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![Shock as latest UK index shows house prices still falling](/upload/images/24%2005%2021%20%2004.jpg)
The latest UK house price index from e.surv suggests house prices have fallen over the past year - this is in...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Build capital appreciation soars, according to new data](/upload/images/240405%20%20%2005.png)
Scottish new build house average prices have soared ahead of existing homes according to analysis of the latest statistics by a...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Recent house price rises give hope for improved 2024 - new analysis](/upload/images/24%2001%2018%2001.jpg)
A house price index has indicated a gentle rise in capital appreciation coming through at the end of 2023, and says...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Did we get it wrong about investing in UK housing market?](/upload/images/24%2001%2016%2004.jpg)
It looks like investors in mainstream UK homes who anticipated losing capital values in the 2023 may have been mistaken -...
16 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Global markets remain resilient as they head into 2024](/upload/images/23%2012%2021%204.jpg)
House prices in the world’s major property investment centres remain robust in the face of higher debt costs, with average annual...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Britain’s Hottest Housing Markets - where the trend is bucked…](/upload/images/__thumbs/2023%2011%2021%204.jpg/2023%2011%2021%204__400x236.jpg)
Over 70 locations in Britain have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend. An analysis of...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - areas with falling prices ripe for investor buyers](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2026%2002.jpg/23%2010%2026%2002__400x267.jpg)
The average price of a home in Wales has fallen to £239,378 in the third quarter of 2023, the first time...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investors' Guide to UK Housing Market Right Now](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2010%2001%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/23%2010%2010%2001%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
The latest UK house price index, over the weekend, lifts the lid on exactly what’s happening in the UK housing market...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Optimistic New Build Investment Potential in Near Future](/upload/images/__thumbs/23%2010%2010%2002%20by%20Graham%20Norwood.jpg/23%2010%2010%2002%20by%20Graham%20Norwood__400x267.jpg)
A prominent new build expert has given his verdict on that sector’s investment potential for the rest of 2023. Mobeen Akram -...
10 October 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
![Top tips on how to get into property investment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Top%20tips%20property%20investment%20rent-calculation-1-400x310.png)
Leading property investment experts Redmayne Smith offers advice to new investors With rental demand at an all-time high, research from Aviva...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – UK regions with the best value for speed broadband](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
Comparison website for home switching services, USwitch, recently revealed the cheapest places to buy a house for the best broadband coverage. Each...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Investment insight - what does Manchester offer?](/upload/images/Locations/ManchesterMap-400x310.jpg)
The areas of the UK where there is the fastest house price growth have been changing in recent years. While London...
03 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Global house price index – Istanbul leads the way as values soar](/upload/images/Locations/WorldMapAsia-400x310.jpg)
Knight Frank's latest Global House Price and Residential Cities Index has revealed that Istanbul was the city with the highest rate of...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The North–South property divide explained](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
Historically, there was a very clear gap between the North and South of England in terms of the house price growth....
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight: What the average house prices can get buyers across the UK](/upload/images/library/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
ConservatoryLand, a UK supplier of self-build conservatories, has analysed what the UK’s average house price of £270,000 can get buyers across...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – where is seeing the biggest rise in the value of housing stock?](/upload/images/Locations/EnglandMap-400x310.jpg)
New analysis carried out by Knight Frank has highlighted the areas which have seen the biggest increase in the value of...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Everything you need to know about buying a new build](/upload/images/library/NewHousing-1-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, the experts at regulated property buyers GoodMove explore everything investors need to know about buying a new build, including what...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![New-build market share hits lowest level in a decade](/upload/images/library/Flats400x310.jpg)
New research has found that the proportion of UK property transactions accounted for by the new-build sector hit its lowest level in...
13 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Insight – is the pandemic driving property investors North?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the property market undergoing tumultuous changes since the onset of the pandemic, recent figures from A-Plan Insurance has highlighted the...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investors – here’s why transport links are still important, especially in London](/img/default/pit.png)
During the pandemic, it has often been said that the importance of a home being near transport links has lessened considerably...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Auction roundup – Record-breaking results to round off January](/img/default/pit.png)
With a broadly positive outlook for the housing market in 2021, Property Investor Today takes a look at the auctioneers who...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![An outlook on the year ahead, as told by property specialists](/img/default/pit.png)
With mixed views of what 2021 could bring to the property market, Nicky Stevenson, managing director of Fine & Country UK...
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
![Lockdown 2? No worries, transaction levels on the up – report](/img/default/pit.png)
Before the lockdown announcement was made, the number of transactions completed was returning to pre-Covid levels. That is according to Nicky Stevenson,...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cornwall and the SW should feature in every investor’s portfolio, expert argues](/img/default/pit.png)
The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development update: work commences on luxury apartments in Stretford](/img/default/pit.png)
Initial work to restore a historic building to its former glory and bring luxury living space to Stretford, Greater Manchester, has...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![London house prices bounce back for the first time in three years](/img/default/pit.png)
UK city house price growth has picked up by 2.9%, underpinned by a 1% increase in London house prices, according to...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![How can you Brexit-proof your property investment?](/img/default/pit.png)
With the current chaos swirling around Westminster – from the prorogation by Boris Johnson to this week’s Supreme Court ruling that...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![UK’s most expensive cities become more affordable](/img/default/pit.png)
The average house price in London now stands at £483,100, which is 13 times more than typical earnings in the capital,...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth in southern cities continues to slow, Zoopla research reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
The June Zoopla UK Cities House Price Index has revealed that average house price growth across southern cities is running at...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Income to buy hits £54,000 despite weaker city house price growth, Zoopla says](/img/default/pit.png)
The average income required for a first-time buyer (FTB) to purchase a home has grown 9% since 2016 and stands at...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth decelerates as London slowdown extends to southern cities](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in UK cities increased by 1.7% over the 12 months to March 2019, the same levels of growth recorded...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![House price growth slowed annually in 2018, Zoopla reveals](/img/default/pit.png)
House price growth across UK cities reduced steadily throughout 2018, according to new analysis carried out as part of Zoopla’s UK...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Returns from London BTL homes don’t outweigh risks, firm claims](/img/default/pit.png)
Investment yields from prime London buy-to-let properties don’t reflect the risks involved, Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC) has claimed. The London-based specialist debt...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Income required to buy a home rises by almost a quarter since 2015](/img/default/pit.png)
The minimum income first-time buyers require to purchase a home in the UK has rocketed by 18% in the past three...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![London price growth hits seven year low, Index claims](/img/default/pit.png)
Two fifths of postcodes across London are registering year-on-year price falls, according to the latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index. The...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Large regional cities set for house price surge](/img/default/pit.png)
Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester are among the top regional cities set for an increase in house prices over the next four...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Home price to earnings ratio in London reaches all-time high](/img/default/pit.png)
The gap between house prices and average earnings has reached a record high in London, according to a new study conducted...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Global urban house price index records slower growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities increased by 6.1% in the year to June 2017, down from 6.9% last quarter. In other areas...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Prime country house prices remain unchanged, Knight Frank says](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s research revealed prime country house prices have fallen a mere 0.1% between July and September, with annual growth remaining...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Global house prices rise by 5.6% on average, Knight Frank’s index shows](/img/default/pit.png)
Knight Frank’s Global House Price Index has revealed that across the 55 countries tracked, house prices increased by 5.6% on average...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices in the UK fall](/img/default/pit.png)
The average asking price of property coming on to the market has dropped by 0.9%, or £2,758, this month, according to...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price growth in Scotland outperforming England and Wales](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in Scotland increased by an average of 0.5% in June to reach an average of £175,941, according to the...
18 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
![Scottish house prices are continuing their steady growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Scotland continue to rise, according to new figures. The average price of a property in Scotland in May...
21 July 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
![One year on: Buyers and sellers undeterred by ‘Brexit scaremongering’](/img/default/pit.png)
It has been exactly one year since Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52% to 48%, and while the...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing shortage drives up property prices in Scotland](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices rose by an average of £3,217 north of the border in April, the latest Your Move’s Scotland House...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing output in Scotland continues to flatline](/img/default/pit.png)
Overall housing output north of the border continued to flatline with just 88 more homes, the equivalent of around 1%, built...
19 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 global investment property hotspots](/img/default/pit.png)
There was a 6.5% increase in global house prices in the year to March 2017, the highest annual rate of growth...
13 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales hit new record high](/img/default/pit.png)
House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...
12 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
![House prices in Manchester continue to rise faster than anywhere in the country](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester remains the number one UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...
26 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
![UK asking prices edge higher](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking prices increased across most of England and Wales between March and April, with the exception of London where values continued...
15 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![London’s property market is booming – if you know where to look](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite weakening growth in the capital, where values are around 80% higher than in 2009, there are still plenty of good...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Spanish property market continues to pick up](/img/default/pit.png)
A fresh residential property market report shows that Spanish property prices edged higher in March. The latest Spanish Property Insight House Price...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price inflation at 12-year high in large regional cities](/img/default/pit.png)
City level residential property price growth gained momentum in the first quarter of the year, rising by 3.5%, led by large...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices rise across Scotland](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home in Scotland in February reached £173,862 – a rise of 3.3% on the previous year,...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Average house price in England and Wales breaks £300,000 barrier, says Your Move](/img/default/pit.png)
The price of the average property in England and Wales broke through the £300,000 barrier in March, following a 0.5% rise...
18 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
![Squeeze on consumers weighs on UK property market](/img/default/pit.png)
Growing economic uncertainty in the UK is starting to weigh on consumer confidence and willingness to engage in major transactions such...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Manchester has fastest growing house prices in the UK](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester has become the latest UK property hotspot, after it was revealed today that property values in the city increased faster...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales rise at their fastest pace for 12 months](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home in England and Wales increased by almost £1,900 in February compared with the previous month,...
13 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
![UK house price growth continues to slow](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property price growth continues to slow across parts of the UK, led by falls in London where annual home price...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Canadian home prices rise further](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Canada continued to increase in January, led by gains in Toronto’s red-hot housing market, fresh figures show. The...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Asking price growth slows for homes in England and Wales](/img/default/pit.png)
Asking prices for residential properties listed for sale in England and Wales increased by 2% in the month to early February, the...
20 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Scottish house prices rise 2.2%](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a home in Scotland in December 2016 increased by 2.2% compared with the previous year to reach...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![House price growth shifting from London to regional cities](/img/default/pit.png)
Property prices across the largest UK cities rose by an average of 7.2% in 2016, taking the 20 city average to...
20 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Spanish property prices remain stable](/img/default/pit.png)
A new residential property market report shows that Spanish property prices have remained broadly stable over the last 12 months. The latest Spanish...
05 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
![House prices set to rise across major UK cities in 2017](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across many of the UK’s largest 20 cities appear to offer plenty of room for growth in 2017,...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales edge up in November](/img/default/pit.png)
The average residential property price in England and Wales edged up by 0.1% in November, according to the latest the LSL/Acadata...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![US home prices increase](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the US rose 1.5% in the third quarter of the year, fresh figures from the Federal Housing...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Scottish property prices hit post-Brexit high](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Scotland rose 0.6% month-on-month in September, taking the average price above £170,000 for the first time since...
21 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth continues to defy post-Brexit gloomy forecasts](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...
19 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![The UK housing market is ‘continuing to hold strong’](/img/default/pit.png)
The UK housing market remains resilient post-Brexit, as illustrated by the latest house price index which shows a housing market that...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices in England and Wales rise marginally in September](/img/default/pit.png)
The average price of a residential property in England and Wales rose slightly last month despite a month-on-month decline recorded in...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Mexico’s housing market continues to grow stronger](/img/default/pit.png)
Mexico's housing market continues to go from strength to strength, buoyed by strong foreign demand in resort communities, the latest market...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![U.S. housing market remains strong](/img/default/pit.png)
The U.S. housing market remains strong, despite a slowdown in the economic recovery. The S&P/Case-Shiller seasonally-adjusted national home price index rose...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![The strongest global housing markets unveiled](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to boom in some parts of the world, with the five strongest housing markets in Global Property...
23 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Asking prices see autumn bounce-back](/img/default/pit.png)
There has been a sharp rise in asking prices this month as property investors continue to dominate the lower end of...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Where in the world are property prices growing fastest?](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices across the world increased on average by 4% in the 12 months to June 2016, with New Zealand,...
09 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top university cities see 27% property price rise in just three years](/img/default/pit.png)
Average property prices in the UK’s top 50 university cities, based on the Guardian’s latest university league table, have risen by...
06 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![House prices rise further says Nationwide, but outlook looks ‘cloudy’](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK rose marginally in August to reach yet another all-time high, according to fresh data from...
01 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![US house prices up 1.2%](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the US rose by 1.2% in the second quarter of the year as the number of homes...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Outlook for Scottish housing market ‘looks favourable’ as prices rise](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in Scotland rose in June and the signs are that values will increase further as demand continues to...
24 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![House price growth remained steady in June, despite pre-Brexit uncertainty](/img/default/pit.png)
The latest UK House Price Index for June, which includes data for the week after the Brexit vote, shows an annual...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Australian house price growth slows in July, says CoreLogic](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices continued to increase in most of Australia’s major cities in July, led by gains in Sydney and Melbourne,...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lewis Hamilton’s win in Hungary sparks worldwide tour](/img/default/pit.png)
Following Lewis Hamilton’s comfortable victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, we delve into the fast lane to take you...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![London house price growth set to slow, says Hometrack](/img/default/pit.png)
Annual house price growth remained broadly unchanged in June across the UK’s major towns and cities, but signs are that price...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Scottish property market ‘remains buoyant’](/img/default/pit.png)
Scottish house prices rose in May despite reports of a slowing economy north of the border, according to a new report. The...
21 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![UK house price growth picks up despite Brexit](/img/default/pit.png)
Residential property prices in the UK increased marginally in June, despite greater uncertainty in the run-up to the EU referendum, the...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Price of a first-time buyer home hits record high](/img/default/pit.png)
Brexit concerns have not dented first-time buyers’ appetite to own their own home, according to estate agents Your Move and Reeds...