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House price myths debunked
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The average age of a first time buyer today is hardly that different from 2003, 14 years ago, even in London!”
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11 buyers for every property!
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “While supply is constrained, this will drive the market forward from a price perspective – as long as people have the money to spend.”
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A window of opportunity?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Demand and supply seem to be doing well, so far this year and first time buyers could be in luck.”
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2017: Stability and a level playing field?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices.
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Kate Faulkner asks if 2017 will be a good year for agents
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Local demand and supply factors have a dramatic impact on the huge variations in towns’ and cities’ year-on-year growth.”
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Property market – regional cities shine as London loses lustre
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Birmingham leads cities like Cardiff, Liverpool, and Manchester in terms of house price growth.”
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Housing market treading water
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “There’s mixed feedback from the industry as Brexit fears discourage movers.”
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Brexit and holidays create the perfect storm of inactivity
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “There is a mixed picture across the country with fewer vendor instructions and buyer registrations.”
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House price growth: the only way is up… or is it?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The number of properties coming onto the market is likely to be restricted.”
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Housing supply remains the problem
Kate’s view on individual indices Rightmove: Useful to measure average time to sell and sellers’ sentiment. Nationwide: Measures mortgaged property prices and affordability across the UK. Halifax: Measures mortgaged prices and produces individual research, ie seaside towns. NAEA: Tracks first time buyer sales and provides supply/demand figures from agents. RICS: Excellent for supply/demand analysis and on forecasting the market. BBA: Provides a huge amount of data on the economy/prices/transactions and financing. Agency Express: Analyses for sale/sold board, good for ‘current’ market trends. Hometrack: City analysis across the UK and compares current prices annually and quarterly. LSL: Analyses Land Registry figures, separates out London, good analysis on transactions. THE NATIONAL MARKET Latest National Market Movements Kate says: “The current market stats are all showing that property prices are up year on year and the increases are higher than the annual averages seen over the last ten years. This isn’t a huge surprise given that we’ve spent most of the last 10 years in a credit crunch, but property prices are now recovering. The surprise figure is the Halifax increase which is much higher than any others, suggesting an anomaly. Actual price increases are around 5-6 per cent year-on-year based on mortgaged…
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