Homes


Average home prices down once more

House prices down by 0.3% during November, according to Nationwide

9:19am Friday 3rd December 2010

The recent run of house price falls have wiped out most of the gains seen to property values during the past year, figures have revealed.

Living cost 'higher in rural areas'

10:39am Tuesday 23rd November 2010

Rural families are struggling to make ends meet and typically need to spend 10-20% more than city dwellers for an acceptable standard of living, research shows.

Interest rates held at historic low

The Bank of England has again held interest rates at a record low of 0.5%

9:31am Monday 8th November 2010

The Bank of England has chosen not to follow US counterparts into another round of emergency measures to prop up the economic recovery.

House prices fell 3.6% last month

The UK house market suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September

9:45am Thursday 7th October 2010

The UK housing market has suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September - the biggest monthly drop since figures were first compiled in 1983.

Housing market stalls in the North and storms ahead in the South

11:24am Monday 4th October 2010

A North/South divide is emerging in the housing market with sales racing ahead in southern regions but remaining sluggish in many parts of the north, new figures show.

Housing market heading for double dip

4:36pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

THE housing market is heading for a double dip as mortgage lending slumped, while thousands of people who bought a home at the peak of the market could remain trapped in negative equity until 2014.

Housing supply outstrips demand

Property professionals say house prices are falling

10:47am Tuesday 10th August 2010

Property professionals saw house prices fall for the first time in a year last month and expect further declines as demand weakens, according to new research.


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