Strongest rent growth seen outside London says Your Move

The latest Buy to Let Index March 2017 report for England and Wales from Your Move headlines ‘East and South East rents rise as demand outside London Rockets’. The average rent in Egland and Wales for Febraury 2017 was £798. Strong rent growth was seen outside London with Wales seeing rents rise faster than anywhere…

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City Level House Price Inflation Continues to Increase

The latest Hometrack UK Cities House Price Index released in May for April reveals the rate of city level house price inflation continues to increase after a strong first quarter. Year on year growth is running at 10.4% compared to 6.6% twelve months ago when growth had slowed in the face of uncertainty over the…

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HomeLet Rental Index March 2016

HomeLet posted today the latest figures and research  from the HomeLet  Rental Index Main points: Greater London, the East Midlands and Scotland show fastest rent rises over three months to March; North West is the only area to decline Average rent in the UK (excluding Greater London) is now £755 per month – 4.9% higher…

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Property sales slide says Hometrack

According to data released today by Hometrack,  the number of house sales over the past 12 months across the top 12 cities in the UK fell by 2%, London saw a 7% drop in transactions for the year to January,  Cambridge experienced the biggest drop in sales, down 20% year-on-year. Hometrack’s UK Cities index shows house…

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House Price Index for October

The House price Index for October released yesterday  by the Office for National Statistics. UK house prices increased by 7.0% in the year to October 2015, up from 6.1% in the year to September 2015. House price annual inflation was 7.4% in England, 1.0% in Wales, 0.9% in Scotland and 10.3% in Northern Ireland. Annual…

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Rents to remain flat into 2016

According to the latest figures released by HomeLet, their Rental Index reveals that rents on new tenancies agreed over the three months to November fell in most areas of the country. November HomeLet Rental Index shows rents on new tenancies remained flat or fell in 10 out of 12 regions of the UK over the three…

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London house gap at 20yr high

According to Hometrack Cities House Price Index, the gap between house prices in London and other major  cities  across the UK is at its widest for 20 years, this is despite reports of a reduction in the gap between regional house prices, city level figures confirm that the slowdown in London is not happening. Hometrack…

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