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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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Chris Giles

Chris Giles, economics editor, on the persistent uncertainty in the UK housing market

    Can’t buy, won’t buy

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    View from Europe: Chris Giles looks at the causes of the housing downturn and the effects on consumers

      Comment and Analysis

      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

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