UK house prices could be stabilising despite falls, say surveyors Rics data for February shows improvement in new buyer inquiries and sales
UK house prices rise as mortgage rate cuts lift confidence Average monthly increase of 1.1% to £285,476 in February, after falls in previous two months, says Halifax
How rising interest rates sent the UK housing market into reverse An end to ultra-low rates mean borrowers can only afford smaller mortgages
UK mortgage market contracts for fifth month after Liz Truss mini-budget Approvals at lowest since 2009 – bar during Covid lockdown – as demand for new homes continues to fall
UK house prices fall at fastest annual rate since 2012 Year-on-year February 1.1% decline comes as average price of property drops to £257,406, says Nationwide
UK home sellers having to cut average of £14,000 from asking price Values lowered for more than 40% of properties on Zoopla to attract ‘price-sensitive’ buyers
Value of UK housing stock hit record £8.7tn in 2022 Annual rise of £425bn smaller than in previous two years, says Savills as it predicts fall in house prices in 2023
How low will house prices go? Lessons from UK, US, Europe and elsewhere How the property markets around the world are faring and what is behind the global slide
‘It was a massive shock’: the tenants facing eviction as landlords raise rent or sell up Renters hit by increases as high as 20%, with owners seeking to absorb increased mortgage costs
‘Lots of us are very anxious’: why Britain’s buy-to-let landlords are selling UK rent and rate rises plus tougher rules are fuelling a crisis for both tenants and owners
Interest rates will need to rise again, warns Bank of England rate-setter Catherine Mann, a hawkish member of the MPC, says high rates necessary to stop inflation becoming embedded in wages and prices
Landlords are rebranded as ‘house hackers’ – and capitalism is sanitised once again On TikTok, live-in landlords are described in a way that sounds less elitist and exploitative, more tech-driven and cool. And don’t get me started on ‘yimbys’, writes Arwa Mahdawi
If my house purchase is not registered at the Land Registry, will it be a problem when selling? I wonder who would have been responsible in 2003 and whether the process can be completed now
Boris Johnson ‘agrees to buy’ £4m nine-bed Georgian manor house (with moat) The 400-year-old Grade II-listed property has five acres and a moat fed by its own natural spring
‘Bank of mum and dad’ stoking Britain’s rising inequality, warns report Billions in gifts or loans given when children are in early adulthood and buying first home or getting married