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![Rebound! Housing market strengthens despite election uncertainty](/upload/images/24%2006%2006%20%2001.jpg)
There’s been a modest rebound in house price growth according to new figures from the Nationwide. The lender says UK house prices...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Figures show capital appreciation hotspots across the UK](/upload/images/24%2005%2010%20%2002.jpg)
New figures from the Halifax show where in the UK capital appreciation is running at its highest. Northern Ireland remains the strongest...
10 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Capital Appreciation boost as prices nearly back to 2022 peak](/upload/images/240314%2001.jpg)
UK house prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in February, up by 0.4 per cent or £1,091 in cash terms,...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![House Price Growth in Positive Territory for first time in a year](/upload/images/240312%2004.jpg)
UK house prices rose by 0.7 per cent in February, says the Nationwide, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Late Autumn Property Sentiment surges in prime London](/upload/images/23%2012%2014%203.jpg)
It’s not often you can say the property market was stronger in November than in September, but it was this year....
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Unexpected Housing Market Boost as Prices Edge Upwards](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2011%2007%202.jpg/23%2011%2007%202__400x300.jpg)
Shock news about house prices tend to mean one thing - a downward lurch. But the latest index from the Nationwide...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![House Price Discounts Hit Four Year High](/upload/images/1%20House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average discount to asking price has hit a four-year high according to Zoopla. The portal’s latest House Price Index shows the...
05 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![What’s Happening In The Housing Market Now? Zoopla’s take…](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2009%2012%202.jpg/23%2009%2012%202__400x267.jpg)
Zoopla is giving investors five key takeaways in its latest market analysis: 1. UK house prices have risen 0.1 per cent in...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Best Yields Identified by Investment Platform](/upload/images/23%2008%2015%201%20Buy%20To%20Let%20Best%20Yields%20Identified%20by%20Investment%20Platform%20%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.png)
A property investment platform has analysed rental yields to see the best returning areas for buy to let investors. Sourced Franchise analysed...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - seven reasons to invest in property abroad](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/YourOverseasHome_400x310.png)
Brits looking to make the most of their hard-earned savings and plan for the future have been offered helpful tips and...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Addressing the housing crisis – the role of non-bank lenders](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessDeal-1-400x310.jpg)
It is no secret that the UK is currently facing a chronic shortage of affordable housing, at a time when incomes...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Queen’s reign: UK house prices see a 130-fold increase](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/QueenMainImage400x310.png)
House prices are now more than 130 times higher than they were when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1952...
27 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![The scourge of Japanese knotweed! Pest wipes nearly £12bn off UK house prices](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/JapaneseKnotweed-4-400x310.jpg)
New research from Environet UK has revealed that the blight of Japanese knotweed has wiped an estimated £11.8 billion off the...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – where are the buy-to-let hotspots for 2022?](/upload/images/Locations/ManchesterMap-400x310.jpg)
The number one buy-to-let (BTL) hotspot next year will be the North West, according to new findings from SevenCapital and Zoopla. The...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - what is the future of property investing?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
In this guest piece, the media team at HULT Private Capital outline what they see as the future of property investing...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![How has the UK property market fared in the five years since the Brexit vote?](/img/default/pit.png)
This week – today (June 23), to be exact – marks five years since the EU referendum. It was a significant moment...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![The UK’s property bubble – what will happen next?](/img/default/pit.png)
When will the UK’s property bubble burst? This question has become increasingly prevalent over recent months. The fact it has is a...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![How house prices & rents will affect your property portfolio in the 2020s](/img/default/pit.png)
For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021: is it the comeback year for PCL property?](/img/default/pit.png)
It goes without saying that 2020 was an incredibly eventful year for us all. The Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns meant...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 outlook – what are the predictions from our property experts?](/img/default/pit.png)
With 2021 nearly upon us, it’s time to look forward to what the next 12 months could bring from a property...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will the 2020 housing market boom continue?](/img/default/pit.png)
As property investors, it is very important that we monitor house price trends when assessing new deals and during existing long-term...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rise of corporate landlords – why do so few now invest as individuals?](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading UK property developer has claimed that the government’s plan to professionalise the buy-to-let sector, through tax changes, regulation and...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![10 reasons to invest in UK property now despite the recession](/img/default/pit.png)
Since the UK began to emerge from lockdown, the property market has reacted positively, with recent reports confirming a ‘mini boom’...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Overcoming Corona – how will the virus affect the UK housing market?](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house sales are predicted to decline by 38% on 2019 to 734,000 transactions for the full year (2020). That is according...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![2020 outlook – should investors expect a stronger market performance?](/img/default/pit.png)
A headline story of 2020 so far that readers of Property Investor Today will no doubt be aware of is the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property predictions – what could happen to the housing market in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Now that 2020 is underway, activity in the property market is likely to start picking up due to the traditional seasonal...
17 January 2020
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![Revealed – the biggest house price jumps since the last white Christmas](/img/default/pit.png)
There’s something magical about Christmas, especially with UK house prices jumping by 38.9% since the last ‘widespread’ white Christmas in December...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![One million pound-plus residential property sales soar twelve-fold](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past 20 years, propelled by rising property prices, according to...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can Brexit be a property investor’s opportunity?](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit! Whether you’re a Brexiteer or a Remainer, no one can deny that this is probably the number one issue on...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pre-Brexit jitters shrugged off by rental sector](/img/default/pit.png)
Now is an exciting time to be a buy-to-let investor, says investment agency Surrenden Invest, even in spite of the ongoing...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Britain the 16th most expensive place in the world for a city centre flat](/img/default/pit.png)
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)...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![House prices on the up since Brexit, research reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices have risen by 7.3% since the Brexit vote, according to the latest Land Registry house price data. Now, in...
22 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to soar](/img/default/pit.png)
The price of the average UK home will rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years, say online estate...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices are ‘back on the rise again’](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house price growth may be easing, according to the latest Halifax data, but it has been suggested that there are...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage drives up UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain, according to Nationwide Building Society’s latest house price...
02 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government urged to do more to ‘bring house price inflation in line with earnings’](/img/default/pit.png)
The annual rise in UK house prices picked up again in May, the latest figures show, with prices continuing to rise...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![How much have home prices increased by since end of The Great Recession in 2009?](/img/default/pit.png)
Eight years of quantitative easing (QE) and record low interest rates is estimated to have cost savers more than £160bn, but...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices proving resilient despite political uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
Britain’s housing market is once again proving resilient despite political turmoil caused by Theresa May’s decision to call a snap general...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![It was ‘inevitable’ that UK house prices would ease](/img/default/pit.png)
The recent slowdown in UK house prices suggests that the market is cooling, but very few experts are surprised. The latest house...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![The days of surging UK house prices ‘are gone’](/img/default/pit.png)
The tide has definitely turned against the seller in the UK housing market, a leading property expert has yesterday, following the...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices predicted to rise by over 6%](/img/default/pit.png)
The residential property market in the UK tends to be cyclical, moving in upward cycles of boom, bust and stability, and...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices stall amid affordability issues](/img/default/pit.png)
Annual house price growth continues to slow, as affordability issues deter many prospective homebuyers. With 2017 proving to be a rather challenging time...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Vendors starting to realise ‘their homes aren’t worth as much as they thought’](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices fell again in April, as growing uncertainty and affordability constraints continue to have an impact on buyers across...
09 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Irresponsible lending in the UK could lead to return of ‘negative equity’](/img/default/pit.png)
TSB has reduced mortgage lending to first-time buyers, especially in London, amid growing concerns that many homeowners without significant equity in...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Consumer confidence in UK housing market settling into a new lower ‘normal’](/img/default/pit.png)
Households’ expectations on UK house prices for the coming year remains rather subdued following the outcome of last year’s EU referendum,...
24 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices ‘prove unshakeable’ as growth picks up](/img/default/pit.png)
More than nine months on from the historic Brexit vote, and home buyers are now paying 1.3% on average more for...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Cheap borrowing and a severe lack of supply will ‘support’ UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to rise by over £50,000 by 2021](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices will surge by more than £50,000 over the next four years despite Brexit uncertainty, economists predict. The average UK...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Investors ‘undeterred by the changing economic and political landscape’](/img/default/pit.png)
There is nothing that markets dislike more than uncertainty and surprises, and the Brexit vote unleashed considerable forces of uncertainty. But...
23 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property investment has ‘consistently delivered’ for retired homeowners](/img/default/pit.png)
Growth in UK house prices has seen over-65 homeowners’ property wealth hit a new record of £1.072trn, according to new analysis...
22 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Low borrowing costs and shortage of homes for sale will ‘support prices’](/img/default/pit.png)
A chronic lack of homes for sale and historically low mortgage borrowing costs will continue to push UK house prices even...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Almost half of Brits believe UK house prices will rise over next 12 months](/img/default/pit.png)
A high proportion of people think that residential property prices in the UK will increase this year, despite political and economic...
21 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage and cheap borrowing will continue to support UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices may have ended last year around £15,000 higher on average than when the year started, but the signs...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Chronic housing shortage could keep UK house prices rising](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...
08 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Caution to dominate UK housing market in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Political and economic uncertainty and a dip in sentiment and transactions generated in part by the outcome of the EU referendum...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rising levels of mortgage approvals ‘hint at a surge in purchases to come’](/img/default/pit.png)
The number of homes changing hands in the UK look set to rise over the next few months, as reflected by...
12 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices remain ‘reassuringly resilient’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices up 6.5% in December](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK rose by 1.7% in December compared with the previous month to reach an average of...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where in the world are house prices growing fastest?](/img/default/pit.png)
Global house prices rose 5.3% on average in the 12 months to September 2016, with Turkey, New Zealand and Iceland recording...
04 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices rise in December](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK remained broadly stable in 2016 but is likely to slow next year, the Nationwide has...
30 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to remain flat in 2017 amid Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...
29 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![‘Expect the unexpected’ in 2017, says Savills](/img/default/pit.png)
The surprising political events of 2016 will lead to greater ‘caution and risk aversion’ among property investors in 2017, making secure...
17 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Modest UK house price growth expected in 2017 - poll](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite uncertainty around Britain's decision to leave the European Union, residential property prices in Britain will increase by 2% next year,...
17 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth picks up pace, says Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
UK house prices rose at their fastest pace for eight months in November, fresh property price data has revealed. The Halifax, part...
08 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices increase unexpectedly in October - Halifax](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a surprise rise in UK home prices in October, despite the slowdown in the housing market in recent months,...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Clinton Vs Trump: We can reveal the winner is...](/img/default/pit.png)
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may still be fighting it out for the White House, but with just a few hours...
08 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to rise sharply over next five years](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across parts of the UK could rise by more than £50,000 over the next five years, although much...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices to remain broadly unchanged until 2019](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices defy Brexit gloom, but slowdown intensifies down south](/img/default/pit.png)
The annual rate of home price growth across 20 of the largest UK cities hit 8.5% in September, up from 8.2%...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government housing schemes are pushing up UK house prices](/img/default/pit.png)
More than two-thirds of government spending on house-buying incentive programmes, such as Help to Buy, may have boosted demand for property,...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices could fall as mortgage approvals slump to 18-month low](/img/default/pit.png)
The volume of mortgages approved dropped to an 18-month low in July suggesting that housing market activity will slow during the...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to fall next year](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices look set to fall across many part of the UK next year as the housing market and wider...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK housing market “remains remarkably resilient” post-Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
The former chancellor George Osborne may have predicted pre-Brexit that UK house prices could take an 18% hit over the next...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit impact on house prices is ‘not certain’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices increased at their fastest annual pace in four months in July, but the early impact of Brexit has...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices look set to fall](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK look set to fall in the coming months as economic and political turmoil have an...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Brexit ‘not the Armageddon’ that was expected, says agent](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit horror scenarios, including the collapse in UK house prices forecast by the chancellor George Osborne, have failed to materialise so...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices could fall by 20%, says Deutsche Bank](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK could fall by up to 20% as a consequence of the Chancellor George Osborne’s buy-to-...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices rise 8.2%](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices rose by 8.2% across the UK to a national average of £209,054 over the year to April 2016, according...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices ‘could take five years to recover’ from Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
The majority of Britons who fear that the price of their property will fall if Britain leaves the EU believe that the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices fall ahead of EU referendum](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.4% in May, the steepest decline since November 2011, as the European Union...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to rise even if Britain votes to leave EU](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in the UK are expected to rise further regardless of whether Britain opts to remain or leave the European...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices set to fall, says RICS](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices are still rising but surveyors are warning the market to be braced for a significant slowdown in the coming...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house prices rebound after April dip](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK rose by 0.6% in May, twice the rate forecast in a Reuters poll of economists...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices continue to rise in UK’s big cities](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester have increased significantly over the past year, a survey...