Nationwide reports house price bounce
Chris Giles, economics editor, on the persistent uncertainty in the UK housing market
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Foreign buyers snap up UK country houses
The traditional owners of Britain’s large country houses are being displaced by a wave of international and “new money” buyers, according to research
Retail sales rise fuels hopes of growth
The recent rebound in house prices is spilling over into growing demand for household goods, according to the official data on retail sales, leading to renewed optimism the UK will return to growth in the fourth quarter
Number of £1m homes sales falls 70%
The number of seven-figure property sales this year in England and Wales is expected to be just 2,800, a dramatic drop from the market peak two years ago
Data suggest worst is over for UK housing market
House prices in England and Wales rose modestly for the sixth consecutive month in October, underscoring the message from recent surveys that the housing market’s worst days are now past
House price revival helps lift retail sales
Hopes of recovery among consumers received a boost after retail sales surged last month, helped by half-term holidays and Halloween, while house prices rose at their fastest rate since 2006
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Safe as houses
The Financial Service Authority’s new proposals for regulating the residential mortgage market are crude. But they should, nonetheless, be welcomed
Bouncy houses
News that housing markets are starting to level out is cheering. It would, however, be naive to assume that the housing market is now on firm and steady ground
UK prime mortgages
The overhang of property in the hands of highly-leveraged owners and the number of people waiting for prices to stabilise will choke any recovery
Evidence mounts to suggest worst is over
The question of whether a bottom to the UK housing downturn is in sight can be asked with a straight face for the first time in well over a year. But promising figures are still being treated cautiously
Merryn Somerset Webb: The bearish case for property
Houses are still too expensive. The average house price is now around £150,000 and the average salary around £25,000. That makes the price to income ratio a whopping six times
UK house prices
The weight of money in futures markets and spread betting sites suggests talk of an upturn is premature
Richard Donnell: The bullish case for property
The start of the house price recovery seen in the higher-value equity-driven markets in London will feed down into other areas as the economy starts to grow. I
