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Persistent House Price Discounts Challenge Reviving Buyer Interest
Despite a recent 12% spike in homebuyers over the past month, sellers are still having to offer an average reduction of £12,125 to close deals,…
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UK House Prices Reach Tipping Point, Falling 0.3 Per Cent in April
UK house prices fell by 0.3% in April, following a rise of 0.8% in March, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index (HPI). Annual…
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House prices stalled even before mortgage chaos hit
The Nationwide House Price Index showed house price growth slowed to 9.5% in September – down from 10% in August. There was no growth recorded…
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Housing market slowing but remains ‘resilient’
Housing market behaviour is set to return to pre-Covid norms, Zoopla’s latest House Price Index suggests. Fears of a market crash and double-digit price falls…
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House price boom may soon be over
It is likely the housing market will slow this year, the Nationwide has concluded. Its latest House Price Index showed January prices racing away, with…
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Housing price rises in tourist hotspots reflect shift in preferences
Rising house buying and rental costs in tourist hotspots mean that workers are being priced out of living locally. This, in turn, is contributing to…
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Covid hit on Scottish housing
Housebuilding in Scotland has been hard hit by the Coronavirus crisis, with latest figures suggesting only 15,852 new-build homes were completed in the year to…
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Halifax sees potential for further house price rises
Yet more confirmation of soaring house prices has come from the latest Halifax House Price Index. It found that the price of an average house…
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House price rises accelerate further
House prices are now rising at a smidgeon under 11 per cent per annum, the Nationwide has estimated. The mortgage lender’s latest House Price Index…
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Halifax ‘cautious’ about house price outlook
Disagreeing with its rival mortgage company, Halifax found house prices went up last month. While Nationwide’s March House Price Index found a fall of 0.2…