Call for new mortgage incentives as mortgage lending figures plunge

As the Bank of England figures show mortgage lending at their second lowest level since records began a think tank calls for new home cash incentives.
Big cash incentives should be offered to people living in areas of England where developers want to build new homes, a think tank suggests.

Instead of the current system where council [...]

UK house prices- summer holidays lead to fall in asking prices

Sellers have been asking for lower prices for property as buyer interest has dropped during the holiday season, a survey has suggested.
New listings of property have outnumbered mortgage approvals by a ratio of 5:2, website Rightmove said.

It said that, with many potential buyers on holiday, the over-supply has led to asking prices falling in August.

The [...]

Bank of England reports flat mortgage lending

Figures from the Bank of England show that the number of mortgages approved for UK home buyers was barely changed in July at 48,722.
The figures reinforce data from lenders and surveys which suggest that prices have reached a plateau after the revival that started in the spring of 2009.

The Bank’s figures show that in July, [...]

UK house prices fall again in August finds Nationwide

House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building society.
Prices fell 0.9% last month, following a 0.5% decline in July, Nationwide said, adding that it was the first time that prices had fallen for two consecutive months since February 2009.

The average house price now stands at just [...]

Housing group gives four year negative equity warning

Homeowners who bought at the peak of the market face four more years of negative equity, a housing group said.
The National Housing Federation (NHF) said the average buyer in England paid £216,800 for a home in 2007.

They may now have to wait until 2014 before prices recover enough to make their homes worth more than [...]

UK property boom is over with worries about double dip recession

The property boom that home owners have enjoyed during the past year has ended as the latest housing survey shows home buyers retreating over concerns about the economy.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said “increased uncertainty” about the economic outlook was making home buyers more cautious.

This reduced demand is combined with an increase in the [...]

House prices starting to fall say surveyors

House prices are starting to fall, the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has said.
It is the first time since July last year that its monthly survey has detected a downturn in prices.

Rics said this was because more homes were being put up for sale, while inquiries from potential new buyers [...]

Third of properties for sale see house price reduction

A third of all properties for sale have seen their prices reduced amid an uncertain outlook for the housing market, a new survey suggests.
The properties have seen their values cut at least once since they were first listed on the market, according to the survey by property website Zoopla.

The highest average price reductions were in [...]

UK house prices rose 0.6% in July Halifax says

UK house prices have continued to rise in July according to the latest report from the Halifax.Prices rose 0.6% in July, the Halifax said, reversing a fall seen in June, but values have changed little since the start of the year.

The annual house price inflation rate fell from 6.3% to 4.9%, with the average property [...]

UK house prices expected to drop by experts

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has said that it expects prices to start falling in the second half of this year, as sellers started to outnumber buyers.
And Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist of Rics, reiterated that the institution still thought prices were likely to drop.

“Significantly, all the key forward looking indicators compiled by Rics [...]

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