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Nationwide reports annual price falls in London and South East

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK annual house price growth remained below...

Million-pound home sales falter

The number of properties sold for a million pounds or more in Great Britain...

Land Registry publishes May property sales data

HM Land Registry has revealed that the most expensive property sold in May was...

ONS: UK annual house price growth slows

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.4% in the year to April...

17 places to buy homes under £80k revealed

There are 17 towns and cities in the UK where it is possible to...

House-building continuing to be outpaced by population growth

House building is failing to keep pace with population growth in Britain’s fastest growing...

Nationwide reports slowing of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that annual house price growth remained below 1%...

London house prices down 1.9% year-on-year

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that March 2019 saw average house prices...

1.1% rise in house prices: Halifax

On a monthly basis, house prices rose by 1.1% month-on-month in April, compared to...

Sandbanks remains seaside town hotspot

Halifax has revealed that Sandbanks in Poole is Britain’s most expensive seaside town for...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained subdued in...

Number of homes ‘earning more than their owners’ falls

There has been a contraction in the divide between earnings and property price inflation...

Annual house price growth at lowest level since 2012

Average house prices in the UK increased by 0.6% in the year to February...

Annual house price growth rises slightly

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 2.6%...

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House prices post strongest rise in over a year as rental growth cools

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