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Higher mortgage rates are a drag on house price growth says Zoopla - and it’s produced startling figures to prove it. The...

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...

Housing affordability ratios have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels but remain high, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows. The latest figures...

The European property market is the most distressed sector, new research suggests. The latest Distress Index, from restructuring firm Weil, has warned...

Zoopla is warning that there will be further house price falls in 2024 on top of the 4.5 per cent drop...

UK housing market activity "remains weak" according to the Nationwide. Its latest house price index shows that prices declined 5.3 per cent...

House prices fell at their fastest rate since July 2009 last month, according to Nationwide.  The lender’s latest House Price Index shows...

Housing affordability is improving but the benefits are being offset by high mortgage rates, Halifax claims. Analysis by the lender found the...

House prices dipped at their fastest rate since 2009 last month, new data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index revealed average...

New research aims to address the age-old debate of which generation has it worse when it comes to housing affordability. Quick-buy firm...

Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...

The property market appears to have stalled in April and May, with official data showing a dip in house prices and...

Average UK house prices were hit by the largest annual decline since July 2009 last month. Nationwide’s latest House Price Index suggests...

Annual house price growth has fallen for the first time since June 2020 and is now at its weakest level since...

Mortgage lenders may have been grabbing the headlines in recent weeks with rates below 4% but a broker has warned this...

The proportion of take-home pay that first-time buyers are having to put towards mortgage repayments is returning to levels last seen...

The housing market is struggling to regain momentum following the mini-Budget but a ‘soft landing’ is possible, Nationwide suggests. The lender is...

House price growth slowed annually and fell for the third month in a row during November, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House...

Annual house price growth hit an 18-month low during October and fell on a monthly basis for the first time since...

Annual house price growth slowed to single digits in September and was flat on a monthly basis, Nationwide figures show. The lender’s...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

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

Labour says the stamp duty holiday is an example of the government’s “failed approach” to home ownership and housing affordability. Labour’s Shadow...

Some 70 per cent of first time buyers in 2020 took out mortgages in excess of 25 years, says the Nationwide. A decade...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

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

Strutt & Parker says the housing crisis - in the shape of too few homes and their stubbornly high prices -...

Communities have missed out on more than 10,000 affordable homes in the past three years as a result of government rules...

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...

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

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

Forget the popular term ‘housing affordability’ - the latest government figures suggest the real issue may be housing un-affordability. Data from the...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

Discounted starter homes could be out of reach for the majority of families in need of an affordable home in many...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...