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UK house prices jumped by 2% from July, the biggest month-on-month increase since 2004

UK house prices surge to new high - Nationwide

UK house prices leapt to hit an all-time high in August, mortgage lender Nationwide said today, adding to signs of a sharp rebound in the country's housing market after the coronavirus lockdown.

Business • 02 Sep 20

UK average prices rose 1.7% in July, the biggest single-month increase since August 2009

UK house prices see biggest jump in 11 years in July

British house prices jumped by the most in 11 years this month, reversing about half their losses due to the impact of Covid-19 on a surge in pent-up demand, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed today.

Business • 31 Jul 20

Halifax said average UK house prices dropped by 0.1% in June after a 0.2% fall in May

UK house prices fall for longest period since 2010

UK house prices fell for a fourth month in a row in June as Covid-19 restrictions continued to depress the market, the longest run of monthly declines since 2010, mortgage lender Halifax said today.

Business • 07 Jul 20

Nationwide said its measure of house prices fell by 0.1% in June compared with the same time last year

UK house prices fall for first time since 2012

Britain's house prices in June fell in annual terms for the first time since 2012 as the country reeled from the coronavirus shock to the economy, mortgage lender Nationwide said today.

Business • 01 Jul 20

Rightmove said average asking prices of UK property between December 8 and January 11 jumped 2.3% in monthly terms

UK property asking prices jump by record 2.3%

Asking prices for British houses put on sale in the five weeks to January 11 rose by a record amount for the time of year, property website Rightmove said today.

Business • 20 Jan 20

UK house prices rose by 1.7% last month from their level in November, the biggest monthly increase since February 2007

UK monthly house price growth hits nearly 13-year high

UK house prices jumped in December by the most in monthly terms in nearly 13 years but the market is likely to show only a modest recovery, mortgage lender Halifax said today.

Business • 08 Jan 20

UK house prices increased by 0.5% in June compared with a year ago, new Nationwide figures show

UK housing market stuck in slow gear as Brexit weighs

British house price growth remained weak in June as uncertainty about Brexit hung over the market, mortgage lender Nationwide said today.

Business • 02 Jul 19

UK house prices increased 0.6% in May compared with a year ago after rising by 0.9% in April

UK house price growth cools unexpectedly in May

British house price growth cooled unexpectedly in May to its slowest rate in three months, mortgage lender Nationwide said today.

Business • 31 May 19

UK house prices see lowest price growth in nearly six years in January

UK house prices stagnate ahead of Brexit - Nationwide

UK house prices rose by just 0.1% in annual terms in January, their weakest increase in nearly six years, data from Nationwide showed.

Business • 31 Jan 19

Berkeley said its short-term outlook was uncertain because of the ongoing Brexit negotiations

Berkeley's profit slides amid mounting Brexit worries

Berkeley Group's first-half pretax profit fell 25.7%, the UK house-builder said, as it warned about an uncertain short-term outlook as people put off house purchases ahead of Britain's exit from the European Union.

Business • 07 Dec 18

New Halifax figures show that house prices in the UK dropped 1.4% on the month in September after a 0.2% fall in August

UK house prices see biggest fall since April - Halifax

UK house prices fell at the fastest pace since April last month, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Friday, six months before Britain is due to leave the European Union.

Business • 05 Oct 18

UK house prices rose by 2% in September compared to the same time last year

UK house prices rise only slowly again in September

UK house prices rose only slowly again in September, extending their weak run since the 2016 Brexit vote, according to data published today by mortgage lender Nationwide.

Business • 02 Oct 18

Mark Carney told UK ministers that the impact of a no-deal Brexit could be as catastrophic as the 2008 financial crisis

UK house prices would crash by 35% in no-deal Brexit

The UK property market would crash and mortgage rates would spiral in the event of a chaotic no-deal Brexit, with house prices falling 35% over three years, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said.

Business • 14 Sep 18

Berkeley said today that house prices and demand had remained robust in London

UK housing market sluggish ahead of Brexit - Berkeley

Berkeley Group Holdings said that the UK housing market lacked urgency and was constrained by high transaction costs, limits on mortgage borrowing and uncertainty over next year's Brexit.

Business • 05 Sep 18

London was identified as the UK's weakest-performing region in 2017 for the first time since 2004

2017 saw slowest UK house price growth in five years

UK house prices ended 2017 2.6% higher than when the year started, with London identified as the UK's weakest-performing region for the first time since 2004, a new index shows.

Business • 04 Jan 18

Mortgage lender Nationwide said house prices rose 2.1% year-on-year in August, slowing from 2.9% in July and matching May's four-year low

UK house price growth eases to 3-month low in August

British house price growth eased to a three-month low in August, adding to signs that the squeeze on household spending since last year's Brexit vote has led to a slowdown in the housing market, according to a new survey today.

Business • 29 Aug 17

Annual house price growth in the UK is now running at around a quarter of the levels seen in March 2016

UK house prices see lowest rate of growth in four years

UK house prices increased at the lowest annual rate seen in more than four years in June, a new survey shows today.

Business • 07 Jul 17

The average value of a UK property is 4.5% higher than a year ago

UK house prices continue to move upwards

UK house price growth accelerated in February, with the average property value standing 4.5% higher than a year ago.

Business • 01 Mar 17

Halifax predicts that house price growth in London will slow more sharply than elsewhere

Rate of UK house price rises expected to slow

UK house prices will continue edging upwards across 2017 - but the rate of growth will slow as households see their spending power squeezed, according to a new forecast.

Business • 28 Dec 16

UK house prices rose by 5.3% in September compared with the same month last year

UK house prices rise more slowly in September

British house prices rose more slowly in September than in August, according to new figures from mortgage lender Nationwide.

Business • 30 Sep 16

New Halifax figures show that UK house prices dropped 0.2% in August after a 1.1% decline in July

UK house prices extend losses in August

British house prices fell for a second consecutive month in August, taking the annual growth rate to its lowest in more than a year, figures from Halifax showed today.

Business • 07 Sep 16

Nationwide said that while buyer demand has softened, the number of new homes coming to market has also been low

UK house prices rise more than expected in August

British house price rises picked up speed and increased more quickly than expected in August as a shortage in the market outweighed the impact of Britain's Brexit vote and a recent tax increase.

Business • 31 Aug 16

UK house prices rose 0.2% in May from April, new Nationwide figures show

UK house price growth remains slow in May

British monthly house price growth remained slow in May after the government added a tax surcharge on the purchase of properties for rental and second homes in April.

Business • 01 Jun 16

The average price of a house across the UK in December was £208,286 - a new record

UK house price average reaches record £208,000

UK house prices reached a record high of £208,000 on average in December after leaping by 9.5% during 2015, according to Halifax.

Business • 07 Jan 16

The average price of a house in the UK now stands at £196,999

UK house price growth at 8 month high - Nationwide

British house price growth quickened by more than expected in December to hit an eight-month high, according to a new survey, another sign of growing momentum in the housing market.

Business • 30 Dec 15

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