Houses increase in value slightly despite downturn

Despite the rest of the economy being in some trouble, the housing market still increased in value last year by around one percent. This is according to the latest figures released by the building society Nationwide. December saw a drop in house prices of a fifth of percent but despite this fall at the end [...]

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Affordable houses are just not being built

The number of affordable houses being constructed has seen an enormous decline. Figures have recently shown that in the last six months just over 450 affordable homes have started to be constructed. Compared with the figure for last year this is a decline of over 12,000,  a remarkable 97% drop in construction levels.

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October house value increase may mean nothing

It was surprising to see that house prices jumped back up a little bit during the month of October and edged up by 0.4%, even though many fear that the economy may be headed towards a double dip recession.  The small increase put houses prices back into the positive for the first time in the [...]

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House prices rose by over 1% last July

House prices rose by over 1% last July and the average house price in the UK reached a little over £163,000. The data also shows that overall an annual price decrease of over 2% has occurred. Over the last year only, the Capital has seen an overall increase in the price of its property and [...]

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How to work out how much equity is tied up in your home

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The most common way most equity release companies work out how much equity can be released from a certain property is through the means of an equity release calculator.  Find out more about equity release, including what can affect the release amount.

Equity Release Calculators

The information a company will require when working out the [...]

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Coastal towns see house price boom

There are many that spend time in their day dreaming about escaping the big city and the large amounts of traffic plus the pollution, to move to a more peaceful, relaxing and attractive area such as a coastal village or town.

However this for many is a dream that little by little falls further away from [...]

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Tips on how to arrange a thorough property assessment

Unbelievable though it may seem, recent research shows that only 20 per cent of people buying a property commission a proper survey!

Why? Well experts tell us that it is because many think the mortgage lender’s survey is sufficient (it’s not; it is simply a mortgage valuation and will not point out any structural defects or [...]

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Four quarters of house price falls, and its not over

There have now been four consecutive quarters of prices declines after reports that house prices fell fro the first quarter of 2011 and expert’s predictions are that more there is worse to come. Values had fallen off in the first three months over a year earlier by an average by 3% per the Halifax house [...]

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Halifax Reports Annual House Price Inflation of 9.6%

The Halifax has published its November House Price update. Key finidings are:

· House prices rose by 1.7% in November. There are some signs, however, of a likely cooling in housing market activity over the next few months. The market continues to be supported by strong fundamentals underpinned by a UK economy that has now recorded [...]

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