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UK: Is property facing a meltdown in 2017?

THE HOUSING market is finally slowing after years of rampant growth and many Britons will give hearty thanks for that. GETTY The housing market is slowing after years after rapid growth The assumption that homeowners automatically celebrate price rises has been blown apart by the crazy growth of recent years, which has made the majority […]

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London House Prices Forecast to Plunge as Brexit Chokes Market

London property prices are set to fall next year as uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the European Union damps the U.K. housing market, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. London, and especially the priciest areas of the capital’s housing market, will be most affected, with prices dropping 5.6 percent in 2017, according […]

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UK house prices reach new high

Property website Rightmove says ‘property rich’ will gain most as sellers in priciest areas see biggest rises as first-time buyer properties fall. Asking prices for homes coming on to the market in England and Wales rose to a new record high in September, as sellers in the priciest areas tried to cash in on demand […]