House prices in England and Wales slipped by 0.2% in May, according to Land Registry data. The average cost of a home stood at £165,314 during the month, with the decline taking the annual rate of inflation down to 8.2%. However, the Registry points out that May was the seventh month in a row in [...]
House prices in England and Wales showed an 8.5% annual gain in April, the average value of a home having risen 0.2% on March, according to the Land Registry. The figure reflects the highest annual change since September 2007 and takes the average house price to £165,596. The North East experienced the greatest monthly rise [...]
The Land Registry has published house price data for March showing a positive annual change of 7.5% and marking the fifth consecutive month of growth. However, the monthly change stood at minus 0.6%, taking the average house price in England and Wales down slightly, to £164,288. The East Midlands was the region with the most [...]
In February, the value of the average home in England and Wales rose 7% year-on-year, to £164,455, according to new figures from the Land Registry. The increase points towards a “strengthening in the housing market”, although the monthly house price change was negative, at -0.3%. On a regional basis, Wales was the region with the [...]
According to The Times, the Land Registry is to axe a further 800 jobs, on top of the 1,500 job losses it announced last October. The Registry, which has 20 offices across the country and covers England and Wales and records and guarantees the ownership of domestic and commercial property, said staff would fall further [...]
Land Registry data for November show the average house price in England and Wales rising for the sixth consecutive month, to £161,554. The value of a typical home increased 0.9%, taking the annual decline to just 0.3%, or £8,800 above its April nadir. Wales experienced the greatest monthly rise with a positive movement of 2.9%. [...]
Land Registry figures shows house prices in England and Wales rising 0.6% in October 2009, compared to a month earlier. The average value of a home increased for the fifth successive month, to £159,546, with the annual decline falling back to minus 3.4%. The North West of England saw the biggest monthly gain, at 1.9%, [...]
The Land Registry has today reported a rise in house prices in England and Wales in September. According to the Registry, house prices rose by 0.9% in September compared with August putting the average cost of a home at £158,377. It must be noted that the Land Registry compiles its data from completed transactions and [...]
According to The Times, the Land Registry is today set to announce plans to close 25% of its national offices, which will result in 1,500 job losses. The Registry, which has 20 offices across the country, covers England and Wales and records and guarantees the ownership of domestic and commercial property. The organisation enables anyone [...]
New figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales remaining largely flat in August with an average 0.1% fall across the regions, when compared to July. The news follows a rally in July when prices put on an average 1.7%, compared with June, marking the biggest monthly increase since July 2004. [...]
Official figures show house prices in England and Wales rising by 1.7% in July, compared with June, marking the biggest monthly increase since July 2004. According to Land Registry data all regions recorded a monthly rise in values, nudging the average cost of a home up to £155,885 (from £153,046 in June) and easing the [...]
In presenting its 2008/09 annual report, the Land Registry describes its core businesses as having “collapsed” as the property downturn deepened. The service’s work registering new homes in England and Wales plummeted by 75% compared to a year earlier and total applications handled in the year to the end of March fell to 26.7 million, [...]
Monthly figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales rising in June, for the first time since January 2008. The average cost of a home jumped 0.1% compared with May, to £153,046. However, the increase leaves prices 14% lower than a year earlier and the Registry cautions that the size of [...]
The Land Registry, which records and guarantees the title of property in England and Wales, has increased certain of its fees from today, 6th July. The Government body needs the additional revenue to help reduce operating losses caused by the collapse of the UK housing market. The increases mean that the fee for registering a [...]
Latest figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales declining by 0.2% in May, with the average property worth £152,497. While the monthly change remained negative, the rate of fall eased from 0.3% in April and the annual rate of decline fell back to 15.9% compared with 16.2% in April. In [...]
House prices in England and Wales fell 0.3% in April, according to Land Registry data. The shift left the annual rate of decline steady from March at 16.2% and the average cost of a home at £152,898 or £29,659 less than a year earlier. The North East saw the most significant price fall during the [...]
A victim of the housing market downturn, the Land Registry is increasing its registration fees for properties in England and Wales. From 6th July the cost of registering an average first-time buyer property worth £100,000 will rise from £100 to £130. The fee for a home worth £150,000 is increasing from £150 to £200, while [...]
Official figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales falling a further 2% during February, taking the annual rate of decline to 16.5% and marking 18 consecutive months of sliding values. According to the data, the average price of a house now stands at £153,862, a level last seen in September [...]
The Land Registry has become the latest contributor to depressing statistics on the UK housing market. The body, which reports one month behind other house price commentators, calculates that in January house prices in England and Wales were 15.1% lower than a year earlier. The average value of a home fell 0.8% on December, marking [...]
The Land Registry has reported that house prices in England and Wales fell by 13.5% in 2008, with the average value of a home dipping a further 2% in December, to £158,846. By way of comparison, yesterday Nationwide reported an annual decline of 15.9% in December. According to the Registry, Wales was the only region [...]
Gender directive could slash men’s annuity payouts
The EU Gender Directive, which came into force today, could see men losing up to £10,000 from their annuity payouts, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Under the new rules insurers are no longer allowed to take gender into account when setting annuity rates and premiums on insurance products. Men previously enjoyed higher annuity rates than [...]
Home rental costs down in November
The cost of renting a house in England and Wales fell by 0.4 per cent in November, its first dip since March, according to a survey by LSL Property Services. Average rent was £741m during the month, returning to the level seen in September. However, it was 3.4 per higher than in November last year. [...]
Lloyds TSB halts sale of packaged accounts in branches
Lloyds TSB will stop selling packaged account in its branches from 1 January 2013, until its sales procedures are brought into line with those operated by sister bank The Halifax. Lloyds TSB is one of the main providers of packaged accounts in Britain, with around one in three of its customers choosing to pay fees [...]
Housing market recovery to continue next year
Recent improvements in the housing market should continue into next year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) Gross lending is estimated to have increased to £12.9 billion in November, helped by the Funding for Lending scheme which provides banks and building societies with lower-cost funding, which they are then supposed to pass on [...]
Newcastle Building Society exits interest-only mortgages
Newcastle Building Society has stopped offering interest-only mortgages to new borrowers, following the lead of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide, Co-operative bank and Coventry Building Society. The decision will not affect existing Newcastle customers and applications for interest-only mortgages received before 14 December will still be processed. Prior to the credit crunch, interest-only mortgages [...]
Less than half of Brits considered creditworthy
Fifty-seven per cent of UK adults are at risk of having an application for credit turned down by a mainstream lender according to a new report. The ‘Mind the Credit Gap‘ report commissioned by aqua credit cards suggests that even people with a good credit rating and earning more than £50,000 could have a credit [...]
Monthly incomes £22 lower in 2012
The average monthly income of UK households fell by £22 in real terms compared with last year, according to a survey carried out for the Bank of England (BoE) by NMG Consulting. People on lower incomes have seen their income eroded more than higher earners and households still have high levels of debt the BoE [...]
Savers dig deep to fund Christmas
New research from the Halifax suggests that savers are funding their Christmas spending with money set aside for other purposes. Thirty-seven per cent of 2,138 savers surveyed by the bank at the end of November had withdrawn savings in the last three months. The average amount withdrawn was £1,186, more than double the average savings [...]
Financial data at risk from unsafe passwords
According to a survey by the Payments Council the problem of having to remember a different password for several accounts means that many internet users are compromising the security of their financial data. Internet users have 22 password-protected accounts on average and many use the same log-in details for more than one account, even though [...]
Wonga launches Paylater loans on retailer website
Payday loan company Wonga has launched a new Paylater service on furniture firm Cotswold Company’s website. The service, which allows customers to “buy now, pay later” will be introduced on other retailers’ sites in the near future. Although the Paylater branding is similar to Wonga’s, the Wonga name only appears in the small print. A [...]
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