House prices rose by 1.2% in January compared with the previous month, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide Building Society. The lift at the start of 2010 pushed up the annual increase in prices by 8.6%. The Nationwide's chief economist, Martin Gahbauer...
Further evidence of the recovery in the UK housing market has come from figures showing completed residential property sales hit a two-year high in December. Provisional figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show 104,000 deals involving properties priced above £40,000...
The UK property market entered more turbulent times around the middle of 2007. During 2008 we witnessed some of the most depressed levels of market activity in living memory . However, against most commentator’s expectations, 2009 saw an increase of approximately 6% in...