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: UK house prices rise just 0.1 per cent in July July 31, 2014 First it was the Land Registry telling us and now it's Nationwide: the upward spiral of house prices is coming to an end, at least for now. The latest figures from Nationwide 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 [...]
With UK house prices so high, how much would you need to be paid to live next to a prison? July 29, 2014 With UK house prices at record highs, what kind of compromises might you be willing to make to get on the property ladder? A new survey by online estate agents Housesimple.co.uk looked into what environmental hardships home buyers might be willing to endure in order to get on the housing ladder. From prisons to rubbish [...]
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 [...]
UK house sales at their highest since 2007, but seasonally adjusted figures show drop July 22, 2014 There was another sign that the UK property market may be cooling, after the HMRC released figures showing that the number of properties sold in the month of June had dropped – when the numbers are adjusted by season. Although the raw number of sales for June, 109,580, is the highest since November 2007 (and [...]
UK house prices fall for first time in 2014 July 21, 2014 House prices across the UK have fallen for the first time this year, according to the Rightmove House Price Index. It showed that the average advertised cost for a home fell from £272,275 in June to £270,159 in July, marking a 0.8 per cent decrease. This meant that, while the growth rate was [...]
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 [...]