London house prices: Housing market cools in capital with July sales drop and slower growth forecast August 14, 2014 London house sales dropped last month as the market cooled, calming fears of a housing bubble in the capital- a trend that’s expected to continue over the next 12 months. The data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggest the market is “going into reverse”, as sales fell for the third month in a [...]
As London house prices show signs of cooling, are fears of a bubble overplayed? August 12, 2014 Rob Wood, chief UK economist at Berenberg Bank, says Yes. Rapid rises in house prices would be a threat if they turned into an uncontrollable bubble accompanied by a rapid debt build-up. So it is good news that London house price inflation seems to be slowing down. And that slowdown has its roots in action [...]
London house prices to finally cool down as homeowners rush to sell properties August 11, 2014 The frothy London housing market is likely to come off the boil in the months ahead, with owners rushing to sell their properties following the recent surge in prices and buyers increasingly reticent to match the escalating valuations. The number of people looking to sell homes in the capital has climbed by nearly a third, [...]
Recovery at risk as London house price boom outstrips wage growth, warns Moody’s August 5, 2014 Britain’s banking recovery is at risk from a housing crash, analysts warned yesterday – and that could throw the whole economy off track. The 17 per cent boom in London house prices is far outstripping wage growth, credit ratings agency Moody’s warned, and could come grinding to a halt. Rising interest rates could hit some [...]
London house prices up 25.8 per cent in a year: How do other UK regions compare? July 31, 2014 Yet another report, this time from Nationwide, has shown that London house prices have soared in the last twelve months. Growth is slowing, however, and the latest figures show that the average house price in the UK rose by just 0.1 per cent, below expectations of a 0.5 per cent increase and lower than the [...]
In graphs: Mortgage approvals rise in June even as London house prices drop July 29, 2014 The discussion around the UK property market was given an added element of confusion today as mortgage lending statistics for June beat expectations. In its Money and Credit report, the Bank of England shows that the number of mortgages approved for house purchases was up to 67,196 in June, above the 62,007 seen in May [...]
In graphs: London house prices no longer the fastest growing in the UK July 28, 2014 The Land Registry has released new data on house prices in England and Wales and the figures show the market is cooling. The average across England and Wales shows that prices are stagnant – showing no change at all. The average selling price for a house in England and Wales during June was £172,011: a zero per [...]
London house prices: Growth slumps July 25, 2014 The boom might be ending: London House Prices have stagnated in July, recording their first almost growth-free month since December 2012. According to data from Hometrack – which is a survey rather than indexed data – prices in the capital were unchanged at zero per cent for July, down from 0.5 per cent in June and 0.6 per cent [...]
London house prices up £43,115 in six months as market soars July 22, 2014 The price of an average house in London has risen by £43,115 in the first six months of this year alone, according to astonishing figures from Zoopla, more than the annual salary of an average electrical engineer. By the property website’s reckoning, average property prices in London have risen 8.2 per cent between January and [...]
London house prices swell by a fifth in a year July 16, 2014 House prices jumped by more than a 10th across the UK in the year to May, and more than one fifth in the capital’s frothy housing market, with little suggestion that new regulations had slowed price growth. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed yesterday that house prices in London had risen by 20.1 per [...]