The UK’s housing market is accelerating once again amid strong demand and a lack of supply, according to reports. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has doubled its forecast for price rises this year from 3 per cent to 6 per cent, and says average stock levels on its members’ books stand at 30-year […]
“Graham Beale, chief executive of Nationwide, expects the housing market to strengthen in 2015. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP” Nationwide, Britain’s largest building society and its second biggest provider of mortgages, expects the UK’s housing market to be stronger this year as long as concerns over an exit from the European Union don’t impact sentiment. The society […]
UK house prices accelerated with a 9.6% increase in the year to the end of March, according to official figures. A lack of homes on the market is thought to be behind the rise at a time when activity was expected to have been curtailed by the election campaign. The annual rate of increase accelerated […]
