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The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...

Annual house price growth remained at 2.7% ahead of the general election in June and was up just 0.5% on a...

A prominent financial analyst is warning that the hopes for a housing market resurgence over the autumn could be derailed by...

Average UK house prices rose for a second month in a row during April, Land Registry data shows. The latest Land Registry...

House prices were “static” in May after falling 0.1% on a monthly basis, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.
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Big demand for small properties has helped to drive growth in UK property prices in the early months of this year,...

Average house prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time since September 2023 during March as higher mortgage rates...

House prices dipped on a monthly basis during March but annual growth improved, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index...

Average house prices rose for the fourth consecutive month during February, figures from Halifax show, but it is unclear how long...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

Average asking prices have grown on an annual basis for the first time in six months but properties are taking longer...

Branches may be closing but the number of estate agency businesses has increased by 2% across the UK over the past...

House prices are set to fall further next year, two major lenders claim. The house prices indices of Halifax and Nationwide have...

House prices increased for the third month in a row during November but are still down annually, Nationwide data shows. The lender’s...

An index of prime London properties suggests buyers standing back as economic uncertainty reaches the upper levels of the market. The Prime...

House price growth and inflation has continued to slow but there are warnings that further interest rate cuts could still dent...

The size of the UK property auction house market hit the highest point in a decade in 2022, approaching half a...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month in May, Land Registry data shows. The official figures show house prices...

House prices are falling at their fastest rate in 12 years, dropping £7,500 on average over the past 12 months, according...

In his latest column, property commentator Jonathan Rolande, provides his take on the biggest stories from the past seven days.  For a long...

Annual house price growth slowed for the fifth consecutive month during March and remains negative on a monthly basis, Land Registry...

The prime London market appears to be lacking its usual spring buzz as buyers wait for prices to drop research suggests. Analysis...

Average UK house prices declined last month for the first time in three months, Halifax claims. The lender’s latest House Price Index...

Annual house price growth dropped for the fourth month in a row in February and dropped further into negative territory on...

The latest Halifax House Price Index gave estate agents renewed optimism last week amid the ongoing market crash debate after the...

The gap between prime buyer and seller price expectations has widened, estate agents have warned, with the majority of buyers expecting...

Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...

The latest Halifax House Price Index is set to add fuel to the fire of the ongoing market crash debate. The lender’s...

The average price for larger detached homes has grown at almost twice the rate than for smaller properties such as flats...

Annual house price growth slowed in December and ended the year negative on a monthly basis, the latest Land Registry figures...

Halifax has recorded the lowest level of annual house price growth for three years. Its latest House Price Index for January 2023...

New Land Registry data is set to kick-off the debate about whether house prices have started to fall. Plenty of commentators are...

Average house prices fell for the fifth month in a row during December, Halifax has revealed, as it warns of more...

Agents in the North East recorded the largest increase in asking prices on listings last year, Rightmove has revealed. It comes as...

House prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in December, the worst run since 2008, according to Nationwide. The lender’s final House...

It has been a mixed year for prime London markets, with some areas faring better than others when it comes to...

The housing market is becoming more price sensitive as listing values drop and cuts rise, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest data shows...

Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

Agency stock has hit the highest level so far this year but it seems to coincide with a decline in demand...

House prices fell marginally (down by 0.1%) in September as the market displayed further signs of slowdown. That was according to Halifax’s...

The prime central London (PCL) market may escape a property downturn, JLL claims. The real estate and agency brand has highlighted the...

Annual house price growth slowed to single digits in September and was flat on a monthly basis, Nationwide figures show. The lender’s...

Annual house price growth returned to double digits in July, Land Registry data reveals. The figures will reignite the debate over the...

Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...

The housing market continues to defy expectations after the latest Land Registry figures show annual price growth in May hit its...

The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...

New data suggests the prime London market has a new lease of life as buyers and sellers look to beat the...

Annual house price growth slowed for the second consecutive month during May. The latest Nationwide House Price Index showed average prices rose...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

Agents have heralded the beginning of the house price slowdown. The latest Land Registry House Price Index yesterday showed values increased by...

The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth.  The Halifax House Price...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

The Ukraine conflict and cost of living crisis is likely to but a dent in the spring market for agents, an...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

An average home appreciated more in 2021 than its owner will have earned, according to Savills. The agency says that with annual...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

Soaring inflation means that house price growth in much of the country is being wiped out, according to a leading housing...

House prices in the UK have ended the year of yet another record high. The Nationwide says annual house price growth increased...

The prospect of higher mortgage interest rates mean the housing market may get tougher soon despite another set of upbeat house...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

Average house prices increased by 13.2 per cent over the year to June - the highest annual growth rate since November...

There’s already plenty of talk about autumn - depressing huh? - with agents pondering how the housing market will respond to...

A surge in activity ahead of June’s stamp duty deadline and tight supply saw price growth in the country house market...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...

A market analysis by Fine & Country suggests that annual house price inflation could hit 10 per cent next month. Nicky Stevenson,...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

Another house price index shows a super-charged housing market with prices rising 7.5 per cent in the year to January according...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more than sharing memes of groundhog day or doing family quizzes on...

House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide.  Prices rose 7.3 per cent...

Another day, another index, another record - house prices rose 5.4 per cent annually in October according to official figures from the Office...

The latest Rightmove asking price index shows the extraordinary market and amazing times we are living through. The average price of property coming...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

There’s been a strong rebound in demand for homes and an “unprecedented” bounce in new sales agreed according to Zoopla. The portal...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

House price growth in the UK 'ground to a halt' last month, according to the latest Nationwide figures. The lender's house price...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

A housing market monitor that for some months has been pessimistic about London and the rest of the England and Wales...

A senior estate agency director is warning that house price growth could continue to stall “with Boris loose at the wheel”. Benham...

Average house prices in the UK increased by a mere 0.9 per cent in the year to June - the lowest...

House prices fell unexpectedly for the second month in a row in July according to the Halifax - but the mortgage...

Too many sellers are wedded to the idea that prices will rise after a Brexit deal is resolved, says one of the...

Over a third of homes across Southern England are at risk of suffering price falls as the housing market slowdown extends...

Average house prices in the UK increased by 1.7 per cent in the year to the end of January according to...

Government figures show the UK’s annual house price growth now being down to 2.5 per cent - the lowest rate since...

A respected property investment consultancy is warning that the current premium put on the prices of new-build homes - around 15...

The industry has long been critical of reports claiming house price movements are in some way uniform across the country, but...

House prices are flatlining with the rate of annual growth having fallen continually since August according to LSL Property Services, which...

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have fallen for the second month in a row - and Rightmove says...

Price growth in the housing market is slow across the UK but London is again the most troubled region, seeing an...

House prices are rising at their slowest rate for nearly five years as London suffers its largest decline in prices since...

LonRes says transactions in prime locations in London dropped another six per cent when the second quarter of 2018 is compared...

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...