Property Prices
Rightmove: Home sellers slash asking prices by £4,000 in JulyHouse sellers desperate to shift their properties cut asking prices this month by 1.7 per cent, or £4,138 – the largest price drop in July for four years. |
Brits repay £122b more on homes than borrowed since 2008Housing equity withdrawal fell in the first quarter of 2012, latest figures show, meaning fewer people borrowed against their homes for other major purchases. |
House prices up 0.5% in May, says Land RegistryHouse prices rose by 0.5 per cent in May, latest figures from the Land Registry show, but there are significant regional variations across England and Wales. |
House prices flatline in June amid falling demandHouse price growth stalled in June for the first time in four months, as economic uncertainty and a seasonal slowdown hit the property market, new figures show. |
House prices down 0.6% in June, says NationwideThe price of a typical UK house fell by 0.6 per cent in June to around £165,738, according to latest data from Nationwide. |
House prices in boom locations soar by £110,000 in 10 yearsProperty prices in areas with the strongest economies have climbed by £110,000 in the past decade, new research indicates. |
‘Second steppers’ going back to the bank of mum and dadOne in six ‘second steppers’ – first home owners looking to move up the property ladder – is turning to their parents to help them bridge the price gap. |
Homes in picturesque settings rise by £110,000 in past decadeHomeowners in some of the most picturesque locations in England have seen their property value soar by more than £900 a month over the past 10 years. |
Average UK house cost £2,200 at start of Queen's reign in 1952The average house in the UK cost £2,200 in 1952 at the Start of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Since then the average UK house has increased in value by over 100 times. |
House prices still falling, says Land RegistryHouse prices continued to slide downwards in April, with London’s micro-market still bucking the national trend, according to latest figures. |
UK house prices pushed up by London marketHouse prices across the UK rose by an average of 0.2 per cent, mainly boosted by London which saw a 0.6 per cent growth in prices, Hometrack said today. |
seven in 10 Brits would use property to fund retirementData released from the Equity Release Council suggests more than seven in ten people in the UK would consider using their home to boost their retirement finances. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
House prices up 1.1% in January, says Land RegistryThe typical cost of a home in England and Wales rose by 1.1 per cent in January, pushing the average house price to £161,545, latest figures show. |
Asking price for average UK house reaches £233,252 in FebruaryAsking prices for homes in the UK are rising at their fastest pace in almost 10 years, and now average £232,252, according to a new report from Rightmove. |
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