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House prices fell in August but a Brexit-triggered crash 'should be avoided'
Halifax house price index says slowdown is in line with its forecasts.
Shane Croucher Sep 07, 2016
Rents rising 'at a sustainable pace' in the UK according to HomeLet
HomeLet rental index shows average UK rent hit £915 per month in August 2016.
Shane Croucher Sep 07, 2016
Landlords switching to Airbnb for lucrative holiday lets risk breaching buy-to-let mortgage terms
Residential Landlords Association warns of London landlords worsening housing crisis by growing use of Airbnb.
Shane Croucher Sep 06, 2016
House prices defy Brexit uncertainty — but only because there are too few homes for sale
Nationwide house price index for August shows faster growth than July.
Shane Croucher Aug 31, 2016
Bank of England says UK mortgage approvals fell to 18-month low in July
Mortgage approvals fell from 64,152 in June to 60,912 last month, short of analysts' forecast for a 62,000 reading.
Dan Cancian Aug 30, 2016
Number of housing completions falls in England despite government drive
Housing charity Shelter says government at risk of missing target of one million new homes by 2020.
Shane Croucher Aug 25, 2016
House prices will fall by 1% in 2017 as Brexit weighs the housing market down
Prices set to slide amid 'weaker prospects for confidence, household incomes and the labour market'.
Shane Croucher Aug 22, 2016
Private landlords raking in £9.3bn a year from government's bloated housing benefit bill
National Housing Federation says affordable housing shortage and higher rents driving up housing benefit bill.
Shane Croucher Aug 20, 2016
Councils are 'dismissive and discriminatory' of a rising number of homeless people, say MPs
Communities and Local Government Committee calls for cross-Whitehall strategy to end homelessness crisis.
Shane Croucher Aug 18, 2016
London overtaken by the East of England as region with the fastest-growing house prices
Average UK house price rose by 8.7% over the year to June 2016, hitting £214,000.
Shane Croucher Aug 16, 2016
Asking prices drop with London property worst-affected, says Rightmove
Rightmove house price index shows fall in asking prices in line with average for summer slowdown despite Brexit.
Shane Croucher Aug 15, 2016
House price growth slumps to a three-year low after the EU referendum
Rics said new buyer enquiries dropped at the fastest pace since 2008.
Shane Croucher Aug 11, 2016
Brexit sparks increase in price reductions on homes for sale, says Zoopla
A third of sellers cut prices by an average £25,000 but discounts 'not as high' as expected.
Shane Croucher Aug 10, 2016
Brexit uncertainty does little to curb the rising cost of rents
HomeLet says average UK rent rose 2.3% over the year to July 2016, reaching £779 a month.
Shane Croucher Aug 09, 2016
UK house prices fell 1% in month after Brexit vote
Halifax house price index shows slowdown, though it is 'too early' to blame poll.
Shane Croucher Aug 05, 2016
What the Bank of England's interest rate cut means for the UK housing market
BoE slashes base rate in half and boost stimulus as Brexit uncertainty weighs on UK economy.
Shane Croucher Aug 04, 2016
House price growth is collapsing in London, says Capital Economics
Capital Economics predicts fall in London's house price growth from 12.1% to zero in 2016.
Shane Croucher Aug 03, 2016
Homeownership has fallen faster in one area of the UK than any other - and it isn't London
Greater Manchester worst hit with 14.5% slump, says Resolution Foundation's latest analysis.
Shane Croucher Aug 02, 2016
As Scotland scraps the Right to Buy scheme, should England and Wales do the same? Vote in our poll
Margaret Thatcher introduced Right to Buy in 1980 to give council tenants the chance to own their homes
Shane Croucher Aug 01, 2016
New home registrations in London tumbled ahead of the EU referendum, says NHBC
NHBC says across for the whole of the UK new home registrations are solid, but some regions saw declines
Shane Croucher Jul 29, 2016
Mortgage approvals down 11% in the month of the EU referendum
BBA lending data shows number of mortgage approvals in June 2016 was 48,973.
Shane Croucher Jul 26, 2016
London house prices saw fastest growth under Margaret Thatcher's government
Stirling Ackroyd research shows biggest boom in London house prices was under Thatcher.
Shane Croucher Jul 26, 2016
Letting agents: 'The rental market has responded to Brexit in a calm fashion'
Arla survey shows little change to supply of rental homes after Brexit vote on 23 June.
Shane Croucher Jul 25, 2016
There is a 'Waitrose effect' on house prices which can add 10% to a property's value
Lloyds Bank research shows nearby supermarkets can add thousands to property prices.
Shane Croucher Jul 25, 2016
UK Housing: Most affordable places for first-time buyers, who have increased 10% since 2015
The UK saw 154,200 first-time home buyers in the first six months of 2016.
Kedar Grandhi Jul 23, 2016
What the English Housing Survey's results tell us about the state of the market
DCLG's survey reveals trends and facts about how England's housing market has changed in 20 years.
Shane Croucher Jul 22, 2016
Will Brexit make UK housing crisis even worse?
UK housebuilders say demand is still strong in housing market amid chronic undersupply of homes
Shane Croucher Jul 22, 2016
Despite Brexit uncertainty mortgage lenders pumped £20.7bn into UK housing market in June
Council of Mortgage Lenders says it expects market activity to 'soften modestly' as transactions weaken.
Shane Croucher Jul 21, 2016
House prices rose strongly ahead of Brexit referendum and 'predictions of storm are overblown'
May house-price index from Office for National Statistics shows disparity across UK as London surges forward.
Shane Croucher Jul 19, 2016
UK housing crisis: Government should build 300,000 homes each year, says Economic Affairs Committee
Report suggests local authorities and housing associations should be given more freedom to build homes.
Kedar Grandhi Jul 15, 2016
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