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KEYWORD "Indices" - 100 RESULTS
Knight Frank: ‘It’s a good time to be a homebuyer’

It is currently one of the best times to be a homebuyer, Knight Frank claims. The agency brand has highlighted that a...

18 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Sales volumes boom despite interest rates soaring - new Zoopla figures

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

29 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Propertymark boss: 'Focus on local rather than national house price reports'

Buyers and sellers should focus on their own local market rather than national house price indices, the chief executive of Properytmark...

07 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Mortgaged homeowners ‘worst-hit’ by higher interest rates

Homeowners with mortgages have seen the highest increase in household costs over recent months, official data suggests. The latest Household Costs Index...

27 February 2024

From: Breaking News

Halifax records shock rise in house prices for 2023 - were values really up?

House prices ended 2023 up 1.7%, Halifax has claimed. The lender’s latest House Price Index for December 2023 suggests the price of...

08 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Who have been the winners and losers in housing for 2023?

This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising rents, and the threat of falling property prices. Although average...

23 December 2023

From: Features

‘Affordability pressures’ set to push house prices down again in 2024 - reports

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

18 December 2023

From: Breaking News

Who have been the winners and losers for housing in 2023?

By Kevin Shaw, National Sales, Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group This year has seen an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, fluctuating mortgage rates, rising...

18 November 2023

From: Features

Land Registry records first annual house price drop for a decade

The Land Registry has recorded the first annual drop in property values for a decade in its house price index. Both the...

16 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Knight Frank: Housing market is period of ‘price discovery’

It wouldn’t be sensible to jump to a firm conclusion about the prospects of the housing market this side of Christmas,...

13 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Stamp Duty Cut speculation starts 'election housing market' - claim

The best way to judge the UK housing market is to check on what’s happening in Parliament, not the price indices...

31 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Tenants need choice when it comes to spiralling rental costs

An opinion piece by Sam Reynolds, CEO of Zero Deposit Just weeks ago, the Bank of England brought a halt to its...

21 October 2023

From: Features

Is the rental market still profitable?

Over recent years, as successive governments have tightened lettings legislation and increased the tax burden on landlords, some with investment properties...

05 August 2023

From: Features

Can public private partnerships help address the shortage of rental homes?

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

22 July 2023

From: Features

Fine & Country: Why the housing market is heading for soft landing 

A strong labour market, growing consumer confidence and an increasing acceptance of a higher mortgage rate environment will support the housing...

13 June 2023

From: Breaking News

First Time Buyer Woe - prices and deposits soar despite market slowdown

The average first-time buyer in Britain has seen the cost of a home increase by £25 per day since interest rates...

31 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Portal boss: Property market remains active for ‘realistic’ sellers

The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...

18 January 2023

From: Breaking News

 Our Oldest House Price Index - happy birthday Halifax

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

14 January 2023

From: Features

Property market ‘recalibration’ is underway - claim

The property market is ‘recalibrating’ but should be seen in context of economic events, agents are being urged. Kris Mclean, managing director...

06 December 2022

From: Breaking News

Mortgage rush predicted as interest rates hit highest level since 2008

The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...

23 September 2022

From: Breaking News

The big question on everyone’s lips right now…are we actually heading for a crash?

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

29 July 2022

From: Sponsored Content

Agents have nothing to fear from market slowdown - claim

Agents have nothing to fear from a market slowdown, an industry executive claims. Nick Ball, head of sales and client services at...

27 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Property sales market slumps to slowest June for nine years - HMRC

House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...

22 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Major agent revises house price forecasts upwards amid slower stock recovery

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...

27 June 2022

From: Breaking News

House price growth returns to double digits 'but not for long'

Annual house price growth figures returned to double digits in April but there are warnings that this could be as good...

23 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Extending Right to Buy won’t fix the housing shortage

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

14 May 2022

From: Features

Leading agent signals the end for double digit house price growth

Knight Frank has issued a stark warning that house price growth is set to slow. House price indices from lenders such as...

13 April 2022

From: Breaking News

Is it time to reform the tax we all love to hate?

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

22 December 2021

From: Features

How affordable is it to buy a new-build house?

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

22 September 2021

From: Features

City exodus: will the return to the office see a reversal of activity?

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

11 September 2021

From: Features

Market tectonics: will activity shift from sales to lettings?

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

31 July 2021

From: Features

The post-Covid outlook: what next for the lettings market?

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

17 July 2021

From: Features

OnTheMarket takes on Rightmove and Zoopla with new market survey

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

13 July 2021

From: Breaking News

Could an adjustment to BTL Stamp Duty improve the lettings market?

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

16 June 2021

From: Features

Bank of England warns on interest rates if house prices rocket

The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...

03 June 2021

From: Breaking News

Crystal Balls? House price movements can be forecast - claim

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

27 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Housing boom may outlast stamp duty holiday, says Bank chief

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

21 May 2021

From: Breaking News

Prices up 10% a year? It could happen next month says agency chief

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

10 May 2021

From: Breaking News

The future of the tenant experience

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

05 May 2021

From: Features

Index puts average house price growth at almost 10% per year

One housing market index suggests that average house prices in England and Wales have risen by 9.8 per cent in the...

15 April 2021

From: Breaking News

How can agents work with property price data and indices?

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

27 October 2020

From: PropTech & Innovation

Covid-19 is speeding up PropTech - what are you waiting for?

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

29 July 2020

From: Features

Purplebricks’ biggest critic warns over housing market uncertainty

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

22 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Shock as house prices show largest monthly fall in 11 years - Nationwide

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...

02 June 2020

From: Breaking News

EXCLUSIVE - Agents' Cash Crisis: reduced income until autumn

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

14 April 2020

From: Breaking News

Invested in Rightmove? Then you’re in the money…

Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...

06 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents’ delight at another sign that the market is on the rise

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

10 February 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents stay positive as house prices continue to creep up

House prices increased 0.5 per cent in November, which was the strongest monthly rise since April according to the Nationwide.  However, annual...

29 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Market news: Three bedroom homes sell quickest this autumn

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

17 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Agents praise “remarkable” market for staying strong despite Brexit

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

09 September 2019

From: Breaking News

Index claims house prices rose six per cent in ONE month alone

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

08 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Some London houses 25% below peak as transactions plummet - new index

It’s a new index but it tells an old story - how prime central London prices have dropped significantly since their...

25 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Good news, or maybe not, as Halifax price index ‘goes rogue’

Just when you thought it was all Brexit doom and gloom, a major index shows that house prices in February grew...

08 March 2019

From: Breaking News

Downbeat official house price figures - but do they show today's market?

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

14 February 2019

From: Breaking News

Agency data confirms slowing market with some regional price falls

The latest Your Move house price data confirms what a wide range of indices have shown recently - slowing price growth and,...

13 November 2018

From: Breaking News

New build house price rises massively outstrip mainstream market

New build house prices rose 5.1 per cent in the year to the end of August - substantially more than the...

04 October 2018

From: Breaking News

Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

06 August 2018

From: Breaking News

House prices still rising but market is softening, Halifax figures show

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

08 June 2018

From: Breaking News

Slowing? Growing? What’s really happening in today’s property market?

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

21 April 2018

From: Features

Boost for housing market with surge in number of first time buyers

The switchback of house price indices and other data on the state of the market has taken a turn for the...

15 March 2018

From: Breaking News

New house price index claims superiority over rivals - even Land Registry

Investment consultancy London Central Portfolio has launched a new index which it claims uses “the most comprehensive data available” to assess...

07 March 2018

From: Breaking News

Halifax and Nationwide price indices slammed as out of date by rival

House price indices provided each month by Halifax and the Nationwide have been branded as “misguiding” and “out of date” and...

01 February 2018

From: Breaking News

Revealed: huge differences in data used to compile house price indices

HM Land Registry has revealed how major house price indices are compiled - showing the huge variation in transactions behind the headline figures. The critique,...

19 December 2017

From: Breaking News

Asking prices up for fifth month in a row says Rightmove

Asking prices of homes coming to the market have now been rising for five consecutive months says Rightmove.  Asking prices rose 2.0...

22 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Average house price growth slowing, official figures show

Official figures from the latest UK House Price Index show that average house prices fell by 0.6% between February and March. The...

17 May 2017

From: Breaking News

Down-valuations and asking price cuts spreading, warns broker

The director of a respected mortgage broker is warning that market sentiment is changing with more down-valuations from surveyors and some...

09 May 2017

From: Breaking News

House price growth slows 'as consumer prepare for cash squeeze'

House prices recorded their second consecutive monthly fall in April, while the annual rate of growth slowed to 2.6 per cent,...

02 May 2017

From: Breaking News

The index to end all indices - world's homes are worth $168.5 trillion

High-end agency Savills has produced a few notable house price figures in its time but its latest measure takes some beating...

11 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation at its lowest for four years

Average house prices across the UK in the three months to March were only 0.1 per cent higher than in the...

10 April 2017

From: Breaking News

House prices dip for the first time in two years - Nationwide

Average house prices across the UK have fallen slightly according to the Nationwide, the first drop of any kind since June...

03 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Another Rightmove record - 131 million visits last month

Rightmove secured over 131m visits last month, an all-time high for January. The 131m total was some three per cent above January...

20 February 2017

From: Breaking News

House prices cool as Halifax warns 2017 will see a slowdown

Annual growth in house prices slowed in January - a taste of things to come in 2017 according to the house...

08 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Zoopla: Hometrack makes us UK's most valuable property resource

Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...

01 February 2017

From: Breaking News

Confirmed - Countrywide dropped from FTSE 250 from December 19

Countrywide estate agency group is to drop out of the FTSE 250 from the start of trading on December 19. The news...

02 December 2016

From: Breaking News

Ye cannae change the laws of physics

It is a tedious fact, but the housing market is underpinned by economic fundamentals. This won’t be a surprise.  However, at a...

14 October 2016

From: Features

House price growth slows despite big London and south east rises

The pace of annual house price growth slowed to 5.3 per cent in September from 5.6 per cent in August according...

03 October 2016

From: Breaking News

New government figures show 8.7% house price rise in year 'pre-Brexit'

Average house prices across the UK rose 8.7 per cent in the year to the end of June - so including...

17 August 2016

From: Breaking News

What has been the Brexit impact on the housing market so far?

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

05 August 2016

From: Features

House prices rising faster than expected 'but may not yet reflect Brexit'

The Nationwide says house prices rose at their fastest annual rate for four months in July, but that performance may not...

29 July 2016

From: Breaking News

Average house price rose £16,000 over the year before referendum

The price of an average house or flat in the UK rose by £16,000 in the year to May after another...

20 July 2016

From: Breaking News

Index claims London and some regions showing first Brexit price falls

London house prices have fallen by 1.1 per cent in the past month - mostly since the Brexit vote on June...

13 July 2016

From: Breaking News

Index of house prices – or accumulating crisis?

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

17 June 2016

From: Features

Mixed reviews from industry figures for launch of new UK House Price Index

The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released yesterday, has received mixed reviews from the industry. On the one hand there...

15 June 2016

From: Breaking News

New ‘official’ UK House Price Index launched - prices up 8.2% annually

The first new ‘official’ UK House Price Index, released this morning, shows an annual price increase of 8.2 per cent which takes...

14 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Confirmed - new official UK House Price Index launching next week

The government is launching the new official UK House Price Index - to be known in short-form as the UK HPI...

09 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Prices still rising according to government's final ONS housing index

House prices across the UK increased by 9.0 per cent in the year to March, showing a significant rise from the 7.6...

18 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Annual house price inflation dips to 7.6% according to government figures

House prices rose by 7.6 per cent in the year to February, according to the government’s Office for National Statistics.  This is a...

13 April 2016

From: Breaking News

New 'official, single' house price index previewed ... and compared to others

The government's Office for National Statitsics has confirmed that a new single, official house price index is to be launched in...

31 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Preparations mount for summer launch of single official price index

The arrival of a single official house price index comes one step closer later this month with a so-called ‘user event’...

10 March 2016

From: Breaking News

Statistician claims portals' price indices skewed by 'double-counting'

A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...

25 February 2016

From: Breaking News

Modest acceleration in house price growth likely, says Nationwide

Housing market appreciation continued at 4.4 per cent in the year to late January, continuing an eight month run of price...

28 January 2016

From: Breaking News

9.5% price rise in 2015 takes average home to over £208,000 says Halifax

Prices in the three months to the end of 2015 were 9.5 per cent higher than in the same three month...

08 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Year ends with high price growth almost everywhere says Nationwide

House prices ended the year with strong growth of 0.8 per cent in the month of December according to the building...

31 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Government's single 'official' house price index to be launched by June

A single definitive ‘official’ government house price index is to be launched by June. During the summer the Office for National Statistics...

16 December 2015

From: Breaking News

2016 will need some thought

In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...

11 December 2015

From: Features

House prices rising 9% in a year, but pace of growth slowing

The Halifax says UK-wide house prices are rising on average by nine per cent per year, but the rate of growth...

09 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Halifax forecast latest to predict subdued 2016 housing market

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, the Halifax, says the housing market will slow next year with average price rises of four to...

07 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Britain's least affordable city - it was Oxford but now we can reveal it's...

If you think house price indices are confusing, just look at affordability indices. As recently as Monday BBC TV news reported that,...

21 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Prime Central London transactions down as much as 40% says agent

One of Britain's leading buying agencies say transactions at the very highest end of the London market may be as much...

09 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Housing market strong despite price dip, says index

House prices fell slightly in July, in the first drop for six months according to the Halifax. It says prices dipped 0.6...

07 August 2015

From: Breaking News

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