The Halifax reported a 1 per cent monthly rise in house prices in November to £160,879 but says the housing market is ‘more unclear than usual’. According to the lender’s figures, average house prices across the UK have been on a downward trend for the past six months. Compared with the previous year, prices have […]
The average price of a house remained at just under £164,000 in November, the same as the previous month but 1.2 per cent lower than in November last year. The average house price is now 12 per cent lower than it was in October 2007 when it peaked at £186,044. The figures from the Nationwide’s […]
House prices in the three months to October fell by 1.2 per cent compared with the previous three months, the Halifax said. According to the Halifax House Price Index, the average house price fell to £158,426 in October 2012, a fall of 0.7 per cent compared with the previous month, and 1.7 per cent lower […]
Nationwide building society has reported a 0.4 per cent fall in house prices in September, following a rise of 1.1 per cent in the previous month. However, the building society suggests that the annual rate of house price change is a more accurate indication of the state of the housing market, as monthly figures have […]
House prices fell in July, to an average of £161,094 across the country, after increasing in the previous two months. Prices fell by 0.6 per cent in July, compared with the previous month, according to the Halifax House Price Index. Average prices are also 0.6 per cent lower compared with July 2011, the Halifax said. […]
Nationwide building society reported a faster fall in house prices in July, as the economy continues to falter. House prices fell by 0.7 per cent in July, the fourth time they have declined in five months, and the fastest fall in three years. The average house price is now £164,389, 2.6 per cent lower than […]
The fall in property prices has now extended to London and south east England, according to the latest figures from property analytics company Hometrack. Hometrack’s figures for July how that overall house prices fell by 0.1 per cent, representing the first fall in seven months. Compared with June, the number of new homes coming on […]
Property website Rightmove recorded a drop in the average asking price for residential property this month, representing the first fall since January. Average prices have fallen by 1.7 per cent, a drop of £4,138, with demand low due to the wet weather deterring potential buyers from viewing properties. The website also blamed the Olympics for […]
House price growth stalled in June according to new figures from property analyst Hometrack. New buyer registrations were 0.5 per cent lower in June, the first time they have fallen on a month-on-month basis, for the past five months. Supply continued to increase, causing prices to fall even further. The only place which saw an […]
Mortgage lender the Halifax claims that house prices fell by 1.3 per cent last year to an average of £160,063, their lowest level since July 2009. According to the Halifax House Price Index, house prices fell 0.9 per cent in December, compared with the previous month. Although prices rose in the third quarter of 2010, […]
The housing market is expected to improve strongly in 2013-14, with a 20 per cent increase in transactions, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday. An upward trend is expected to start developing in 2012-13, when 1.5 per growth is expected, according to the OBR’s forecasts which accompanied the chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Recent figures […]
A new report from a leading think-tank is predicting that UK house prices will fall by 4.5% in 2011, followed by an average 1.5% fall in each of the subsequent four years. According to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), this year’s decline will reflect the squeeze on household finances resulting from […]
UK house prices fell by 0.2% in April, leaving the value of the typical home down 1.3% on a year earlier, at £165,609, according to Nationwide. The decline follows a monthly increase of 0.5% in March and the three-month-on-three-month measure, which is a better measure of the underlying trend, shows a modest year-on-year rise of […]
Surveyors are feeling less optimistic about UK house prices, with more respondents to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) August survey expecting prices to fall, rather than rise, over the next three months. However, RICS spokesman, Jeremy Leaf, points out that while prices in many parts of the country may be slipping, sales levels […]
UK house prices rose by 0.2% in August, following on from a 0.6% increase in July, according to Halifax. Much of the decline seen in the three preceding months has now been reversed, leaving the annual rate of inflation at 4.6%, slightly below the 4.9% measured in July. With the typical value of a home […]
UK house prices saw their second consecutive monthly fall in August, according to Nationwide. The lender recorded a 0.9% decline in the average value of a home, following a 0.5% month-on-month fall in July. The annual rate of inflation remained in positive territory at 3.9% but was down sharply, from 6.6% in July and 8.7% […]
Halifax has reported that UK house prices increased by 0.6% in July, reversing a fall of 0.6% in June. Prices were 4.9% higher year-on-year, having lost ground on a month earlier when the annual rate of growth registered at 6.3%. At £167,425, the value of the average home stood 8.3% above its April 2009 trough […]
UK house prices fell back in July, for the first time since February, as buyer demand remained weak. According to Nationwide, the average value of a home declined by 0.5%, to £169,347, taking the annual rate of inflation down to 6.6%, compared with 8.7% in June. The lender notes that the sizeable drop is due […]
New figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales back to summer 2006 levels, having risen by 0.1% in June, compared with May. Last month, the typical home sported an annual gain of 8.4%, taking the average house price to £166,072. All ten regions of England and Wales experienced annual rises, […]
UK house prices fell by 0.6% in June, following a similar decline in May, Halifax has reported. The average value of a home stood at £166,203, with the annual rate of gain easing back to 6.3%, compared with 6.9% in May. That being said, prices in the April to June quarter were largely unchanged compared […]
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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