House prices could fall by 11 per cent, predicts Coutts – Her Majesty the Queen’s bank – as it turns bearish about the property market. Commentators argue that Coutts’ analysis is more methodical than most. The bank considers five factors to assess the prospects for house prices – economic activity, valuation, liquidity, risk and momentum [...]
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With recent announcements of: · Double dip recession in the economy. · Inflation not slowing as hoped. · Unemployment on the rise. · Mortgage rates rising despite interest rates not increasing people are starting to really feel a real pinch on their wages and confidence, says Hometrack. As a result, the current property market, which [...]
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House price optimism is rising as more than a third (35 per cent) of home-movers expect prices to be higher in 12 months’ time, the highest level since the third quarter of 2010. House price confidence is strongly influenced by the mortgage market as both ‘price optimists’ (who expect house prices to rise) and ‘price [...]
You have to take statistics with a pinch of salt at the best of times, but when people start getting worked up about fractions of a percent, it gets ridiculous. Latest pumped up drama over a tadpole piece of news is from Quick Move Now, seizing on a fall of 0.2 per cent in house [...]
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The first-time buyer share of the housing market has shown a small recovery in recent months. But estate agents fear that the recent ending of a two-year stamp duty concession for first-time buyers could disrupt the market further. Peter Turner, Experian Interactive managing director said: “In spite of difficulties across the country in getting that [...]
Almost 40 per cent of respondents to the latest Halifax housing market confidence tracker believe house prices will generally increase over the next year, almost double the 20 per cent who predict they will fall. Researchers said this is the most positive view since the quarterly series began 12 months ago, with Londoners the most [...]
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House prices increased by 7.7 per cent over the last year among newly built properties. Some property experts believe that Government initiatives to help first-time buyers could be encouraging people to overpay their way into negative equity. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show flat or falling prices across the housing market as a whole [...]
According to RightMove, UK property asking prices have registered the highest monthly leap in a decade. · New sellers increase average asking prices by 4.1 per cent, the highest monthly increase since April 2002 · Surprisingly strong spring ‘price-pump’ by scarce sellers fuelled by cash-rich market sectors where demand exceeds supply, though also some evidence [...]
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The latest house prices research from Acadametrics (UK’s leading housing market analyst) is out. Here are the top 7 facts you need to know… 1. Property prices fell 0.2% in December, worsening an annual decline of 1.4% annually 2. Transactions are up 5.1% year on year 3. The fastest rises were in the north – [...]
House prices increased by twice as much as inflation over the last decade, boosting the average homeowner’s wealth by £68,500 each according to new research from the Halifax building society. Britain’s biggest mortgage lender used data from the Department for Communities and Local Government as well as its own house price index to show that [...]
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