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House prices still down in Northern Ireland

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

House prices in the UK recorded a monthly rise of 2.2 per cent in January, taking the average value to £207,159, according to the House Price Index from Communities and Local Government (CLG). This was the ninth consecutive month that house prices have grown, leading to an annual increase of 6.2 per cent. Three of the four countries in the UK experienced year-on-year growth in January, with Scotland seeing the largest rise of 7.1 per cent, followed by England (6.6 per cent) and then Wales...

First-time buyer affordability improves during March

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The March edition of the FindaProperty.com House Prices & Affordability Index reveals that it is now easier for first-time buyers to get onto the property ladder than it has been at any time since the start of the credit crunch. This is down to a combination of lenders having eased their criteria and the fact that entry level properties have remained stable at around £155,000 over the past year. However, this month there are signs that first-time buyer house prices are starting to rise again,...

London house prices buck national trend

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

House prices in the capital have bucked the national trend to record a growth in February, according to the latest edition of the London Property Index from haart estate agents. Despite a national dip being reported in some recent property market surveys, including those from Nationwide and Halifax, haart recorded a healthy 1.9 per cent growth in London house prices last month. Using statistics compiled across 23 of their London branches, haart reports that the...

Highest-value soap homes: No.1 – EastEnders

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Cor blimey, I've done bloomin' well, ain't I?! And the winner is…EastEnders EastEnders is the winner of our competition to see which soap's real-life counterpart had had the most dramatic increase in house prices. Research from FindaProperty.com shows that a homeowner on Albert Square would be sitting pretty on property worth more than half a million pounds (£574,764). And Pat Evans would be the proud owner of the Square's highest valued...

Is the worst of the house price downturn over?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Following seven consecutive monthly increases, house prices in February suffered a monthly decline of 1.5 per cent, according to latest figures from the Halifax. But there is no cause for panic just yet: on an annual basis, prices rose by 4.5 per cent, easily beating last month's 3.6 per cent growth which, at that point, had been the highest year-on-year rise since February 2008. Average house prices in the UK stood at £166,587 in February, down from £169,777 in January, but 8.0...