taff Writer, Staff Editor Shutterstock Use our mortgage calculators to help you work out how repayments will affect your household finances, if you could save money by remortgaging, and the beneficial impact of overpaying. 16 February 2026: Rightmove Optimistic As Affordability Improves House price growth has flattened in February, according to Rightmove, although the property portal says January’s surge in asking […]
Over the past few months, the UK housing market has entered a cooler, more cautious phase. Prices have stopped falling sharply, but they are no longer rising with the momentum seen in previous years. At the same time, buyer demand has softened, as affordability pressures and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on confidence. Rather than […]
The UK government is on course to miss its London housing targets by a wide margin after plunging new home sales led to a collapse in the number of new apartments under construction. Just 5,547 homes were started in the UK capital last year, an 84% drop from a decade earlier, according to data compiled […]
First Slowing Of Annual Inflation Since 2023 Tax overhaul takes heat out of market Annual inflation halves to 3.5% Average UK home worth £265,000 Average house prices fell 2.7% month-on-month in April as new nil rate bands for stamp duty kicked in at the beginning of the month, writes Jo Thornhill. The figures from the Office […]
Buyer demand fell to lowest level since November 2023 in February, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says Thu 13 Mar 2025 01.01 CET Momentum in the UK housing market slowed in February as confidence was dampened by a looming stamp duty deadline and concerns over stubbornly high interest rates and the world economic picture. Buyer […]
Don’t try and time the market either at the lowest price,’ says real estate CEO CBC News · Posted: Oct 23, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago While sales have remained steady since last year so far, experts are saying they are seeing signs of a balanced market. (Colin Butler/CBC News) Whether you’re buying […]
More UK households have defaulted on their mortgages in the last quarter, new Bank of England data shows, and the situation is likely to worsen in the run-up to Christmas. UK lenders have reported that the default rates on secured loans to households increased in the third quarter of this year, and are expected to […]
Number of properties for sale dropped 15% in November – the fastest rate since 2009 The number of properties coming on to the UK housing market is falling at its fastest rate in a decade as next month’s general election deters sellers. Rightmove said the average price tag fell by £3,900 in November – the equivalent […]
Average UK house prices have flatlined for eight straight months as a declining property market in London drags on growth, official data shows. The average selling price across the UK rose 1.4 per cent to £229,000 in the year to April, down from 1.6 per cent in the previous month. In the capital, prices fell 1.2 per […]
What does this chart show? That house prices are still rising, though not as fast as they were. Average house prices in the UK rose 8.3 per cent in the year to July, slipping back from the 9.7 per cent annual figure registered in the year to June. London price growth stayed high at 12.3 […]
