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It Does Not Look Good for UK House Prices

Posted:2010-07-04 22:11:33 - By Liam Bailey

Well apparently the tide of opinion has changed on UK house prices, or rather the direction in which they are likely to go in the near future. Most analysts now believe prices will fall this year, and

The Latest on UK House Prices in 2010

Posted:2010-03-29 00:26:36 - By Liam Bailey

Well, a few interesting things have happened since I last put pen to paper on UK house prices, well, 2 really, to be precise. Firstly, the Land Registry issued its house price index for February, which

UK House Prices Up or Down Depends on the Index

Posted:2010-03-03 21:37:09 - By Liam Bailey

UK house prices were 2.1% higher in January than in December, and 5.2% higher than in January 2008, according to the latest release from the Land Registry index. This, said the organisation is the second

UK House Prices Up Again in December Says Govt, But for How Long

Posted:2010-02-18 22:08:16 - By Liam Bailey

Well hooray. UK house prices were 2.9% higher in December last year, than December the year before, according to the recent index released by the government Department of Communities and Local Government

UK House Prices may be Flat in 2010 but the Market will certainly be Rocky

Posted:2010-02-05 23:47:29 - By Liam Bailey

UK house prices rose at their slowest rate for 6 months in January. According to the Halifax index, prices were up just 0.6% on the month in January, slower than the 0.8% in December, and from 1.2% in

UK House Prices: Everything's Coming Up Roses

Posted:2010-01-31 23:36:45 - By Liam Bailey

Well, the news on UK house prices is still positive, that is to say positive for sellers if not for buyers. Last week Nationwide told us that UK house prices rose 1.2% in January, the biggest rise since

UK House Prices Still Rising Says Govt. But How Long Can it Continue?

Posted:2010-01-13 10:31:48 - By Liam Bailey

According to government figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government yesterday UK house prices continued to rise in November. This was to be expected given the results of the

Halifax Say Prices up 1% in 2009 + Jan Prize for Stating the Obvious

Posted:2010-01-08 08:45:49 - By Liam Bailey

From 2010 forward Write About Property will be publishing a monthly award for stating the obvious in the industry or national press. The plan was to wait and give the award at the end of every month, but

UK House Prices Rose 5.9% in 2009 but 2010 is Clouded in Fog...

Posted:2009-12-31 20:41:49 - By Liam Bailey

Well, Nationwide have released their figures for UK house prices in December and there is nothing very surprising at all. The rate of monthly growth slowed massively with a growth of just 0.1% between

UK House Prices in 2010: My Forecast

Posted:2009-12-29 22:36:25 - By Liam Bailey

Well, house price analysts Hometrack have added their tuppence into the debate over what 2010 holds for UK house prices. They have said that they will fall 1% next year, which is more than they have fallen

UK Landlords are Becoming More Confident

Posted:2009-12-19 22:41:28 - By Upad

Over half (58 percent) of the UK's landlords are feeling more confident about the buy-to-let market in December 2009, than they did last month, according to the latest poll from Upad.co.uk. Comments

Q3 Global House Price Index Dulls Recovery Hopes, but Good News for Portugal

Posted:2009-11-25 22:37:55 - By Michael Sutton

The Global Property Guide has recently released its figures on global housing markets in the third quarter. Their index is inflation adjusted which means it is a more accurate measure of prices than those

UK House Prices Still Growing - When Will it All Come Crashing Down?

Posted:2009-11-04 10:47:24 - By Liam Bailey

I thought it was about time I put pen to paper with the latest news on UK house prices, well, rather my opinion on the latest news about UK house prices. Still the growth continues, and the longer it

Land Registry Records UK House Price Rise in September, Where is the Second Dip?

Posted:2009-10-28 20:53:18 - By Liam Bailey

Well, I am in shock. The Land Registry index has recorded a rise of almost 1% in UK house prices in September. Bang goes the second dip theory. For those of you just tuning in, the Land Registry began

A Realisation About Consumer Confidence in the UK Economic Recovery

Posted:2009-10-22 22:52:40 - By Michael Sutton

The value of retail sales in the UK was 1.8% higher in September this year than September last year, and the volume of those sales was 2.4% higher. This comes after rises of 1.6% and 2.7% in August this

The Bizzaro World of the UK Housing Market

Posted:2009-10-20 20:29:44 - By Liam Bailey

The bizarre world of the UK housing market continues to unfold more like a suspense novel than a market supposedly balanced by the pull of supply vs demand. The Rightmove index has shown that asking

UK House Prices Still Rising According to Government Index

Posted:2009-10-14 15:40:14 - By Liam Bailey

UK house prices rose again in August according to the latest release of the government index ran by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The DCLG index, which is based on mortgage completions

UK House Prices up in September says Halifax, Makes the Future Interesting

Posted:2009-10-06 10:10:56 - By Liam Bailey

Well, while I have been proven wrong by the Halifax house price index recording a rise in September, this is made up for by the fact that it makes UK house prices very interesting at the moment and in

Calculating the Past to Determine the Future of UK House Prices

Posted:2009-10-03 14:57:25 - By Liam Bailey

UK 03 October 2009 - Regular readers on the site will know I wrote several articles earlier this year that analysed the dynamics of UK house prices and affordability since 1957, including a detailed look

Land Registry: House Prices Fell in August, as was Foretold Here

Posted:2009-09-28 10:54:57 - By Liam Bailey

Well, I was right. I wrote an article at the tale end of last week, attempting to predict what the Land Registry's house price index, released today, would say. I predicted that it would show a monthly

Predictions on UK House Prices

Posted:2009-09-25 21:46:49 - By Liam Bailey

The Land Registry index is out on Monday, so I thought I would take a guess at what it is going to say. Before I start, this is not a forecast simply a guess for a bit of fun. On the last release, which

Rightmove Index is Not a Measure of House Prices

Posted:2009-09-23 20:09:24 - By Liam Bailey

They're doing it again! Rightmove has issued the figures from its asking price index for September, showing that asking prices are on average 1.5% lower than a year ago, and the press are headlining things

July House Purchase Loans up 19% on Last Year - CML

Posted:2009-09-14 18:10:09 - By Liam Bailey

UK 14 September 2009 - Mortgage lending increased massively in July according to a new survey by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, who revealed the first significant increase in mortgage lending since July

UK House Prices Still Rising According to Halifax

Posted:2009-09-12 17:41:39 - By Emma Louise Bailey

UK house prices in 2009 have entered into positive growth territory according to the latest data released by the Halifax. The lenders index showed that the average UK house price was £112 higher in August

UK House Prices Up for First Time in a Year but No Recovery - Hometrack

Posted:2009-08-31 21:13:18 - By Emma Louise Bailey

Major UK house price intelligence group Hometrack has today revealed the findings of its latest research into the UK housing market. The group said that though house prices rose 0.1% in August for the

UK House Prices Up for 4th Consecutive Month, but Why?

Posted:2009-08-27 15:15:57 - By Liam Bailey

UK 27 August 2009 - Nationwide building society, one of the UK's biggest lenders has just released the figures from its UK house price index for August. According to the report house prices rose for the

Rightmove August Index: Asking Prices Down 2.2% - Good News for Housing Market

Posted:2009-08-18 20:24:33 - By Liam Bailey

UK 18 August 2009 - Oh my god they're doing it again. Rightmove have just revealed its August data on asking prices, and there are literally dozens of articles floating around the web with headlines to

Mortgages and House Prices on the Up, Optimism? Afraid Not

Posted:2009-08-11 13:15:26 - By Liam Bailey

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that the number of home purchase loans agreed in June this year was just 6% lower than in June last year. Also today the latest release of the government's

UK House Prices Upward Trend Continues - Halifax

Posted:2009-08-06 10:47:08 - By Liam Bailey

UK House prices rose 1.1% on average in July compared to June according to major UK lender the Halifax. This is the second monthly rise in the last 3 months, and the 3rd rise out of the first seven months

UK House Prices to Fall Until 2012 - National Housing Federation

Posted:2009-08-03 11:04:30 - By Liam Bailey

UK - 03/08/2009 - The National Housing Federation has said that UK house prices will continue falling until 2012. The research, conducted on behalf of the NHF by Oxford Economics led to forecasts of a

UK House Price Rise in July Largely Irrelevant

Posted:2009-07-31 12:50:44 - By Liam Bailey

The Nationwide index has revealed that UK house prices rose by 1.3% in July. This brought the three monthly measure to a rise of 2.6% up from a 1% increase in the three months ending June -- the biggest

Will the Current Stability be the Start of UK House Price Recovery?

Posted:2009-07-12 13:39:11 - By Liam Bailey

I just read an interesting article on the blog of private property sales site Zungalow.com, on how the current upward pressure on UK house prices could turn into the beginnings of a recovery -- it blew

UK House Prices Fell in June - More Falls Inevitable and Necessary

Posted:2009-07-08 13:53:25 - By Michael Sutton

UK house prices fell by 0.5% in June on average, according to the latest release of the Halifax house price index. The firm also revealed that the fall in the second quarter of this year, was less than

UK House Price Rise Continues in June - More Agony Prolonging Goodness?

Posted:2009-06-30 10:12:14 - By Liam Bailey

The Nationwide has released the figures for its house price index for June. The main points were as follows: A month on month rise of 0.9% - continuing the trend of monthly rises Tri-monthly and more

UK House Prices - Asking Prices Finally Falling

Posted:2009-06-20 19:00:48 - By Liam Bailey

Asking prices finally started to fall in June according to FirstRung.co.uk who obviously got their hands of an advance copy of the Rightmove's data for June. Apparently asking prices dropped 0.4% in June,

Govt Figures on UK House Prices in April: a Regional Breakdown

Posted:2009-06-09 19:09:04 - By Michael Sutton

Though the latest release of the government's UK house price index was very positive; showing the annual and quarterly rate of decline slowing and a 1.1% monthly rise, the picture is not so positive everywhere.In

Government Figures Show UK House Prices Falling Slower

Posted:2009-06-09 11:25:25 - By Emma Louise Bailey

It is official; the rate of decline in UK house prices is slowing. Today, the UK government, well the Department for Communities and Local Government released the April figures from its index, and they

Halifax Index Continues Trend; Shows UK House Prices Falling Slower

Posted:2009-06-04 19:07:59 - By Emma Louise Bailey

The Halifax released the figures for May from its UK house price index today, and they showed that the rate of decline in UK house prices is slowing. This is a trend that has emerged in the last few price

UK House Prices: Tentatively Positive Signs Continue

Posted:2009-06-01 16:00:18 - By Michael Sutton

The Land Registry released the figures for April from its house price index, and it concurs with the latest trend by showing that the rate of annual decline is continuing to slow. The annual rate of decline

UK House Prices: 2nd Rise in 3 Months, is the Market Turning?

Posted:2009-05-30 14:17:12 - By Liam Bailey

Well, Nationwide released the figures for May from its UK house price index, and it has been added to the "mounting evidence" that the UK housing market is on the turn. This is because house prices apparently

UK House Prices have Further to Fall However You Slice It

Posted:2009-05-13 16:24:20 - By Michael Sutton

It is a firm belief of mine that house prices will fall until houses become affordable for first time buyers. Depending on whether the economy recovers in the meantime, this will be as far as they fall,

UK House Prices: Decline Maybe Slowing but Worst Far from Over

Posted:2009-05-09 13:00:03 - By Liam Bailey

There are a lot of positive reports in the press at the moment suggesting that UK house prices maybe on the turn. I had started to wonder if I am perhaps being too negative; batting the positive news away

Houses Affordable in only 61 Local Authorities - Halifax

Posted:2009-05-08 19:37:01 - By Liam Bailey

This will be the third article I have written about the recent figures on UK house prices released by the Halifax, but I have to bring to light something I hadn't noticed until now. In its look at housing

Halifax Says Affordability has Trebled - No Optimism Here

Posted:2009-05-06 13:26:06 - By Liam Bailey

Yesterday Halifax revealed data from its affordability index showing that mortgage repayments were now only an average 31% of first time buyer's disposable income, down from 48% at the peak in 2007. Nationwide's

UK House Prices: Latest Figures from Halifax Show Futility of Keeping Track

Posted:2009-05-06 10:23:48 - By Liam Bailey

Halifax has released the April figures from their house price index, I am reporting on it only because I feel I must. It's all getting a bit much-of-a-much-ness for me now, we might as well stop bothering

Halifax Says Affordability has Trebled - By What Measurement

Posted:2009-05-05 10:09:42 - By Liam Bailey

Two interesting reports came out today: the Centre for Economics and Business Research has said that UK house prices have another 8% to fall before a "sluggish recovery" will begin. And the Halifax has

UK House Prices: They Never Stopped Falling in March

Posted:2009-05-01 09:24:45 - By Michael Sutton

I have read a lot of reports this morning headlining a variation of "House Price Resume Fall", and "House Prices in Fresh Fall". I don't get it. Anyone who knows anything about the UK housing market, or

Land Registry: UK house Price Decline Slows, Prolonging the Agony?

Posted:2009-04-30 12:12:08 - By Liam Bailey

The Land Registry Index is out and I hate to say it: I was horribly wrong. It does in fact seem that the rate of house price decline is slowing in England and Wales. According to the Land Registry house

An Exciting Day for UK House Price Commentators

Posted:2009-04-30 07:17:11 - By Liam Bailey

This is an interesting day (and exciting if you're sad like me) for the UK housing market, with two of the biggest measure of UK house prices releasing the latest figures on the same day. Nationwide have

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