House prices

London house prices beginning to cool

Average house prices in the UK increased by 6.9% in the year to October...

51% rise in housing stock value over past decade

Halifax has revealed that the total value of privately owned housing stock in the UK...

Rightmove forecasts 2% house price growth next year

Rightmove's December House Price Index has revealed that the price of property coming to...

Cooling of house price inflation continues

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to November were 0.8%...

Crossrail already creating house price boost

Homes close to stations serving London’s new Crossrail route are already seeing an increase...

Slight slowing in annual rate of house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.1% in...

New Forest is least affordable National Park

House prices in the 12 National Parks surveyed are, on average, £118,711 – or...

‘Brexit effect’ to have less impact on the North?

Bridging Finance Solutions (BFS) is expecting a particularly buoyant market in the North of England...

Britons turning a blind eye to crime

Latest research from Direct Line Home Insurance has found that 8% of Britons say they have been a...

Posh west London feel Stamp Duty effect

Analysis by London estate agent Stirling Ackroyd of data before and after Stamp Duty reforms...

10.9% annual rise in London house prices

September data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows an annual price increase...

“General cooling” in housing market

The average house price in England and Wales is now £294,351, according to the...

House price optimism at lowest level since June 2013

The latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has revealed that confidence in the UK...

Halifax: house prices largely unchanged

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months from August to October...

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