Market Update
What’s up; what’s down - The Negotiator’s guide to the latest market trends
- RICS reveals buyer enquiry rebound
- Tue, 9 Mar 2010, 08:10 GMT
- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revealed an increase in the number of members reporting a rise in new buyer enquiries.
- Leeds new-build suffers bleak midwinter
- Mon, 8 Mar 2010, 10:18 GMT
- The short-term future of the Leeds new-build sector remains bleak as development sites with planning permission remain stalled and the future of those at pre-application stage hang in the balance.
- House prices fall 1.5%
- Thu, 4 Mar 2010, 08:30 GMT
- House prices fell by 1.5% to £166,587 last month, according to Halifax.
- Mortgage approvals decline 17%
- Mon, 1 Mar 2010, 10:52 GMT
- Mortgage approvals declined by 17% to 48,198 in January, according to the Bank of England.
- Oldham and Rotherham top Registry price index
- Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 10:23 GMT
- Property in Oldham and Rotherham experienced the highest monthly price increases across the country in January, according to the latest Land Registry index.
- Lloyds Banking Group reveals £6.3bn loss
- Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 07:13 GMT
- Lloyds Banking Group has revealed a £6.3bn loss for 2009, which is slightly down on the £6.7bn reported the previous year.
- Asking prices increase 3.2%
- Mon, 15 Feb 2010, 08:13 GMT
- The average national asking price has increased 3.2% to £229,398 this month, according to Rightmove's latest survey.
- Registry reveals 24% increase in sales
- Fri, 29 Jan 2010, 09:02 GMT
- The number of properties sold in England and Wales between July and October 2009 averaged 58,000, according to the Land Registry.
- National stock shortage continues to fuel sales volumes and price rises
- Fri, 25 Sep 2009
- The national average asking price increased 0.6% to £223,996 this month, according to Rightmove’s latest house price index.
- Property prices continue to rise
- Fri, 11 Sep 2009
- Property prices increased 1.7% to £155,885 in July, marking the second consecutive monthly increase this year, according to the Land Registry.
- Mortgage approvals increase for fourth consecutive month
- Tue, 1 Sep 2009, 15:21 GMT
- The number of mortgages secured for house purchase increased 14% to 50,123 in July, marking the fourth consecutive increase since April, according to the Bank of England.
- Property prices increase again
- Fri, 28 Aug 2009, 10:16 GMT
- Property prices increased 1.7% to £155,885 in July, marking the second consecutive monthly increase this year, according to the Land Registry.
- Buyer sentiment reveals green shoots
- Wed, 26 Aug 2009, 19:03 GMT
- A whopping 78% of respondents to Rightmove’s Q3 Consumer Confidence Survey do not expect property prices to fall any further over the next year.
- Cluttons slashes transaction times in half
- Wed, 26 Aug 2009, 17:07 GMT
- Cluttons has slashed its average time to exchange from 8.6 to 4.7 months in the last year.
- Net mortgage lending hits nine-year low
- Tue, 25 Aug 2009, 14:16 GMT
- Net mortgage lending increased by £1.6bn last month – the lowest level since October 2000.
- Hamptons reveals bumper quarter
- Tue, 25 Aug 2009, 11:03 GMT
- Hamptons International enjoyed a bumper Q2, with offer levels up 77%, agreed sales double the rate of last year and exchanges up 81%, according to the agency’s latest figures.
- Rightmove shares soar 19%
- Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 19:00 GMT
- Rightmove shares soared 19% to 508.50p today [August 21] following the publication of the portal's half-year results.
- Vendor hesitation exacerbates stock shortage crisis, reveals Rightmove
- Fri, 21 Aug 2009
- The number of new sellers coming onto the market has declined 23% to 82,700 this month, reveals Rightmove.
- Mortgage lending slumps to eight-year low
- Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 10:45 GMT
- Gross mortgage lending declined 26% to £16bn last month - the lowest July lending figure since 2001.
- Vendor volumes decline 23%, reveals Rightmove
- Mon, 17 Aug 2009, 08:38 GMT
- The number of new sellers coming onto the market has declined 23% to 82,700 this month, reveals Rightmove.
