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UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...

UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in...

It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....

Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...

The average discount to asking price has hit a four-year high according to Zoopla. The portal’s latest House Price Index  shows the...

Zoopla is giving investors five key takeaways in its latest market analysis: 1. UK house prices have risen 0.1 per cent in...

A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...

Brits looking to make the most of their hard-earned savings and plan for the future have been offered helpful tips and...

It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...

House prices are now more than 130 times higher than they were when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1952...

New research from Environet UK has revealed that the blight of Japanese knotweed has wiped an estimated £11.8 billion off the...

The number one buy-to-let (BTL) hotspot next year will be the North West, according to new findings from SevenCapital and Zoopla. The...

In this guest piece, the media team at HULT Private Capital outline what they see as the future of property investing...

This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...

When will the UK’s property bubble burst? This question has become increasingly prevalent over recent months. The fact it has is a...

For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...

It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...

With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...

As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...

A leading UK property developer has claimed that the government’s plan to professionalise the buy-to-let sector, through tax changes, regulation and...

Since the UK began to emerge from lockdown, the property market has reacted positively, with recent reports confirming a ‘mini boom’...

UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...

A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...

Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...

There’s something magical about Christmas, especially with UK house prices jumping by 38.9% since the last ‘widespread’ white Christmas in December...

The number of residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past 20 years, propelled by rising property prices, according to...

Brexit! Whether you’re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, no one can deny that this is probably the number one issue on...

Now is an exciting time to be a buy-to-let investor, says investment agency Surrenden Invest, even in spite of the ongoing...

The average price for a two-bed city centre flat in the UK is £227,000, nearly £100,000 more than in Europe (£131,000)...

UK house prices have risen by 7.3% since the Brexit vote, according to the latest Land Registry house price data. Now, in...

The price of the average UK home will rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years, say online estate...

UK house price growth may be easing, according to the latest Halifax data, but it has been suggested that there are...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain, according to Nationwide Building Society’s latest house price...

The annual rise in UK house prices picked up again in May, the latest figures show, with prices continuing to rise...

Eight years of quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates is estimated to have cost savers more than £160bn, but...

Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...

The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...

The tide has definitely turned against the seller in the UK housing market, a leading property expert has yesterday, following the...

The residential property market in the UK tends to be cyclical, moving in upward cycles of boom, bust and stability, and...

Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...

UK house prices fell again in April, as growing uncertainty and affordability constraints continue to have an impact on buyers across...

TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...

Households’ expectations on UK house prices for the coming year remains rather subdued following the outcome of last year’s EU referendum,...

More than nine months on from the historic Brexit vote, and home buyers are now paying 1.3% on average more for...

UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...

Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...

There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...

Growth in UK house prices has seen over-65 homeowners’ property wealth hit a new record of £1.072trn, according to new analysis...

A chronic lack of homes for sale and historically low mortgage borrowing costs will continue to push UK house prices even...

A high proportion of people think that residential property prices in the UK will increase this year, despite political and economic...

UK house prices may have ended last year around £15,000 higher on average than when the year started, but the signs...

UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...

Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...

The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...

Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 1.7% in December compared with the previous month to reach an average of...

Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...

Residential property prices in the UK remained broadly stable in 2016 but is likely to slow next year, the Nationwide has...

UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...

The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...

Despite uncertainty around Britain's decision to leave the European Union, residential property prices in Britain will increase by 2% next year,...

UK house prices rose at their fastest pace for eight months in November, fresh property price data has revealed. The Halifax, part...

There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may still be fighting it out for the White House, but with just a few hours...

Residential property prices across parts of the UK could rise by more than £50,000 over the next five years, although much...

Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...

The annual rate of home price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities hit 8.5% in September, up from 8.2%...

More than two-thirds of government spending on house-buying incentive programmes, such as Help to Buy, may have boosted demand for property,...

The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...

Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...

The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...

Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...

Residential property prices in the UK look set to fall in the coming months as economic and political turmoil have an...

Brexit horror scenarios, including the collapse in UK house prices forecast by the chancellor George Osborne, have failed to materialise so...

Residential property prices in the UK could fall by up to 20% as a consequence of the Chancellor George Osborne’s buy-to-...

House prices rose by 8.2% across the UK to a national average of £209,054 over the year to April 2016, according...

The majority of Britons who fear that the price of their property will fall if Britain leaves the EU believe that the...

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...

House prices in the UK are expected to rise further regardless of whether Britain opts to remain or leave the European...

House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 0.6% in May, twice the rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists...

Residential property prices in cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester have increased significantly over the past year, a survey...

Hometrack forecast that residential property prices will continue to rise, albeit at a slower rate of growth. The latest figures released by...