UK Housing

We look at the key themes in 2017 for the private rented property market.

Office for National Statistics said London commuter town Basildon saw house prices rise by nearly a fifth.

Rics survey in November 2016 shows rising demand putting pressure on house prices as supply stalls.

Halifax house price index for November shows increase in annual growth rate to 6%.

Rents set to rise in 2017 as landlords pass down cost of tax increases to tenants, says Kent Reliance report.

Knight Frank says London will be the only region of the UK to see house prices fall in 2017.

Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist, says demand improving despite weaker economic outlook.

Higher stamp duty and an end to tax relief for mortgage interest costs; being a landlord is getting expense.

Analysis of Land Registry data reveals scale of drop in home sales linked to 2014 stamp duty reforms.

Hometrack says in UK Cities Index for October 2016 that 'impetus for house price growth shifting north'.

The estate agent is hit by a combination of Brexit, stamp duty changes and a ban on upfront fees to tenants.

Philip Hammond said letting agent fees for tenants will be banned 'as soon as possible'.

Data from Council of Mortgage Lenders shows dip during Q3 in number and value of mortgages.

Philip Hammond set to use Autumn Statement to switch burden of letting agent fees from tenants to landlords.

George Osborne overhauled property taxation but the sector hopes his successor Hammond will be different.

Housing Minister Gavin Barwell said pay-to-stay does not support working-class families struggling to get by.

Land Registry and ONS data shows London property outperformed all other regions of the UK in September.

UK's third biggest homebuilder cheered by 'resilient' trading conditions in second half of financial year.

Landlords face higher costs, but may not be able to raise rents in response because of affordability issues.

Asking prices on homes for sale are resilient in the face of Brexit.

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House price index from Halifax shows slowing annual rate of growth in the UK.

Property firm says house prices will grow by 13.1% on average in the UK by 2021.

But Black Brick boss also says sub-£1m property market is 'active and resilient' in London.

There was zero growth in house prices month-on-month in the UK during September, says Nationwide.

JLL forecasts predict a drop in the number of new homes started in England during 2017.

Benefit cap will be lowered to £23,000 in London and £20,000 outside of the city on 7 November.

Data from the Bank of England shows 62,932 mortgage approvals for house purchase in September.

Monthly repayments on mortgages are often lower than city rents, says Zoopla.

According to analysts, the potential deal value could be around £600m.