Market Update
What’s up; what’s down - The Negotiator’s guide to the latest market trends

- Sales volumes rise 31%, reveals Registry
- Fri, 27 Aug 2010, 10:59 GMT
- The number of properties sold between February and May is 31% higher than the level sold during the same period last year, according to the latest Land Registry house price index.
- MORTGAGE UPDATE: the inflation-base rate balancing act
- Thu, 26 Aug 2010, 13:54 GMT
- Inflation is the talk of the town as market spectators watch with wonder about its future impact on Bank Base Rate.
- Asking prices slip for second month
- Mon, 16 Aug 2010, 05:53 GMT
- House prices have slipped for the second consecutive month for the first time since December, according to Rightmove’s latest house price index out today, providing further evidence of supply is outstripping demand.
- Repo decline prompts CML revision
- Thu, 12 Aug 2010, 10:33 GMT
- The continued improvement in repossession volumes has prompted the Council of Mortgage Lenders to revise its 2010 forecast.
- West Midlands tops price slump
- Tue, 10 Aug 2010, 07:47 GMT
- More surveyors in the West Midlands than anywhere else in the country have revealed the greatest price falls for July, according to the latest housing market survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

- Market recovery to take four years, claims CBRE
- Mon, 2 Aug 2010, 09:52 GMT
- The housing market will take four years to fully recover, with prices rising just 3% by the end of this year, according to CB Richard Ellis.
- Rightmove reveals house price consensus
- Fri, 23 Jul 2010, 16:58 GMT
- A staggering 75% of Rightmove visitors believe that house prices will remain the same or increase in the next year.
- Tenant demand growth gathers momentum
- Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 10:52 GMT
- Two of the largest buy-to-let market bellwethers have revealed record tenant demand growth during Q2.
- Gross mortgage lending soars 15%
- Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 10:37 GMT
- Gross mortgage lending soared 15% to around £13.1bn between May and June, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
- House prices fall 0.6%
- Thu, 8 Jul 2010, 09:25 GMT
- House prices fell 0.6% to £166,203 last month, according to the latest Halifax house price index.

- Brighton & Hove remains top of the pots
- Mon, 28 Jun 2010, 07:54 GMT
- Property in Brighton & Hove experienced the highest annual price gain for the second consecutive month, according to the latest Land Registry house price index.
- Lloyds reveals 6.9% price rise
- Fri, 4 Jun 2010, 09:49 GMT
- Lloyds Banking Group has revealed an annual house price rise of 6.9% to £167,570 in May.

- Brighton & Hove tops national price index
- Tue, 1 Jun 2010, 08:53 GMT
- Property prices in Brighton & Hove experienced the highest annual price growth across England and Wales last month, according to the latest Land Registry index.

- Winkworth reports 31% profit boost
- Mon, 10 May 2010, 08:01 GMT
- Winkworth has revealed that its pre-tax profit surged 31% to £869,014 in 2009 as part its inaugural full-year results announcement as a public company.
- Prices to remain flat in 2010, forecasts Lloyds
- Fri, 7 May 2010, 09:10 GMT
- Lloyds Banking Group economist Martin Ellis has forecast a flat price line for 2010 after revealing a 0.1% decline in the average national house price in April.
- Connells reveals valuation dip
- Tue, 4 May 2010, 10:19 GMT
- The number of valuations undertaken last month dipped by 4% year-on-year, according to Connells Survey and Valuation.

- MORTGAGE UPDATE: Why fixed is the new black
- Sat, 24 Apr 2010, 15:20 GMT
- In the wake of the general election becoming a three-party race, there have been some interesting movements in the mortgage and property markets, as Andrew Montlake explains.

- MARKET UPDATE: Rightmove issues seller warning
- Mon, 19 Apr 2010, 10:31 GMT
- Rightmove is warning sellers who pursue unrealistic asking prices that they risk missing out on the spring market resurgence.
- House prices rise 1.1%
- Thu, 8 Apr 2010, 09:32 GMT
- House prices increased by 1.1% to £168,521 last month, according to the latest Halifax house price index.
- Consumer confidence springs to new high
- Tue, 6 Apr 2010, 10:20 GMT
- A staggering 81% of UK homeowners believe that property prices will continue to rise over the next six months, according to Zoopla.co.uk.