Homes


High house prices are forcing many to leave Dorset

Views like this don't come cheap: Poole is another Dorset town people can't afford

9:01am Wednesday 27th October 2010

A NEW report reveals the “tragic” house price problem that forces people to leave their Dorset hometowns.

House prices fell 3.6% last month

The UK house market suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September

9:45am Thursday 7th October 2010

The UK housing market has suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September - the biggest monthly drop since figures were first compiled in 1983.

Housing market stalls in the North and storms ahead in the South

11:24am Monday 4th October 2010

A North/South divide is emerging in the housing market with sales racing ahead in southern regions but remaining sluggish in many parts of the north, new figures show.

Housing market heading for double dip

4:36pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

THE housing market is heading for a double dip as mortgage lending slumped, while thousands of people who bought a home at the peak of the market could remain trapped in negative equity until 2014.

Housing supply outstrips demand

Property professionals say house prices are falling

10:47am Tuesday 10th August 2010

Property professionals saw house prices fall for the first time in a year last month and expect further declines as demand weakens, according to new research.

House prices fall in July as buyer demand remains weak

10:53am Tuesday 3rd August 2010

AVERAGE UK house prices fell by a seasonally-adjusted 0.5% in July, according to figures released by Nationwide Building Society.

Estate agents hail demise of HIPs

Estate agents have welcomed the scrapping of Home Information Packs

10:49am Tuesday 25th May 2010

Estate agents have welcomed the news that controversial home information packs (Hips) are being scrapped with immediate effect.

House prices rose 10% last year

9:36am Tuesday 4th May 2010

Annual house price growth reached double figures for the first time in nearly three years during April, research has shown.

Fixed mortgage rate touches 4.63%

4:11pm Tuesday 27th April 2010

Fixed-rate mortgage deals have fallen to their lowest level for a year as competition continues to return to the market, research has shown.

House rises 'ease' pre-election

1:12pm Tuesday 13th April 2010

Homeowners rushing to put properties on the market before the General Election sent selling activity to its highest since May 2007 last month, according to a survey.


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