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![Sales volumes boom despite interest rates soaring - new Zoopla figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_39136828.jpg)
UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark boss: 'Focus on local rather than national house price reports'](/upload/images/shutterstock_522207118.jpg)
Buyers and sellers should focus on their own local market rather than national house price indices, the chief executive of Properytmark...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgaged homeowners ‘worst-hit’ by higher interest rates](/upload/images/shutterstock_14446201.jpg)
Homeowners with mortgages have seen the highest increase in household costs over recent months, official data suggests. The latest Household Costs Index...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Halifax records shock rise in house prices for 2023 - were values really up?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property-Value_400x310.png)
House prices ended 2023 up 1.7%, Halifax has claimed. The lender’s latest House Price Index for December 2023 suggests the price of...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Who have been the winners and losers in housing for 2023?](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20-%20Weekend%20features%20-%20winners%20and%20losers%20in%202023%20By%20Kevin%20Shaw.jpg)
This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...
23 December 2023
From: Features
![‘Affordability pressures’ set to push house prices down again in 2024 - reports](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Who have been the winners and losers for housing in 2023?](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20shutterstock_1892344393.jpg/4%20shutterstock_1892344393__400x197.jpg)
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...
18 November 2023
From: Features
![Land Registry records first annual house price drop for a decade](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceChange.png)
The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...
16 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Knight Frank: Housing market is period of ‘price discovery’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Cut speculation starts 'election housing market' - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants need choice when it comes to spiralling rental costs](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20weekend%20feature%20Tenants%20need%20choice%20when%20it%20comes%20to%20spiralling%20rental%20costs%20by%20Sam%20Reynolds.jpg/2%20Proofed%20----%20%20EAT%20weekend%20feature%20Tenants%20need%20choice%20when%20it%20comes%20to%20spiralling%20rental%20costs%20by%20Sam%20Reynolds__400x267.jpg)
An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...
21 October 2023
From: Features
![Is the rental market still profitable?](/upload/images/2%20LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...
05 August 2023
From: Features
![Can public private partnerships help address the shortage of rental homes?](/upload/images/4%20RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...
22 July 2023
From: Features
![Fine & Country: Why the housing market is heading for soft landing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
A strong labour market, growing consumer confidence and an increasing acceptance of a higher mortgage rate environment will support the housing...
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyer Woe - prices and deposits soar despite market slowdown](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Portal boss: Property market remains active for ‘realistic’ sellers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Our Oldest House Price Index - happy birthday Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...
14 January 2023
From: Features
![Property market ‘recalibration’ is underway - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_400x310.png)
The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rush predicted as interest rates hit highest level since 2008](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-3-400x310.jpg)
The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![The big question on everyone’s lips right now…are we actually heading for a crash?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Intouch_displays/inventory%20hive%20Lawrence%20Rand_360px%20width.jpg)
As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...
29 July 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents have nothing to fear from market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Sky-Hands-400x310.jpg)
Agents have nothing to fear from a market slowdown, an industry executive claims. Nick Ball, head of sales and client services at...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property sales market slumps to slowest June for nine years - HMRC](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Major agent revises house price forecasts upwards amid slower stock recovery](/upload/images/Logos/Knight-Frank-logo400x310.png)
Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price growth returns to double digits 'but not for long'](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarketStockImage-2-400x310.jpg)
Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...
23 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-4-400x310.jpg)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Leading agent signals the end for double digit house price growth](/upload/images/library/houseprices1.png)
Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to reform the tax we all love to hate?](/upload/images/library/StampDuty1-400x310.jpg)
As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...
22 December 2021
From: Features
![How affordable is it to buy a new-build house?](/upload/images/library/NewHousing-1-400x310.jpg)
Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...
22 September 2021
From: Features
![City exodus: will the return to the office see a reversal of activity?](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...
11 September 2021
From: Features
![Market tectonics: will activity shift from sales to lettings?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...
31 July 2021
From: Features
![The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
![OnTheMarket takes on Rightmove and Zoopla with new market survey](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Could an adjustment to BTL Stamp Duty improve the lettings market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...
16 June 2021
From: Features
![Bank of England warns on interest rates if house prices rocket](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...
03 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Crystal Balls? House price movements can be forecast - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing boom may outlast stamp duty holiday, says Bank chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Prices up 10% a year? It could happen next month says agency chief](/img/default/eat.png)
A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![The future of the tenant experience](/img/default/eat.png)
The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...
05 May 2021
From: Features
![Index puts average house price growth at almost 10% per year](/img/default/eat.png)
One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![How can agents work with property price data and indices?](/img/default/eat.png)
Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...
27 October 2020
From: PropTech & Innovation
![Covid-19 is speeding up PropTech - what are you waiting for?](/img/default/eat.png)
What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...
29 July 2020
From: Features
![Purplebricks’ biggest critic warns over housing market uncertainty](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shock as house prices show largest monthly fall in 11 years - Nationwide](/img/default/eat.png)
UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![EXCLUSIVE - Agents' Cash Crisis: reduced income until autumn](/img/default/eat.png)
The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Invested in Rightmove? Then you’re in the money…](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ delight at another sign that the market is on the rise](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents stay positive as house prices continue to creep up](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide. However, annual...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Market news: Three bedroom homes sell quickest this autumn](/img/default/eat.png)
New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents praise “remarkable” market for staying strong despite Brexit](/img/default/eat.png)
Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Index claims house prices rose six per cent in ONE month alone](/img/default/eat.png)
A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Some London houses 25% below peak as transactions plummet - new index](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Good news, or maybe not, as Halifax price index ‘goes rogue’](/img/default/eat.png)
Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Downbeat official house price figures - but do they show today's market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency data confirms slowing market with some regional price falls](/img/default/eat.png)
The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![New build house price rises massively outstrip mainstream market](/img/default/eat.png)
New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![House prices still rising but market is softening, Halifax figures show](/img/default/eat.png)
Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Slowing? Growing? What’s really happening in today’s property market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...
21 April 2018
From: Features
![Boost for housing market with surge in number of first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
The switchback of house price indices and other data on the state of the market has taken a turn for the...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![New house price index claims superiority over rivals - even Land Registry](/img/default/eat.png)
Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Halifax and Nationwide price indices slammed as out of date by rival](/img/default/eat.png)
House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: huge differences in data used to compile house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices up for fifth month in a row says Rightmove](/img/default/eat.png)
Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove. Asking prices rose 2.0...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average house price growth slowing, official figures show](/img/default/eat.png)
Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Down-valuations and asking price cuts spreading, warns broker](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slows 'as consumer prepare for cash squeeze'](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![The index to end all indices - world's homes are worth $168.5 trillion](/img/default/eat.png)
High-end agency Savills has produced a few notable house price figures in its time but its latest measure takes some beating...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price inflation at its lowest for four years](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices dip for the first time in two years - Nationwide](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices across the UK have fallen slightly according to the Nationwide, the first drop of any kind since June...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Another Rightmove record - 131 million visits last month](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove secured over 131m visits last month, an all-time high for January. The 131m total was some three per cent above January...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices cool as Halifax warns 2017 will see a slowdown](/img/default/eat.png)
Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla: Hometrack makes us UK's most valuable property resource](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed - Countrywide dropped from FTSE 250 from December 19](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide estate agency group is to drop out of the FTSE 250 from the start of trading on December 19. The news...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Ye cannae change the laws of physics](/img/default/eat.png)
It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise. However, at a...
14 October 2016
From: Features
![House price growth slows despite big London and south east rises](/img/default/eat.png)
The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![New government figures show 8.7% house price rise in year 'pre-Brexit'](/img/default/eat.png)
Average house prices across the UK rose 8.7 per cent in the year to the end of June - so including...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![What has been the Brexit impact on the housing market so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...
05 August 2016
From: Features
![House prices rising faster than expected 'but may not yet reflect Brexit'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Nationwide says house prices rose at their fastest annual rate for four months in July, but that performance may not...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News
20 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Index claims London and some regions showing first Brexit price falls](/img/default/eat.png)
London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Index of house prices – or accumulating crisis?](/img/default/eat.png)
So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...
17 June 2016
From: Features
![Mixed reviews from industry figures for launch of new UK House Price Index](/img/default/eat.png)
The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released yesterday, has received mixed reviews from the industry. On the one hand there...
15 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![New ‘official’ UK House Price Index launched - prices up 8.2% annually](/img/default/eat.png)
The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released this morning, shows an annual price increase of 8.2 per cent which takes...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Confirmed - new official UK House Price Index launching next week](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Prices still rising according to government's final ONS housing index](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price inflation dips to 7.6% according to government figures](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices rose by 7.6 per cent in the year to February, according to the government’s Office for National Statistics. This is a...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![New 'official, single' house price index previewed ... and compared to others](/img/default/eat.png)
The government's Office for National Statitsics has confirmed that a new single, official house price index is to be launched in...
31 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Preparations mount for summer launch of single official price index](/img/default/eat.png)
The arrival of a single official house price index comes one step closer later this month with a so-called ‘user event’...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Statistician claims portals' price indices skewed by 'double-counting'](/img/default/eat.png)
A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...
25 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Modest acceleration in house price growth likely, says Nationwide](/img/default/eat.png)
Housing market appreciation continued at 4.4 per cent in the year to late January, continuing an eight month run of price...
28 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![9.5% price rise in 2015 takes average home to over £208,000 says Halifax](/img/default/eat.png)
Prices in the three months to the end of 2015 were 9.5 per cent higher than in the same three month...
08 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Year ends with high price growth almost everywhere says Nationwide](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...
31 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Government's single 'official' house price index to be launched by June](/img/default/eat.png)
A single definitive ‘official’ government house price index is to be launched by June. During the summer the Office for National Statistics...
16 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![2016 will need some thought](/img/default/eat.png)
In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...
11 December 2015
From: Features
![House prices rising 9% in a year, but pace of growth slowing](/img/default/eat.png)
The Halifax says UK-wide house prices are rising on average by nine per cent per year, but the rate of growth...
09 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Halifax forecast latest to predict subdued 2016 housing market](/img/default/eat.png)
Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Britain's least affordable city - it was Oxford but now we can reveal it's...](/img/default/eat.png)
If you think house price indices are confusing, just look at affordability indices. As recently as Monday BBC TV news reported that,...
21 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London transactions down as much as 40% says agent](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...