Nationwide reports house price bounce
Chris Giles, economics editor, on the persistent uncertainty in the UK housing market
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UK house prices rise for sixth month
British house prices rose for a sixth month running in October to register their first annual gain since early 2008, the Nationwide Building Society has reported
Property price falls attract new buyers
First-time buyers are returning to the housing market to benefit from price falls and lower interest rates, despite continuing difficulties in securing attractive mortgages
UK house price report records strong rise
The average asking price for homes in England and Wales has recorded unusually strong growth in the past month, according to the property website Rightmove
Consumer confidence ‘trickles’ back
Surveys show rising demand in both housing market and the UK high street, with every category of retail on the rise
House price dip forecast for 2010
Property prices will weaken next year after ending this year positively, according to Knight Frank, the property consultancy, with a recovery not expected until 2012 – though real demand remains strong
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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
