House prices
House prices in Scotland have fallen in the last year and risk being left behind the rest of the UK, according to the latest LSL Scotland house price index.
Prime London property prices have risen by £27 per hour since March 2012 to cross the £1m mark this spring, according to London Central Portfolio analysts.
Help to Buy could push first-time buyer house prices up 20% to over £150,000 by the end of 2015, a financial consultancy has warned.
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The average house price of new build property in the UK has increased by 12% over the past five years with the average price now at £233,822.
The government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme could leave it open to high loan-to-value mortgage lending risk for years to come, MPs have warned.
The value of UK property has increased at almost twice the pace of UK retirees’ incomes since 1997
UK house prices outside of London have started to stabilise while the capital city continues its rapid growth, according to the ONS house price index.
The average price of a property coming onto the market has risen sharply this year to stand at £246,235, according to Rightmove.
First-time buyers numbers have enjoyed their best start to a year since since 2008, according to research released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
No one can say that the world of residential property inspection is boring - (OK, I take that back) but to be serious, there is always one scare story or another doing the rounds and generally being portrayed by the media as a final nail in the coffin of the housing market.
The passing of Baroness Thatcher this week has understandably prompted a tidal wave of diverse comment from around the globe.
One in four house buyers and 60% of Londoners last year bought a property for more than £250,000, according to Halifax researchers.
Growing house prices in London and the South East continue to push national house price averages to new highs, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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