Read more

Average House Prices Up 2.2% As Market Steadies – ONS

18 September: July Marks Fifth Month Of Consecutive Rises House prices rise 2.2% in the year to July Fifth consecutive month of annual increases Average home now worth £290,000 Annual house price inflation is running at 2.2% in the year to July, according to the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), writes […]

Read more

Housing market faces cool summer after stamp duty hike

The housing market faces a tougher summer after the stampede of investors looking to beat the Chancellor’s April stamp duty hike on buy to let homes fades away, Nationwide has predicted. The lender, whose index saw house price growth unchanged at 0.3% last month, noted the surge in mortgage approvals to almost 75,000 in January […]