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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

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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

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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

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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

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UK House Prices News Roundup, Second Dip Still Looms

Posted:2009-11-21 20:37:15 - By Liam Bailey

I thought it was about time I put pen to paper on UK house prices and the housing market. I grew fed up of covering every minor piece of news, none of which were changing my view point away from the fact

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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

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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

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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

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Nationwide Says UK House Prices Same as Last Year, but Only Way is Down

Posted:2009-10-02 19:46:19 - By Liam Bailey

Nationwide released its index for September today and said that house prices rose 0.9% on average in September, bringing prices back to similar levels as they were in 2009. This comes just days after the

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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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How Should We Feel About the UK Property Price Rise?

Posted:2009-04-03 06:51:38 - By Liam Bailey

According to the latest release of Nationwide's UK house price index, the average price of a UK home rose by 0.9% to £150,000. The news received a mixed response:Nationwide was unoptimistic, saying it

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