House Prices
UK house prices slide 0.4% in the past yearBritain’s house prices in March were 0.4 per cent lower than a year earlier, according to Government figures released today. |
UK household wealth up by £2.36 trillion since 2001The combined increase in wealth enjoyed by the UK as a whole has reached £2.36 trillion, mainly due to the rise in house prices, new research from Lloyds says. |
Seaside town house prices double in a decadeHalifax reports that house prices in seaside towns have doubled over the last ten years, with Seaham in County Durham recording the biggest increase. |
House price optimism on the up, says RightmoveProperty portal Rightmove interviewed people moving home and more than a third said they expect to see a rise in house prices over the next 12 months. |
Halifax launches Home Finder appThe Halifax has released a one-stop house hunter app, combining a property search engine, mortgage calculators, local area information and homebuyer guides. |
UK house prices fall to six-month low, says RICSThe Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reports house prices fell to a six-month low in April following the end of the stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers. |
House prices hit three-year lowApril saw a 2.4 per cent fall in house prices wiping out March's 2.2 per cent rise as buyers rushed to beat the stamp-duty deadline. Prices are now at their lowest since July 2009. |
House prices down 0.2% in April, says NationwideThe price of a typical house in the UK dipped by 0.2 per cent in April to around £164,134, figures released today indicate. |
Land Registry reports 0.6 per cent house price fall in MarchThe Land Registry reports a 0.6 per cent fall in the average price of a house in the UK in March which matches the annual fall recorded in March. |
Sales of £1million pound homes fall in 2011A new study by Lloyds TSB reveals a fall in sales of properties in the UK valued between £1 - £2 million but sales of properties above the £2 million mark rose. |
Brits ‘confident that house prices will rise’UK homeowners are becoming increasingly confident that property values will rise, according to a new study by the Halifax. |
Londoners ‘pay up to £27,000 more to live near a station’Homebuyers in London are paying a substantial premium to live close to a tube or train station, research by Nationwide reveals. |
Government house price index shows house prices staticUK house prices increased by just 0.3 per cent over the year to February, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics. |
Negative equity "four times more likely in north than south"New research reveals that negative equity - when a homeowner owes more than their home is worth - is almost four times as likely to occur in the north of England than the south. |
Rics reports rise in new buyer interest in UK property marketThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reports in its March UK housing market survey that new buyer interest is rising, partly due to a spring bounce. |
Halifax reports house prices stable over past yearThe Halifax house price index for March reveals that the average UK house now costs £163,803 and that prices are just 0.6 per cent lower than they were a year ago. |
House prices rise for first time in 20 months, says HometrackUK property prices rose in March for the first time in 20 months on the back of increased demand, activity and a scarcity of housing for sale, new figures show. |
UK city homes at most affordable since 2003Homes in UK cities are at their most affordable for nine years with the earnings to income ratio at 5.5 times. |
UK house prices fall 1% in March as stamp duty break endsBritain’s house prices witnessed their biggest monthly fall for two years as the stamp duty holiday came to an end, figures released by Nationwide indicate. |
Stamp Duty holiday endsThe Stamp Duty holiday ends today (March 24th). The holiday allowed those buying a property to avoid paying a one per cent tax on new homes valued above £125,000. |
Asking prices up by 1.6% in March, says RightmoveBritain’s housing market has enjoyed its strongest start to the year since 2004 with typical asking prices rising by 1.6 per cent, according to Rightmove. |
House prices slip but sales are rising, says RICSOptimism is returning to the housing market as sales in February continued to edge upwards, a report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reveals. |
City house prices climb 382% over the past 25 yearsHouse prices in Britain's cities have almost quadrupled over the past quarter of a century, latest figures from the Halifax reveal. |
Halifax: House prices slip by 0.5% in FebruaryProperty prices across the UK fell by 0.5 per cent in February, largely cancelling out the 0.6 per cent rise the previous month, latest figures indicate. |
Spa town house prices up by £1,000 a month since 2001The value of homes in UK spa towns has increased by an average of £1,000 a month every month since 2001, according to research carried out by Lloyds. |
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