London house prices are not a bubble say official forecasters March 26, 2014 LONDON’S house prices are booming because of a lack of supply and are not in a bubble, the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) told MPs yesterday. Prices are rising by around 10 per cent per year in the capital, but are not set for a crash because demand will continue to outweigh supply. The OBR [...]
London house prices pull further ahead of regions March 13, 2014 HOUSE prices in the City soared by more than any other London borough, while the capital’s market continued to blast ahead of the rest of the UK, new figures showed yesterday. It came as mortgage lending shot up by more than a third in the last year, led by high loan-to-value mortgages. London prices increased [...]
London housing outstrips country as prices rocket January 14, 2014 LONDON house prices are rising nearly four times as fast as properties outside the south east of England, as the recent heat in the housing market concentrates on the capital. The price of London property rose by 11.6 per cent in the 12 months to November 2013, while prices outside London and the south east [...]
London house prices barely slowing in 2014 December 10, 2013 HOUSE prices in the capital will continue to soar next year, rising by up to seven per cent, estate agent Marsh and Parsons predicted yesterday. The agency has 18 buyers on its books for every prime London property, well up on the 13.5 a year ago and a level which will keep the market rising. [...]
London house prices set to soar by 35 per cent over the next five years October 24, 2013 HOUSE prices in the capital are set to spiral further upward by more than a third in the next five years, according to new research seen by City A.M. Property services firm CBRE expects the capital’s house prices to soar by an astonishing 34.8 per cent between 2014 and 2018, according to its latest forecast. [...]
London housing bubble inflates further August 13, 2013 LONDON house prices soared to more than 12-times the average income in June, official figures showed yesterday, as economists warned the boom could prove unsustainable. Government policies to keep interest rates low and help first time buyers onto the property ladder are pumping up a bubble, analysts said. The average price in [...]
London housing begins to price out businesses July 28, 2013 BUSINESSES warned the government today that rising property prices could undermine investment in the capital, as firms struggle to keep up. According to the statement by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and KPMG, the shortage of housing has risen from companies’ third most pressing concern to their second since December, overtaking transport. The number [...]