Market Trends Articles
Not A Lot, But…
The average price of a home rose by £844 in January, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index, as record low interest rates continued to support demand. Halifax reported a 0.6 per cent increase in prices, taking the average [...]
The Year In Numbers
Statistics from the Land Registry, (which marks its 150th anniversary this year), has released the following information for last year. The most expensive property sold in England and Wales was £19.25m for a detached house in Hampstead, north London The cheapest [...]
House Prices End Static In 2011
Residential property prices in the UK have ended the year much the same price as they started with values increasing just 1% over the last 12 months, the latest report published today (Friday 30 December) by the Nationwide shows. House [...]
First Time Buyers Your Time Is Now!
A study carried out by the Halifax has revealed that affordability of homes for first-time buyers is at its highest level for eight years. The First-Time Buyer Review calculates affordability based on prices lower than people on average earnings in [...]
Confidence In Market Returns
Almost half of consumers in the UK feel that now is a good time to buy property as confidence in the housing market remains stable despite the gloomy economic outlook predicting that the country could be heading for a double [...]
Dangerous Tech Or The Way Forward?
A national estate agency chain has announced plans to introduce ‘smartboard’ signs across its stock of homes for sale. The smartboards will be used in conjunction with traditional boards offering house hunters the opportunity to access information about the home [...]
Just A Little Bit
With all the reported doom and gloom we like positive news! UK residential property prices increased by 0.4% in November and are now 1.6% higher than a year ago, according to the latest figures published today by the Nationwide. The [...]
Rentals Being Snapped Up
Rental properties are being snapped up in record time as demand from tenants continues to remain at a record high across the UK . The latest quarterly research has revealed properties were being let within an average speed of 12.7 days in [...]
Not Everyone’s Poor
The number of property sales in the UK worth at least a million pounds has risen to its highest level since the peak of the housing market in 2007, according to new research by Lloyds TSB. There were 3,375 million [...]
