Activity
Supply and demand rises in January marketLast month saw house hunters returning to the property market after being frozen out in December, according to the latest report from the National Association of Estate Agents, which shows demand for housing rising by 11 per cent in January. |
CEBR predicts 1.7% house price fall for 2011Annual house price growth is set to end the year on a negative note, with unemployment and low wage inflation denting mortgage demand, according to the latest forecast from the Centre for Economics and Business Research. |
House prices fall by 0.1% in January, says LSLFor the fourth month in a row, house prices in the UK edged downwards in January, according to the latest House Price Index from LSL Property Services, which predicts further falls to come in the spring. |
Recession saw home moving hit record lowThe credit crunch led to the lowest proportion of recent homemovers on record in the UK, according to new figures released by the Official of National Statistics, which show that during 2008/09 only 9 per cent of households had moved to their current address within the previous 12 months. |
Connells reports strong January for valuations marketThe New Year brought with it a renewed interest in property valuation, with 9 per cent more homeowners getting their house valued last month, according to the latest report from Connells Survey and Valuation. |
Activity to remain muted in the coming yearThe housing market is expected to remain subdued in 2011, with low activity levels and little price growth or deflation, according to the annual forecast from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. |
House Price Index
- House price recovery says Nationwide
- London Olympics forecast to stagnate house prices
- House prices for June show improvement
- House prices show improvement as market stabilises
- It’s a seller’s market in some parts of the country
- New build property prices ‘up 7.7% in 12 months’
- House prices ‘down 0.5% in 2011’
- Property prices ‘resilient in 2011’
- Property sales to rise, but house prices to fall in 2012
- Buyer demand and sales ‘lift in November’
Energy Bill
- Investigation into consumer understanding of energy bills
- EDF Energy to cuts gas costs by 5%
- Energy saving tips from ConserveEnergy
- UK fuel poverty hotspots revealed
- Ofgem outlines Smart Meter protection plan
- E.ON energy price rise to kick in tomorrow
- Northerners paying more for home energy
- Families blame each other for energy wastage
- A quarter of UK boilers 'at risk of breaking'
- UK homes braced for biggest ever energy bills

