NEW YEAR – Asking prices are up by 7.9% year-on-year in Lincolnshire

Bigger than usual New Year bounce

While it's still early days, our latest House Price Index gives some reasons for positivity at the start of 2023.While buyer demand is down by a third versus last year's buoyant market, it's up 4% versus this time in 2019. Plus, there's been a bigger than usual New Year bounce-back in activity, marking a much more encouraging start to the year than many anticipated.

Biggest post-Xmas bounce in enquiries since 2016

At the beginning of 2023, t...
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‘Annual House Price Growth at Six Year Low’ Halifax

  The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in September dropped to 1.1% - the lowest level recorded since April 2013.On a monthly basis, prices dropped by 0.4%, while quarterly growth was recorded at 0.4%. Halifax calc...
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Budget 2017: How will stamp duty cut help first-time buyers?

The claim: Changes to stamp duty will save an average of £1,700 to first-time buyers. Reality Check verdict: The average first-time buyer would indeed save about £1,700 in stamp duty, but for some people it's likely that would be more than offset by increased house prices, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which provides independent assessments of the Budget. It's likely to be better news for potential first-time buyers struggling to ge...
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UK mortgage deals jump by nearly a fifth as competition heats up

Returning confidence in the housing market, combined with stimulus schemes such as Help to Buy, have encouraged lenders to offer more deals

The number of mortgage deals on the market has jumped by nearly a fifth in a year to its highest level since the financial crisis. A year after the mortgage market review brought in new affordability checks, the total number of different home loans available in April was up 19% from 11,416 to 13,539, according to data from the Mortgage Advice Burea...
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