Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
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09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Savills has upgraded its house price and transaction forecasts following the Budget - and prime London, especially the centre, is tipped to...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

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...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...
27 January 2021
From: Features

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...
23 January 2021
From: Features

A housing index says the market continues to defy Coronavirus and Brexit worries with asking prices up 4.9 per cent in...
15 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The average UK house price is now a record £253,374 according to the Halifax - but the rate of growth is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

London’s largest independent estate agency, Dexters, suggests that the stamp duty holiday ending in 12 weeks time will have relatively little...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The pandemic has reignited the flagging country house market and boosted demand for larger homes with gardens, claims Savills. Larger country houses...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

If you fear the market will slow after Christmas, think again - Rightmove is expecting several months of frenzied transactions to...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Another day, another house price record as the bull market continues. The latest Halifax index shows prices surging 7.6 per cent to...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Public sentiment over the housing market remains stable despite the Coronavirus crisis and the possibility of a No Deal Brexit. That’s the conclusion...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s research team is anticipating the first quarter of next year will see the current boom continue as 100,000 additional sales...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices by the end of October were running 7.5 per cent above their level a year ago - but the...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s not a big rise, but price growth has returned to the Prime Central London sales market for the first time...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

London’s properties are “over-valued” according to a leading bank. UBS, which has what it calls a Global Real Estate Bubble Index, says...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The so-called ‘trade up gap’ for people buying for the second time has grown to a record £67,761 according to Rightmove. The...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The strong house price growth experienced in recent months could soon be 'marred' by oversupply, according to Home.co.uk. The property website says...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures from Zoopla quantify how Coronavirus is changing the market, with houses selling significantly faster than flats. The latest market report from...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...
27 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday means prime property in the UK now enjoys lower tax rates than most European countries. Buyers...
30 July 2020
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Savills has revised its market forecast for the enclaves of prime central London and now says prices will fall by 2.0...
10 July 2020
From: Breaking News

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...
04 July 2020
From: Features

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla predicts that the price strength that has been seen since the reopening of the housing market is likely to continue...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...
03 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Although all bets are off as to what the housing market will be like after the Coronavirus subsides, there is now...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s Hometrack data research arm says the start of 2020 has seen buyer demand up 26 per cent compared to the...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The total value of the UK’s housing stock hit £7.39 trillion in 2019, a new record high. The claim, in an analysis...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House prices rose 4.0 per cent in 2019 according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax, as a December bounce - some...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the past decade was at its weakest for 30 years - and despite that it remains though...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Annual UK house price growth exceeded one per cent for the first time in 12 months in December according to the...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...
04 January 2020
From: Features

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A high end estate agency says prices in Prime Central London are poised to rise 18 per cent by 2024 despite...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The next 12 months will be an opportunity to reassess the housing market according to property consultancy JLL. It says price growth...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The new mood of apparent political stability promoted by supporters of Boris Johnson and Brexit appears to have failed to win...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Major UK cities have seen average house price rises of 54 per cent in the past decade - an increase of...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

When looking back on the property market this year, the main message we can take is that it has remained extremely...
21 December 2019
From: Features

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...
07 December 2019
From: Features

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

The latest market snapshot from the National Association of Estate Agents continues to show how political uncertainty is dampening sentiment and...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices dipped a tiny 0.1 per cent in October - but this led to the annual rate coming in at...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have interpreted the latest house price figures as evidence that the market is in limbo waiting for the Brexit -...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...
26 October 2019
From: Features

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...
08 October 2019
From: Breaking News

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Cash buyers have fallen in 90 per cent of major UK cities over the past three years according to a Zoopla...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Cluttons has downgraded its forecasts for the housing markets in London and the rest of the UK for the remainder of...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

No less than 56 per cent of properties across the UK are in areas that are affordable for first time buyers...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures produced by Zoopla’s research team shows for the first time the huge scale of regional variations in terms of...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The property website Home has identified the four regions of the UK where it says the current market slowdown is at...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Some homes in the UK are now worth 44 per cent less than they were a decade ago, claims the estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News

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

Seemingly-endless uncertainty over Brexit and now speculation over whether there will be an easing of stamp duty on transactions is making...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The average house price growth across southern cities is running at the lowest level recorded since January 2012, according to Zoopla. Prices...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

London and South East England are to see house price falls this year and only “very modest” growth in 2020 -...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Home, the property platform that often produces downbeat market forecasts, now says there are signs of improvement in London at least. It...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features

The income required for first time buyers to purchase in the three most expensive UK cities has fallen slightly according to...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Homes in central parts of London sold for a typical 11.5 per cent below asking price in the first three months...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index shows very little happening in the market, with analysts expecting little significant movement until Brexit is...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The gap between average asking prices and average selling prices has increased in recent months according to Zoopla. Its latest study of...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...
25 May 2019
From: Features

House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The average time on the market for a property is soaring across the UK thanks to Brexit uncertainty, according to the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices in 20 UK cities analysed by Zoopla show an average 1.7 per cent increase over the 12 months to...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The average time it takes for a single first time buyer to save for a 15 per cent deposit in England...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News

House prices rose slightly more rapidly in the first three months of the year but growth is likely to remain subdued...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents appear to be speaking with one voice in response to the latest house price index, saying that once Brexit is...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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

More downbeat house price figures have prompted one leading estate agent to admit that the 2019 market had not taken off...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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

House prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to Nationwide, which says the market...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s foremost property consultancies has given a relatively upbeat prediction for the UK housing market over the next five...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There may be a cloud over the economy right now but growth of 2.7 per cent in house prices last year...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

As 2018 draws to a close, it is fair to say that stretched affordability and uncertainty over the Brexit negotiations has...
29 December 2018
From: Features

House price inflation across the UK has slowed to a six-year low of 2.6 per cent thanks to falls in London...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ global chief executive Michael Bruce has taken a swipe at the property and mainstream media for being too London-centric in...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading property consultancy has called out Manchester as the location which has seen the highest urban price growth of anywhere...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Savills has issued its forecast for the housing market for the next five years, and while it highlights some bright spots...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s November so forecasts for next year are beginning to emerge from high-end agencies with research departments - and the first one...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Savills is warning that heightened uncertainty around Brexit negotiations will delay recovery in the prime central London housing market for up...
12 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One estate agent has described the latest price fall announced by the Halifax as “quite a retreat” for the housing market...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The income first-time buyers need to purchase a home in the UK’s largest cities has shot up by 18 per cent...
27 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate agents say the continuing gentle slowdown reflected in the latest government house price figures will be the story of the...
20 September 2018
From: Breaking News

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...
15 September 2018
From: Features

House prices fell further this month as the slowdown tightened its grip according to he latest data from property platform Home. It...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index from Nationwide shows a monthly fall of 0.5% in August, the largest decline recorded since July...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A downbeat report from property investment specialist London Central Portfolio says “there are very few causes for optimism in the domestic...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management company is warning that some areas of the UK could be in line for a price correction this...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices are rising at their slowest rate for nearly five years as London suffers its largest decline in prices since...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents appear to be getting more pessimistic over the housing market as the latest government figures show prices still growing - but...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices in London are projected to fall in the short-term, down by two per cent by the end of 2018...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Hometrack says other cities are now closing the gap on London in terms of house prices and market value. The latest Hometrack UK...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices rose at their slowest annual rate in five years in June according to the latest indicator of this summer’s...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Summer is traditionally the time of the year when the property market slows down, with people going away on their holidays...
19 June 2018
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Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise. The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Rightmove indicates that the average national asking price has reached another all-time high of £308,075 following a...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The introduction of the Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to replace stamp duty in Wales has had a significant impact on house...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Consumer body Which? is warning that those who used the Help To Buy equity loan to purchase their homes could face...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Strutt & Parker has repeated its warning that the market in prime central London could see a typical house price fall...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

New figures from Hometrack show that a typical home in Greater London now takes 17 weeks to find a buyer -...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The latest house price index figures from the Halifax gives just the spur the market may need as the spring sales...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading estate agent says his findings confirm those of the latest house price index in suggesting that prices are turning...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

House price growth in London has hit a seven year low according to Hometrack, with prices actually down across 42 per...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices have taken a spring leap in the north of England as the market improves - but it’s a different...
19 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Average house prices rose 0.5 per cent in February, making it the biggest rise in five months according to the latest...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

House prices fell unexpectedly in February with the Nationwide Building Society reporting a drop of 0.3 per cent. This ended some analysts’...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News

New analysis by Hometrack shows that large regional cities like Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester look set for a 20 per cent...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A 1.0 per cent interest rate rise would add £930 a year to the cost of servicing the average mortgage, according...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Despite a string of property pundits suggesting the market is slowing down, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

House price falls have been recorded in London, the South East and the North East according to data from LSL Property Services,...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The housing market has started 2018 as it ended 2017 according to the RICS, with new buyer enquiries, instructions and sales...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Prices in the three months to the end of January were 2.2 per cent, indicating a further slowing from the previous...
08 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank has revealed a league table of the cities which have seen the highest price growth over the past decade...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Annual house price growth is now 3.2 per cent according to Nationwide - an unexpected rise from the 2.6 per cent recorded at...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Homes for sale in some parts of inner London are seeing price discounts of up to 10 per cent says Hometrack...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A set of figures produced by Haart suggests the market has had a difficult past 12 months - but the firm...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the year to November average house prices in the UK increased...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Figures out this morning from the Nationwide show the first annual fall in London-wide house prices for eight years - and...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

With an average house price of £252,896 and trains to London taking as little as 24 minutes, Luton has been named...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...
30 December 2017
From: Features

The last of the leading agency analysts and business consultancies have now given their predictions for the UK housing market in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The property consultancy Hometrack says London is facing “a drawn-out period during which there will be a slow re-alignment of house...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News

House price growth will come to a halt next year as the number of transactions reduces, according to the RICS forecast...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has revealed the top 10 locations outside London where asking prices grew most and where homes sold fastest - and...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The investment service arm of international ratings agency Moody's is warning that affordability issues are likely to lead to a slowdown...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Rightmove is warning that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen by 2.6 per cent in the past...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Halifax reports that house prices in the last three months, that’s between September and November, were 2.4 per cent higher...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

One of the last major estate agencies to give its forecast for 2018 says London prices will drop another 0.5 per...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

House price growth appears to have stabilised at 2.5 per cent per year according to the latest index to appear, that...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Jackson-Stops predicts that average UK house prices will remain flat in 2018, with stamp duty, Brexit and political uncertainties taking their...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

House price growth has been strongest in the north west of England according to the latest government figures from the Office...
15 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move and Reeds Rains, both part of LSL Property Services, are the latest agencies to admit a slowdown in house...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The notion of a North-South divide in the UK has been around for as long as I can remember – certainly...
04 November 2017
From: Features

The first of the major estate agency research teams to offer a forecast for the 2018 market has kicked off the...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

London house prices are stuck in neutral according to the latest figures from property consultancy Hometrack, which says values in the...
25 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Analysts believe a rise in the Bank of England base rate is on the cards next month as a result of the...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

UK house price inflation is now running at a modest 2.0 per cent but London's housing market has recorded its worst...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Savills has revised its forecasts for the housing market and says that uncertainty over the impact of Brexit points to two...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest data from Your Move reveals London as still being the area of England and Wales with the lowest house...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market remains mixed across different parts of the UK but London and the south east remain the weakest areas...
14 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Government figures suggest house prices are still rising by 5.1 per cent a year, with the average property value in the...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Two years of stagnation fuelled by Brexit uncertainty and stamp duty increases may be coming to an end in prime central...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The average price of a home in the UK is now £211,6712 - up slightly on last month but with growth...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Property consultancy Hometrack says London’s 12 month market slowdown has bottomed out with the annual growth rate rising to 2.8 per...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has issued forecasts for the housing market over the next two years amidst a warning that Brexit volatility is the...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The typical asking price of a home coming on sale has fallen by 0.9 per cent, equivalent to £2,758 - precisely...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest figures from business consultancy Hometrack shows that house price inflation in the UK’s major cities is likely to reach...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

PwC says the drop in the number of property transactions is the economic indicator where the uncertainty over Brexit is most...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move says the surprise General Election and the creation of a weaker minority government has exacerbated the slowdown in the...
17 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...
14 July 2017
From: Features

The UK property market has entered a period of stagflation where house price growth is consistently lower than the rate of...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows price growth dipping further, struggling transaction volumes and the...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide is warning that a slowdown in household spending is likely in the near future, leading to a ‘drag’ on...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Prime London house prices are now 5.3 per cent lower than at the time of the EU referendum admits Savills, following...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s the morning after the festival before for the 150,000 estimated revellers who enjoyed the Glastonbury Festival which drew to a...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The steep drop in price growth for homes across London is beginning to bottom out according to Hometrack, which says values...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest Rightmove figures show that the number of sales agreed by agents over the last month is up 7% when...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News

National average house price growth bounced back in April after a slow March, according to official figures. The latest UK House Price...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The latest measure of house price rises in key UK cities by the property consultancy Hometrack shows house price in many...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

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

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

Theresa May's decision to call a snap election in June has so far had 'little effect' on the property market, according...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Average asking prices in London have fallen, while the majority of regional markets are performing strongly, according to the latest index...
12 May 2017
From: Breaking News

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 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

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...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The snap General Election on June 8 adds to uncertainty but does not significantly worsen the market for prime properties in...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...
22 April 2017
From: Features

Average UK house price growth will reach 2.2 per cent this year, a rise of £4,460 that will see the average...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Your Move’s latest house price index shows that the average house price in England and Wales is now £301,278 after a...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The website Home, which monitors asking prices, says prices have rallied strongly in the last month but thanks to growing inflation...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Savills is warning that while low interest rates will probably keep house prices relatively static, transaction volumes are likely to remain...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News

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
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Contrary to some reports suggesting London’s housing market may be recovering, new data from Hometrack reveals the capital’s performance is still...
24 March 2017
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After a year of turbulence thanks to Brexit and the consequences of stamp duty changes, prime central London’s housing market appears...
21 March 2017
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The average asking price rise for homes coming to the market in the last month has been a chunky 1.3 per...
20 March 2017
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The Office for Budget Responsibility, which released its latest economic forecasts on Wednesday, has adjusted its prediction for UK house prices…again. It...
11 March 2017
From: Features

It's been revealed that Countrywide has lost 200 branches in its reorganisation - that's around 20 per cent of its branch...
09 March 2017
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The latest house price index from Halifax reports that annual house price growth dipped during February. The bank recorded annual house price...
08 March 2017
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The property website Home is warning that while prices may show an early spring uplift there’s a long-term slowing of the market underway...
16 February 2017
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The market got off to a strong start in 2017 with prices growing 0.3 per cent in January to push the...
13 February 2017
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Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...
08 February 2017
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Agents have given a cautious welcome to the latest index from the Nationwide, suggesting that the annual rate of price growth...
02 February 2017
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The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...
28 January 2017
From: Features

The latest assessment of major UK cities’ housing markets by property consultancy Hometrack shows more locations overhauling London in terms of...
20 January 2017
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The rental market has had to face a raft of changes over the past year, including the introduction of the 3% stamp...
14 January 2017
From: Features

There is no doubt that 2016 managed to catch the world by surprise on more than one occassion. But will 2017 be...
14 January 2017
From: Features

The chief economist at Nationwide says there are signs that the period of domination for London’s housing market - which for...
03 January 2017
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This is the final Estate Agent Today until Tuesday January 3 2017, so everyone at Angels Media sends all good wishes for...
30 December 2016
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The Nationwide is the latest major industry forecaster to predict a sluggish average house price rise of two per cent in...
21 December 2016
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Following a strong start to 2016, particularly in the lower to middle range of the UK housing market, that lasted up...
17 December 2016
From: Features

House prices in London are now rising at 7.6 per cent per year - the lowest figure for 39 months according...
16 December 2016
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The latest official house price index, released by the Office for National Statistics, shows that house price growth was 6.9 per...
14 December 2016
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There’s been a fall in the typical asking price of a home on sale of 2.1 per cent according to Rightmove...
12 December 2016
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The latest index from the Halifax shows that prices in the three months to November were 0.8 per cent higher than...
08 December 2016
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Estate agency Knight Frank says that the UK housing market has rebounded more strongly than expected after the Brexit referendum -...
01 December 2016
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Housing data consultancy Hometrack says the disparity between average earnings and house prices is reaching record levels in certain parts of...
25 November 2016
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House prices in the three months to late October were on average 5.2 per cent higher than over the same period...
08 November 2016
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Savills is the latest estate agency to warn that economic uncertainty following the Brexit vote will trigger two years of low...
04 November 2016
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As many northern cities struggled to recover from the 2008 global financial crisis, the north-south divide returned to plague the British...
28 October 2016
From: Features

As economic consultancies and estate agency research departments begin their annual round of late-year forecasts for the 12 months ahead, the...
27 October 2016
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Most householders taking part in a sentiment survey by estate agency Knight Frank say they believe the value of their home...
24 October 2016
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The latest Hometrack cities index suggests that London house prices in the last quarter recorded the lowest growth for 20 months...
21 October 2016
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Data just released from the Land Registry shows that the average price of a property in the UK is now £218,964...
19 October 2016
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House prices fell a negligible 0.1 per cent in the three months to September as compared to the previous quarter, but...
10 October 2016
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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
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Annual house price growth in 20 UK cities dipped to 8.2% last month, according to the latest figures from Hometrack. The research...
26 September 2016
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Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced that it has invested in a soon-to-launch PropTech startup. The group, which now owns uSwitch and...
16 September 2016
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House prices increased by 0.4% between June and July, according to the latest UK House Price Index. The data for July, the...
14 September 2016
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The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features

House prices dipped 0.2 per cent last month but remain 0.7 per cent higher than three months ago and a full...
08 September 2016
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A campaign has been launched to make Bristol the colour capital of the UK by ensuring that more homes are painted...
02 September 2016
From: Features

Average house prices across the UK increased by 0.6 per cent in August, taking the annual rate of growth to 5.6...
01 September 2016
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There has been a marked slowdown in house price growth in major UK cities in the past three months - led...
26 August 2016
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The number of 95 per cent loan to value mortgages available for first time buyers has dwindled 16 per cent in...
24 August 2016
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The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...
23 August 2016
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Brexit is set to weaken the wider economy and will lead to a small house price dip of one per cent...
22 August 2016
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research says that house prices across the UK are set to increase by 5.7 per...
02 August 2016
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London house prices rose by 251 and 209 per cent respectively during Thatcher’s and Blair’s time at Number 10 - but...
26 July 2016
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Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...
22 July 2016
From: Features

London’s rising supply of homes on sale and relatively low level of transactions are “pointing to slower house price growth in...
22 July 2016
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20 July 2016
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One of the first major pieces of research to come from an estate agency following the EU referendum suggests the short-term...
14 July 2016
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London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...
13 July 2016
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The possibility of short-term falling house prices caused by Brexit may be good news for the UK’s four million leasehold flat...
12 July 2016
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Referendum uncertainty - even before the shock Brexit vote itself - led prime central London prices to drop 1.4 per cent...
04 July 2016
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The chief economist who compiles Nationwide’s monthly house price index says it is too early yet to see the impact of...
30 June 2016
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Hometrack is the latest property organisation to forecast that the referendum result will impact turnover far more than house prices in...
29 June 2016
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An analysis of 750,000 homes on sale across the UK reveals areas where activity remains high despite economic uncertainty surrounding the...
21 June 2016
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The sense of gathering momentum for the Leave campaign ahead of the upcoming EU referendum is causing high levels of uncertainty...
17 June 2016
From: Features

Worsening affordability caused by a sustained period of higher-than-earnings house price growth, should curb demand and result in a slowdown in...
08 June 2016
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Average house prices increased by 0.2% between April and May, according to the latest figures from Nationwide. The bank's House Price Index...
02 June 2016
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Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...
31 May 2016
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An increasing number of UK households say they plan to buy a property in the next 12 months. Knight Frank's latest house...
24 May 2016
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Knight Frank says the prices of so-called ‘prime’ country houses are still on average 13.6 per cent below their peak, despite...
17 May 2016
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Recent debate about a London market slowdown has clouded the fact that the areas seeing price falls are almost entirely in...
17 May 2016
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House prices dipped by 0.8 per cent in April, the first month of the stamp duty surcharge and the period when...
10 May 2016
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Political and economic uncertainty caused by the upcoming EU referendum is beginning to hit the housing market according to two different...
15 April 2016
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It’s unlikely that this is what George Osborne wanted when he announced his stamp duty surcharge but its deadline for introduction...
14 April 2016
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House prices in the three months to March were 10.1 per cent higher than in the same quarter a year earlier...
08 April 2016
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The price of a typical home increased by 0.8 per cent in March, while the annual rate of house price growth...
04 April 2016
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There has been a significant acceleration in house prices in Britain’s big cities with lower-priced locations such as Portsmouth, Nottingham and...
25 March 2016
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Average house prices will rise by 20.1 per cent by the end of 2019 with a typical home then costing £236,691...
18 March 2016
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The number of property sales in Scotland during January was the highest recorded since 2008, according to figures from Your Move. The...
16 March 2016
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Cluttons is warning that the prime central London market may stagnate for at least the early part of this year thanks...
08 February 2016
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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
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The latest government house price index from the Office for National Statistics shows that house prices across the UK rose by...
20 January 2016
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Your Move claims the higher end of the Scottish housing market is recovering from the introduction of Land and Building Transaction...
20 January 2016
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The housing market will slow in the next three years as affordability problems and buy to let taxes combine to offset...
19 January 2016
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The average property value in England and Wales at the start of 2016 is £186,325 according to the Land Registry. Its data...
04 January 2016
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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
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The Nationwide says house prices will rise three to six per cent in 2016, despite the prospect of interest rate rises during...
18 December 2015
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Prime Central London’s residential values have risen 4.3 per cent over the past 12 months and now average £2.3m per property...
16 December 2015
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A leading bank is forecasting that if interest rates do not rise next year - as some experts predict - then...
08 December 2015
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The Nationwide says house prices have edged up 0.1 per cent in November, reducing the annual pace of price growth to...
30 November 2015
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Hometrack says its index of house price growth in major cities is already 9.4 per cent per annum and looks set...
20 November 2015
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Knight Frank has issued housing market predictions for 2016 roughly in line with all those issued by rival high end agents...
16 November 2015
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The value of Britain's housing stock has risen 53 per cent over the past decade, despite most of that time being...
12 November 2015
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Humberts says property values across the south east of England have seen robust growth of almost eight per cent over the...
11 November 2015
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House prices edged up by an average 0.6 per cent across the UK last month according to the Nationwide, bringing a...
30 October 2015
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Richard Donnell, one of Britain’s foremost housing market analysts, says there are signs that the underlying rate of growth in house...
26 October 2015
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Prime Central London’s housing market will stagnate with no price growth at all next year, warns Savills. Even in 2017 price growth...
16 October 2015
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The latest blow to the prime central London market has come from Knight Frank, the high end agency, which has slashed...
12 October 2015
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Last month was the strongest September since 2007 for home sales, with a distinct north-south divide when it comes to transactions...
09 October 2015
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The average price of an apartment has risen by 60 per cent over the past 10 years, far ahead of the...
07 October 2015
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Knight Frank has become the latest high-end agency to admit that the prime central London market is in the doldrums, with...
05 October 2015
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First came a Bank of England prediction that the market will strengthen in the autumn; then lenders reported a surge in...
01 October 2015
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The number of homes sold over the spring and early summer this year was down on 2014 while house price rises...
29 September 2015
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The gap between house prices in London and other major regional cities is at its widest for 20 years, according to...
25 September 2015
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Average house prices in England and Wales are expected to rise by 5.0 per cent in 2015 and by 4.5 per...
21 September 2015
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Knight Frank is the latest estate agent to admit that the prime London sales market is “subdued” - and it blames...
08 September 2015
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The latest data released by the agents’ favourite house price source, the Land Registry, shows that prices in England and Wales...
01 September 2015
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Average house prices across the UK increased by 0.3 per cent in August but the annual pace of house price growth...
28 August 2015
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Households in all UK regions perceived that house prices increased this month, according to Knight Frank’s latest House Price Sentiment Index. This...
24 August 2015
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21 August 2015
From: Features

UK house prices increased by 4.3% in the three months to July 2015, the highest quarterly growth for eleven years, according...
21 August 2015
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The imbalance of supply and demand in the housing market “will lead to even stronger price gains over the next 12...
14 August 2015
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LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...
13 August 2015
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Credit rating service Moody’s is warning that restrictions on mortgage interest relief for buy-to-let landlords will slow house price growth in...
06 August 2015
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UK average house prices rose 0.4 per cent in July taking the annual pace of change up to 3.5 per cent,...
05 August 2015
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First time buyer registrations have plummeted over the past year and the average price of a home purchased by FTBs has...
28 July 2015
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research, a leading consultancy, says the drought in properties on the market is pushing up...
22 July 2015
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Confidence in the outlook for house price growth hit its highest level in four years following the general election in May...
20 July 2015
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In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...
10 July 2015
From: Features

The Halifax house price index says house prices jumped 1.7 per cent in June and 3.3 per cent over the past...
09 July 2015
From: Breaking News

When do we really start to worry about rising rents and house prices? Despite an apparent slowdown in house price inflation...
19 June 2015
From: Features

London’s housing market slowdown is the chief reason UK house price growth has eased in the year to April, according to...
17 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Average house price growth is slowing and is now just a third of what it was this time last year according...
12 June 2015
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A London agency has reported that it has not experienced the increase in sales and lettings it had expected after last...
10 June 2015
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Annual property price growth slowed in May, according to the latest Nationwide data. The figure for annual growth moderated to 4.6 per...
04 June 2015
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The average property price in England and Wales reached £179,817 in April, according to the Land Registry. The latest data shows that...
02 June 2015
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The true impact of the election on the housing market has been revealed as the latest government figures on house transactions...
22 May 2015
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UK house price growth accelerated to an annual rate of 9.6 per cent in the year to March, according to the...
20 May 2015
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For the first time in four and a half years, London is no longer the region with the country’s strongest house...
15 May 2015
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The price of a typical UK home increased by precisely 1.0 per cent in April - the largest monthly increase since...