affordable in decade but national affordability remains steadyopens in a new tab. (pdf, 444.9 KB) (30 March 2019)
- What time is it? Daylight robbery timeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 259.0 KB) (26 March 2019)
- Gap between buying and renting closing but homeowners still better offopens in a new tab. (pdf, 373.4 KB) (04 March 2019)
February
- First-time buyers make up biggest part of property market for first time in 23 yearsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 187.1 KB) (23 February 2019)
- If you like it, then you should be insu(ring) it!opens in a new tab. (pdf, 263.3 KB) (08 February 2019)
- Mid-sixties, a woman, and living in the South East? Halifax’s luckiest savers revealedopens in a new tab. (pdf, 334.2 KB) (05 February 2019)
January
- Orkney crowned the UK’s best place to liveopens in a new tab. (pdf, 927.6 KB) (26 January 2019)
- Don't forget the bite of the Beast from the Eastopens in a new tab. (pdf, 394.6 KB) (23 January 2019)
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December
- Halifax UK Housing Market Outlook for 2019opens in a new tab. (pdf, 147.0 KB) (20 December 2018)
- Don’t leave your ‘home alone’: stop the Grinch from stealing Christmas cheeropens in a new tab. (pdf, 242.3 KB) (20 December 2019)
November
- Don’t get caught out in the cold: top tips to prevent burst and frozen pipes this winteropens in a new tab. (pdf, 289.1 KB) (26 November 2018)
August
- Don’t let local laws exhaust your va va voomopens in a new tab. (pdf, 215.0 KB) (21 August 2018)
- Greater London house prices per square metre stall for first time in eight yearsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 329.5 KB) (18 August 2019)
- First-time buyers stumping up £209,000 to get on property ladder opens in a new tab. (pdf, 272.7 KB) (11 August 2018)
- Penny Lane: Premier League footballers could almost buy a house per game in Liverpoolopens in a new tab. (pdf, 303.9 KB) (03 August 2018)
July
- Little misses get more moolah: Gender pay gap reversed when it comes to pocket moneyopens in a new tab. (pdf, 174.3 KB) (21 July 2018)
- Silver sitters: grandparents clock up the hours to help plug summer holiday childcare gapopens in a new tab. (pdf, 211.9 KB) (13 August 2018)
June
- Have a best-ival festival: don't let robbery ruin your raveopens in a new tab. (pdf, 196.6 KB) (29 June 2018)
- All you need is a bucket, spade and £627k to live in Britain’s priciest seaside townopens in a new tab. (pdf, 312.7 KB) (23 June 2019)
- Brits book ahead to seek summer sun, but leave it to the last minute to convert their cashopens in a new tab. (pdf, 241.2 KB) (19 June 2018)
- Halifax opens biggest UK bank branchopens in a new tab. (pdf, 238.3 KB) (14 June 2018)
May
- Down with the quids: children expect to earn over a millionopens in a new tab. (pdf, 120.5 KB) (25 May 2018)
- Price of flats climbs £1,250 a monthopens in a new tab. (pdf, 298.5 KB) (19 May 2018)
- Top tips for protecting your bling when getting hitchedopens in a new tab. (pdf, 207.4 KB) (04 May 2018)
April
- Confidence in UK housing stuck at lowest levels for five yearsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 406.0 KB) (30 April 2018)
- £1,000 cashback from Halifax for first-time buyers and home moversopens in a new tab. (pdf, 148.0 KB) (30 April 2018)
- Budget conscious Brits now savvier at supermarket shopopens in a new tab. (pdf, 159.4 KB) (28 April 2018)
- Are you celebrating mortgage freedom dayopens in a new tab. (pdf, 256.1 KB) (16 April 2018)
- Home is where the dough is as homes earn more than owners in 1 in 5 areasopens in a new tab. (pdf, 240.6 KB) (16 April 2018)
- Where to live Britain’s best country lifeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 602.8 KB) (01 April 2018)
March
- One Millionth Customer Switches to Halifaxopens in a new tab. (pdf, 207.9 KB) (21 March 2018)
- Don't let daylight savings cost your walletopens in a new tab. (pdf, 193.6 KB) (20 March 2018)
- Most affordable mortgages in a decadeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 214.9 KB) (17 March 2018)
February
- Don’t get bitten by the ‘Beast from the East’: top tips for surviving Siberian shiversopens in a new tab. (pdf, 316.9 KB) (27 February 2018)
- First time buyers £27,000 better off than rentersopens in a new tab. (pdf, 257.2 KB) (17 February 2018)
- Halifax £125 to switch is backopens in a new tab. (pdf, 336.4 KB) (09 February 2018)
January
- Number of first-time buyers highest since 2007 despite deposits doublingopens in a new tab. (pdf, 310.4 KB) (27 January 2018)
- Could your finances take a positive twist in 2018?opens in a new tab. (pdf, 249.8 KB) (18 January 2018)
- Brits spend almost £900 to escape on holiday this winteropens in a new tab. (pdf, 236.2 KB) (16 January 2018)
- Playing house: Next generation think property ladder is child’s playopens in a new tab. (pdf, 265.2 KB) (12 January 2018)
- Cheltenham tops the table of 2017 house price winnersopens in a new tab. (pdf, 204.9 KB) (02 January 2018)
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December
- Bashful Brits reluctant to admit they hate their Christmas gifts – but are busy planning for 2018opens in a new tab. (pdf, 207.4 KB) (29 December 2017)
- Costly kids: Almost a fifth of average salary spent on raising a childopens in a new tab. (pdf, 131.9 KB) (20 December 2017)
- Hart Takes Back the Crown as UK’s Best Place to Liveopens in a new tab. (pdf, 319.6 KB) (16 December 2017)
- Avoid a nightmare before Christmas: Protect your ho ho homeopens in a new tab. (web) (08 December 2017)
November
- Total value of UK housing stock passes £6 trillion markopens in a new tab. (pdf, 507.1 KB) (29 November 2017)
- Tooth fairy economy worth £450 millionopens in a new tab. (pdf, 295.6 KB) (17 November 2017)
- Halifax joins forces with Google to help crack puzzling property termsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 338.5 KB) (15 November 2017)
- Winter is coming: Is your home storm-proof?opens in a new tab. (web) (03 November 2017)
October
- Halifax reveals Britain’s top spots for bringing up the kidsopens in a new tab. (pdf, 568.1 KB) (14 October 2017)
- ‘Tis the season to start saving for Christmas or face a ho-ho-hole in your financesopens in a new tab. (pdf, 173.6 KB) (09 October 2017)
September
- Country life costs Brits £44,000opens in a new tab. (pdf, 381.0 KB) (30 September 2017)
- First for Halifax as Bank scoops AbilityNet Seal of Approvalopens in a new tab. (pdf, 228.9 KB) (14 September 2017)
August
- Brits busy building as basements are in and conservatories are ouopens in a new tab. (web) (23 August 2017)
- Canny Brits pay off holiday credit – before setting foot abroad opens in a new tab. (pdf, 207.0 KB) (11 August 2017)
July
- Teenage tantrums as kids demand mum and dad bankroll their digital livesopens in a new tab. (pdf, 93.4 KB) (22 July 2017)
- Halifax turns to YouTube stars to help teens manage their moneyopens in a new tab. (pdf, 472.2 KB) (21 July 2017)
June
- First time buyers, homemovers and remortgage customers benefit from Halifax £750 cashbackopens in a new tab. (web) (30 June 2017)
- 9 in 10 millennials choose to use cash abroadopens in a new tab. (pdf, 207.4 KB) (29 June 2017)
- Halifax brings back £125 switching offeropens in a new tab. (web) (20 June 2017)
- Key worker house purchase affordability doubles over past decadeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 316.4 KB) (17 June 2017)
March
- Thunderbirds help launch biggest ever Halifax Savers Prize Drawopens in a new tab. (pdf, 412.2 KB) (26 May 2017)
- Kids keen to cash in on new coin as pocket money hits nine-year highopens in a new tab. (pdf, 215.2 KB) (21 June 2017)
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December
- Is your home smarter than you?opens in a new tab. (pdf, 210.7 KB) (22 December 2016)
September
- If you want to avoid a Christmas cash hangover...'tis the season to start budgetingopens in a new tab. (pdf, 86.5 KB) (19 September 2016)
- Britain’s best place for bringing up kids holds top spotopens in a new tab. (pdf, 507.7 KB) (13 September 2016)
July
- Money worries felt by one in three childrenopens in a new tab. (pdf, 238.6 KB) (22 July 2016)
- Halifax most switched to bank on the high streetopens in a new tab. (pdf, 152.9 KB) (20 July 2016)
June
- Home and Away: Brits taking a break, but staying close to homeopens in a new tab. (pdf, 154.0 KB) (27 June 2016)
- See how your spending and lifestyle stacks up with Halifax’s ‘People Like You’opens in a new tab. (pdf, 378.1 KB) (21 June 2016)
- Footie fans on target to spend £322m at Euro 2016opens in a new tab. (pdf, 403.8 KB) (11 June 2016)
- The Flintstones are back from Bedrock to front the new Halifax advertopens in a new tab. (pdf, 374.8 KB) (07 June 2016)
- Ker-ching! Children’s pocket money hits nine-year highopens in a new tab. (pdf, 232.5 KB) (03 June 2016)
May
- Last chance to win up to £500,000 in biggest ever Halifax Savers Prize Superdrawopens in a new tab. (pdf, 152.9 KB) (04 May 2016)
April
- Halifax brings Top Cat back to TV screens for new advertising campaignopens in a new tab. (pdf, 190.5 KB) (22 April 2016)
- Halifax makes money management even easier with Balance Extraopens in a new tab. (pdf, 532.0 KB) (18 April 2016)
March
- Halifax announces bumper £3million Halifax Savers Prize Superdrawopens in a new tab. (pdf, 152.9 KB) (15 March 2016)
- Generation Save: The future is bright for savvy young saversopens in a new tab. (pdf, 255.9 KB) (10 March 2016)
February
- Halifax Digital Dashboard: Rise of the deviceopens in a new tab. (pdf, 214.9 KB) (15 February 2016)
January
- Halifax is one of the most switched to banks on the high street, according to latest dataopens in a new tab. (pdf, 247.6 KB) (21 January 2016)
- Halifax Champions Digital Skills in First Libraries Partnershipopens in a new tab. (pdf, 467.9 KB) (20 January 2016)