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House prices fell 3.6% last month

The UK house market suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September

9:45am Thursday 7th October 2010

The UK housing market has suffered a major jolt as figures from Halifax revealed prices slumped 3.6% in September - the biggest monthly drop since figures were first compiled in 1983.

Housing market stalls in the North and storms ahead in the South

11:24am Monday 4th October 2010

A North/South divide is emerging in the housing market with sales racing ahead in southern regions but remaining sluggish in many parts of the north, new figures show.

Housing market heading for double dip

4:36pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

THE housing market is heading for a double dip as mortgage lending slumped, while thousands of people who bought a home at the peak of the market could remain trapped in negative equity until 2014.

Housing supply outstrips demand

10:47am Tuesday 10th August 2010

Property professionals saw house prices fall for the first time in a year last month and expect further declines as demand weakens, according to new research.

House prices fall in July as buyer demand remains weak

10:53am Tuesday 3rd August 2010

AVERAGE UK house prices fell by a seasonally-adjusted 0.5% in July, according to figures released by Nationwide Building Society.

Thousands of homeowners leave themselves unprotected by not writing a will

10:56am Thursday 29th July 2010

Buying a property is one of the most expensive purchases many of us will ever make; yet 34 million people in the UK do not have a will1, according to Countrywide, the UK’s largest mortgage broker and property services Group.

UK homeowners fix their mortgages as rates become more competitive

1:19pm Friday 23rd July 2010

Homeowners have been taking advantage of the lowest interest rate levels since November 2008 , which is welcome news for buyers in the North West and homeowners looking to remortgage, according to leading local estate agents Bridgfords.