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UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

Annual house price declines slowed in January and values returned to growth on a monthly basis, Land Registry data shows. The latest...

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

Average house prices fell annually for the second consecutive month during October, Land Registry figures show. The data may only reflect activity...

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

Annual house price growth has returned to its lowest level since the pandemic, Land Registry data shows. The latest figures from the...

The property market is set for its quietest year for sales since 2012, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index estimates...

House price growth and inflation has continued to slow but there are warnings that further interest rate cuts could still dent...

Cooling house prices are providing an opportunity for buyers even with higher borrowing costs, Propertymark claims. The agency trade body said it...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month in May, Land Registry data shows. The official figures show house prices...

The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

Average house prices fell by their largest level since October 2008 last month, Halifax data shows. It is the latest sign of...

Agents are acknowledging that ‘change is coming’ to the housing market after the latest Land Registry House Price Index showed prices...

Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...

A land agent has called for the planning process to be privatised as it hits out at the Government’s focus on...

A leading property association has warned that house prices are likely to spike in the wake of the government’s recent economic...

Monthly house price growth bounced back in August but continues to slow annually, Halifax data shows. Halifax’s August House Price Index recorded...

In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...

The housing market is in a better position to weather a downturn than in previous economic cycles, Zoopla claims. The portal argues...

Two senior estate agency figures have given their views on the prospects for the property market as commentators warn that longer-term...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has played down the significance of the latest house price index which at first...

Propertymark is urging restraint on the part of the Welsh Government as it moves to tackle what it sees as the...

The market boom goes on, for now at least. In February, house prices rose at their fastest since June 2007 according to...

Another day, another house price index record. The latest, from the Halifax, shows that typical house prices increased by over £24,500 in...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

The housing market is on track to record its strongest year since 2007 for transactions and house price inflation says Zoopla.  The...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

There’s good news and bad news from the shake-up in government ministers and ministries that was presented to the nation last...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

The lifestyle changes triggered by the pandemic are likely to have a lasting effect on the housing market, pushing property prices permanently...

House prices in Wales - where the equivalent of the stamp duty holiday has fully ended - rose to a new...

Demand for all types of houses, from terraced to detached, has more than doubled in the current housing market - creating...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...

Annual house price inflation is now at its strongest level in nearly seven years, says the Halifax House Price Index. The average...

An estate agency says disgruntled and delayed property buyers are fast falling out of love with the stamp duty holiday, which...

A gradual increase in the supply of homes coming to the market means the stellar price rises of recent months are...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...

Annual house price growth remains strong but it has slowed significantly according to the Nationwide. Prices dropped 0.2 per cent on average...

House price growth is running out of steam ahead of the stamp duty holiday cliff-edge. That’s the suggestion from the Halifax; its latest...

Figures from Zoopla suggest there’s a Christmas present being unwrapped by agents across the country - a far busier housing market tha this...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...

The new two per cent stamp duty surcharge applying to non-resident buyers may cause a wide range of properties to be...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

A leading agent says the government’s new Coronavirus clampdown from Monday will push more home owners to sell. Caspar Harvard-Wills, a partner at...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

House prices showed an unexpected pre-Christmas boost last last month but worries about Brexit remain foremost for buyers according to the...

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...

Home ownership among the young has fallen across all income groups according to a large scale research project looking at adults...

LSL Property Services has issued a warning that market conditions are softer than expected so far in 2018 and that transaction...

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...

The Ernst & Young ITEM Club - a group of economists highly regarded by politicians and some sectors of the property...

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...

Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London.  The price...

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...

Annual house price inflation is 1.3 per cent according to Your Move - even though prices dipped 0.1 per cent in...

UK house price inflation is now running at a modest 2.0 per cent but London's housing market has recorded its worst...

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...

Former RICS residential chief Jeremy Leaf says he is not downcast by the latest Halifax house price index which shows prices...

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

House price inflation in London continues to slow and has now reached 4.9 per cent year-on-year according to Hometrack. London is now among...

Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...

Average house prices across the UK have fallen slightly according to the Nationwide, the first drop of any kind since June...

Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...

House prices in the UK increased by 6.2 per cent in the year to January according to government figures. The Office for...

House prices grew at their fastest pace for 12 months in February, with average values increasing 0.6 per cent -  that’s...

Hometrack data suggests that annual house price inflation in London has fallen to 6.4 per cent, the lowest level since June...

The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...

Figures released by the government show sales during July - the first month after the EU referendum - tumbling by well over...

As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...

The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...

House prices fell a negligible 0.1 per cent in the three months to September as compared to the previous quarter, but...