House Prices
House prices edge higher at end of 2010
The seasonally adjusted price index for a typical UK property rose by 0.4% month-on-month in December, after having posted declines in the previous two months, according to the Nationwide House Price Index.
Conwy is UK's top house price performer in 2010
Conwy recorded the biggest rise in house prices among UK counties over the past year, according to the latest Halifax County House Price Survey.
November house prices down 0.6 per cent
House prices fell 0.6 per cent in November, according to the Land Registry's House Price Index.
House prices to fall slightly in 2011
House prices will finish the year two per cent lower than at the end of 2010, says RICS UK Housing Market Forecast. Transactions are likely to remain flat, while repossessions will decline marginally.
Single 'headline' official house price index
A single 'headline' official house price index should be introduced to meet the needs of users, a review by the National Statistician has found.
Housing market slows further
Activity in the housing market continued to slow during November, with house prices slipping further, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey.
House prices fell 0.1% in November
House prices fell 0.1% in November and in the three months to November were 2.1% lower than in the preceding three months, according to the Halifax House Price Index.
House prices edge down further in November
The recent trend of modestly falling house prices continued during November, with the price of a typical UK property declining by 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis between October and November, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
Midlands property prices point to true market value
Taylor Wimpey North Midlands’ Daniel McGowan considers how new build prices can give an accurate value of homes on the market – and how the housebuilder’s competitive pricing policy has ensured the success of its developments of new homes in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Birmingham and the Black Country in 2010.
Market towns at £30,000 house price premium
As shoppers wrap up to explore the German Christmas markets springing up across the UK, Lloyds TSB takes a look at the cost of living in some of England's more traditional market towns.
Scottish rural house prices up by £180 a week
Rural homeowners have seen the value of their property more than double over the past decade, according to research by the Bank of Scotland.
October house prices down 0.8 per cent
The October data from Land Registry's flagship House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 3.4 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £165,505. The monthly change from September to October is a decrease of 0.8 per cent.
Scottish housing market stabilises
The Scottish housing market's recovery from the recession has stabilised after the price fall of the previous quarter, according to the latest Scottish House Price Monitor from Lloyds TSB Mortgages, Scotland. On an annual, underlying basis Scottish house prices have increased by 4.6%.
Countryside living is increasingly unaffordable
Rural homeowners have seen the value of their property rise by more than £100,000 over the past decade, according to the latest annual Halifax Rural Housing Review.
London region continues to lead UK housing market
With mortgage lending generally flat during September according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the trade body representing building societies, other data released by the UK Land Registry showed that the London region continued to lead the UK property market, with average values growing by 8.8% in the year to September.