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We are in a unique housing market: never before has the acceleration of house prices at the top of the scale left so many so far behind. Prices in Hackney, east London, for example, have increased by a staggering 939 per cent between 1995 and 2015. Compare that to Blackpool, where that number is 100 per cent. … Read more
UK house prices accelerated with a 9.6% increase in the year to the end of March, according to official figures. A lack of homes on the market is thought to be behind the rise at a time when activity was expected to have been curtailed by the election campaign. The annual rate of increase accelerated … Read more
A property website say house prices might be on the march again because people are holding on until after the election. Report: Asking prices are rising because sellers are in the minority A shortage of homes and high demand for properties have combined to drive asking prices to a new record high, according to Rightmove. … Read more
House prices in the first quarter of 2015 were 2.6pc higher than the final three months of last year, as consumer confidence grows and interest rate rises still seem a far off reality. The Halifax’s house price index, released this morning, gave an early indication that the stagnant housing market, which slowed to a standstill … Read more