News Archive - House Price News

Month-on-month house price growth stagnated in January, according to the latest figures from Halifax.The firm has published its monthly house price in...
Published: 05/02/2008

Manchester has plenty to offer first time buyers (FTBs), according to Savills.The firm pointed out that the city offers good value for money when it c...
Published: 04/02/2008

January saw the average UK property price fall for the third consecutive month.That is according to the latest Nationwide house price index, which rev...
Published: 31/01/2008

The number of speculative property marketers has fallen as a result of the introduction of Home information packs (Hips).That is according to AA Legal...
Published: 29/01/2008

The average property in the UK lost 0.3 per cent of its value in January, according to the latest figures.Hometrack has published its latest house pri...
Published: 29/01/2008

If the UK housing market does crash, Sussex will not suffer.That is according to one estate agency in Brighton, which told the Argus that the region i...
Published: 28/01/2008

A new report has been published with the aim of tackling affordability in London.It is good news for first time buyers (FTBs), many of whom simply can...
Published: 25/01/2008

Homeowners are being encouraged to get to know their neighbours in a bid to make parts of the UK safer.According to the government, only 27 per cent o...
Published: 24/01/2008

Annual house price growth fell to 6.4 per cent in December, according to the latest Assetz House Price Watch.That is down on the 7.9 per cent figure r...
Published: 22/01/2008

The Welsh property market remains robust despite other parts of the UK slowing.That is according to estate agency RE/MAX, which said that Wales had be...
Published: 22/01/2008

The UK property market began to pick up in January, following a poor start.That is according to the latest Rightmove house price index, which shows th...
Published: 21/01/2008

The average UK property price in the final quarter of 2007 was 5.2 per cent higher than a year previous.Halifax has published figures which reveal tha...
Published: 21/01/2008

Rumours of a housing market price crash should be taken with a pinch of salt, according to one expert.The Telegraph has reported that CB Richard Ellis...
Published: 18/01/2008

Properties close to London City Airport may increase in value due to the expansion of the hub.To many it may seem strange that the expansion of an air...
Published: 17/01/2008

House price growth slowed in 2007 and it looks as thought the property price bubble may have deflated slightly.That is according to Moneyextra, which ...
Published: 17/01/2008

Homebuyers are likely to benefit from a downturn in the UK property market during 2008, an expert has said.David Kuo, head of personal finance at inde...
Published: 16/01/2008

The value of the private UK housing stock reached a record level in 2007, according to the latest figures.The total value was recorded by Halifax as &...
Published: 15/01/2008

Property in Northern Ireland remains a good investment despite recent falls in house prices.It has been reported by Nationwide that the average proper...
Published: 11/01/2008

Consumer confidence fell in December, despite a 0.25 percentage point cut to the base rate of interest.According to the Nationwide Consumer Confidence...
Published: 09/01/2008

The UK mortgage market is set to see an increase in the number of green deals being offered by lenders.That is according to financial advisor Lansdown...
Published: 08/01/2008

The UK housing market is not doomed as some commentators would have us believe and the negative attitude of many is in danger of causing a recession.T...
Published: 08/01/2008

The average property price increased in December, surprising many analysts.According to the latest Halifax House Price Index, the average UK home incr...
Published: 08/01/2008

Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008, will offer property investors good opportunities in the year ahead.That is according to property agen...
Published: 07/01/2008

House price growth slowed in the last quarter of 2007, according to the latest figures from Nationwide.The firm has published a report, revealing that...
Published: 07/01/2008

The housing market's rate of growth slowed last year, but analysts have warned that this is no cause for concern.Annualised growth stood at 8.3 per ce...
Published: 04/01/2008

Property intelligence firm Hometrack has said that house prices fell by 0.3 per cent in December , though overall growth for 2007 remained positive.Th...
Published: 02/01/2008

St Albans has a higher average house price than any other town in the UK, a new study from Nationwide has revealed.The lender's research has found tha...
Published: 02/01/2008

Halifax Estate Agents has said that areas in London and the south-east will benefit from stronger price growth in 2008 ahead of planned improvements t...
Published: 31/12/2007

House prices fell in December for the second consecutive month. That is according to the latest figures from the Nationwide House Price Index, which ...
Published: 28/12/2007

Confidence in the UK housing market has fallen considerably, according to This is Money.A new survey reveals that 75 per cent of UK homeowners expect ...
Published: 27/12/2007

Next year will be difficult but house prices should level out, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).The organisation says ...
Published: 20/12/2007

New property prices increased in November, with the annual inflation figure also being positive.The November New Homes Index from Smart New Homes show...
Published: 20/12/2007

Bristol is the UK city which saw the largest price growth in 2007, excluding London.According to figures from email4property, Bristol saw house prices...
Published: 20/12/2007

It has been predicted that house prices will rise in 2008, albeit marginally.Hometrack's director of research believes that a lack of supply will supp...
Published: 17/12/2007

The latest Rightmove House Price Index shows that property prices fell in December.Month-on-month figures show a drop of 3.2 per cent, with annual inf...
Published: 17/12/2007

Home information packs (Hips) are now a mandatory part of the home-selling process for all properties in England and Wales.Four months after the packs...
Published: 14/12/2007

Home buyers are keener than ever to live near 'good' schools.That is according to Hot Property, which said that 67 per cent of people are willing to s...
Published: 14/12/2007

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has published its Housing Market Survey for November, revealing that property prices fell.A total ...
Published: 13/12/2007

Annual house price inflation hit 11.3 per cent in October, according to the latest set of figures.The Department of Communities and Local Government (...
Published: 10/12/2007

The government has been warned that it must plan for a housing market crash or risk a major disaster.Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman,...
Published: 10/12/2007

House prices increased by 0.5 per cent between October and November, according to the latest figures.The FT House Price Index shows that property pric...
Published: 07/12/2007

House prices are set to increase by two per cent in 2008, according to the latest forecast.Spicerhaart believes that the global credit crunch will con...
Published: 04/12/2007

House prices fell in November, according to the latest figures from Nationwide.The firm's latest house price index shows that prices fell by 0.8 per c...
Published: 29/11/2007

House price growth may reach 3.5 per cent in the new year, according to the County Homesearch Company (CHC).In addition, the firm anticipates that the...
Published: 28/11/2007

House prices across England and Wales increased by 0.1 per cent in October.That is according to the latest Land Registry House Price Index, which puts...
Published: 28/11/2007

The housing market will settle rather than see rapid growth over the course of the coming year, according to a property expert.David Bexon, managing d...
Published: 27/11/2007

House prices fell in November, according to the latest figures from Hometrack.The firm has revealed that prices slumped by 0.2 per cent month-on-month...
Published: 26/11/2007

The introduction of home information packs (Hips) across the entire property market will make it more difficult for first-time buyers to get on the pr...
Published: 23/11/2007

Property prices continued to rise in October, according to the latest figures from Assetz.The firm has published its "definitive" House Pric...
Published: 20/11/2007

Around 22 per cent of homebuyers get the keys to their new property in the 12 weeks leading to Christmas.That is according to new research from Allian...
Published: 16/11/2007

The Scottish housing market is booming, according to the latest figures.Lloyds TSB Scotland says that house prices across the country increased by 3.6...
Published: 16/11/2007

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) says that the UK housing market is slowing down but will not crash.It has published its housing ma...
Published: 14/11/2007

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has revealed that UK house prices increased by 0.3 per cent in September.In the department's...
Published: 13/11/2007

House prices fell in October, spelling good news for first time buyers (FTBs).The Halifax House Price Index for October shows that prices fell by 0.5 ...
Published: 08/11/2007

Armagh is the UK city which has seen the strongest house price growth in the last five years.According to research by Halifax Estate Agents, the North...
Published: 02/11/2007

Investing in UK property remains a "very viable option" as the market is supported by two key factors.That is according to Inside Track, whi...
Published: 01/11/2007

Homeowners in the UK will be spared a property price crash like the one seen in the US.Following the collapse of the sub-prime market in the States, t...
Published: 01/11/2007

The property industry has been shocked by the news that house prices rose by 1.1 per cent between September and October.Figures from Nationwide put th...
Published: 31/10/2007

House prices look set to rise by around five per cent in 2008, according to Assetz.The firm has put forward its prediction following the publication o...
Published: 30/10/2007

Property prices picked up in October following a dip in the previous month.That is according to the latest figures from Your Move, which show that pri...
Published: 29/10/2007

Older property owners who bought their homes 50 years ago will have seen a 100-fold increase in their prices, according to Home & Capital.The equi...
Published: 25/10/2007

Television property guru Kirstie Allsopp is to work with the Conservative Party on a review of the UK housing market.Ms Allsopp will lead the review w...
Published: 22/10/2007

Many Brits are opting to buy property rather than placing their money in a bank due to concerns over the safety of bank savings.A poll, conducted by t...
Published: 19/10/2007

House prices continued to rise in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from Nationwide.The firm's Quarterly Regional House P...
Published: 05/10/2007

People considering getting a first time buyers mortgage will be pleased to hear that house prices fell by 0.6 per cent in September.Figures from the H...
Published: 04/10/2007

Millions of people in the UK would consider moving abroad if it meant that they did not have to pay a mortgage anymore.A survey by currency specialist...
Published: 03/10/2007

House prices continued to grow steadily in September despite widespread predictions that they would fall.The Nationwide House Price Index puts the ave...
Published: 27/09/2007

A new report has revealed that vendors across the UK are reducing the asking price of their homes.For the first time since August 2004, this month has...
Published: 17/09/2007

Growth in house prices will stay slow over the coming months as borrowers' finances continue to come under pressure, it has been claimed.Commenting af...
Published: 13/09/2007

House price growth turned negative in August as demand slowed down, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).The group's lates...
Published: 13/09/2007

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has responded to strong house price figures from the Department for Communities and Local Governme...
Published: 10/09/2007

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has released its latest house price data, revealing that the average home in the UK cost &#...
Published: 10/09/2007

House prices increased by just 0.4 per cent in August, making it the third month in the last four to see growth of less than 0.5 per cent, according t...
Published: 05/09/2007

New mortgage approvals stayed strong through July in spite of a chain of five interest rate hikes over the last year which have brought the base rate ...
Published: 31/08/2007

The nation's ideal home is a detached, new-build house in the country, according to a survey by Halifax mortgages.Taking 'location, location, location...
Published: 28/08/2007

Intermediary mortgage lenders are far from confident about the Brown government's housing policy, member research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lende...
Published: 24/08/2007

London prices are leading the way as a continuing wave of rising prices hits the UK, research from Academetrics has revealed, with 15 per cent growth ...
Published: 22/08/2007

For the first time in over one year, house prices in London have actually fallen, according to the property company Rightmove.And this month, estate a...
Published: 21/08/2007

House price growth was strong in June, at an annual level of 12.1 per cent, up from 10.8 per cent in May, Communities and Local Government (CLG) has a...
Published: 13/08/2007

Despite rising interest rates and signs of slowing in the market, house prices continued to climb in July, rising by an average of £679 on a mont...
Published: 10/08/2007

Homeowners should do everything possible to keep up with mortgage repayments in the face of fluctuating interest rates but can consider approaching th...
Published: 08/08/2007

House price growth was on the brink of grinding to a complete halt in July, with monthly inflation of just 0.1 per cent, the latest figures reveal.Thi...
Published: 26/07/2007

The 'mini boom' that the UK property market has been experiencing is coming to an end, according to Rightmove, with the latest asking-price index show...
Published: 24/07/2007

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has responded to the latest figures illustrating the rapid growth of house prices in London, descr...
Published: 23/07/2007

The average price of a property in London has broken the £300,000 barrier and is now above the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold, according to the ...
Published: 23/07/2007

Halifax Bank of Scotland has increased its forecast for house price growth in 2007 from four per cent to six per cent.The group said that its adjustme...
Published: 20/07/2007

UK annual house price inflation stood at 10.9 per cent in May this year, down from 11.3 per cent in April, according to the latest figures from Commun...
Published: 16/07/2007

The pace of price growth in the UK property market eased in the second quarter of this year, but all regions still saw prices go up, according to the ...
Published: 10/07/2007

While buying a home may seem like a long-term investment, the average British person only stays in a property for around four years, according to new ...
Published: 09/07/2007

House prices increased at a monthly rate of 0.4 per cent in June, the second consecutive month of sub-0.5 per cent inflation, according to the latest ...
Published: 04/07/2007