Average UK house prices rise 0.1% since October 2017

Announcement from HM Land Registry published 16th January 2018 – UK House Price Index for November 2017 The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The November data for UK shows: On average, house prices have risen by 0.1% since October 2017. An annual price rise…

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London sees the lowest annual price rise.

UK House Price Index for October 2017 from HM Land Registry published today.   The UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. October 2017 data reveals: An annual price rise of 4.5%, which takes the average property value in the UK to £223,807. House prices have…

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More than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017.

August 2017 Price Paid Data from HM Land Registry published yesterday 28th September 2017 reveals more than 98,500 residential and commercial land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in August 2017. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data tracks land and property sales in England and Wales submitted to us for registration. The…

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Transaction data from Land Registry August 2017

Transaction Data August 2017 announced 21st September from HM Land Registry. The Transaction Data shows HM Land Registry completed 1,671,917 applications from its customers in August. This included 1,645,152 applications by account holders.   The South East topped the table of regional applications with 392,737 Birmingham topped the table of applications by local authority area…

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HM Land Registry completed more than 1,690,200 applications in June.

Transaction data for June 2017 published 21st July 2017 by HM Land Registry. The data provides information about the number and types of applications that HM Land Registry completed in June 2017. In June: HM Land Registry completed more than 1,690,200 applications. The South East topped the table of regional applications with 394,377. Birmingham topped the…

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UK House prices grew by 5.6% in the year to April 2017

The UK House Price Index (HPI) April 2017 published today. The UK House Price Index shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. UK House prices grew by 5.6% in the year to April 2017, 1.1 percentage points higher than in the year to March 2017. Average property price now £220,094. England annual…

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Housing market indicators for January suggested moderate demand which continues to outmatch supply.

Published today from the Land Registry available on the Gov.UK website UK House Price Index summary: January 2017. This is a monthly report that shows changes in average house prices for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Statistics for January2017 show that the average price of a property in the UK was £218,255. Housing market indicators…

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Conveyancers Want ID Property Portal Like “Border Control”

Estate agents are to be given back-up to help confirm the identity of property sellers – if the Conveyancing Association (CA) gets their way. In an attempt to cut back on property fraud the CA is to lobby the government for a centralised ID Verification process – one which includes the use of high-tech biometrics.…

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Reduce the risk of property fraud

Lynne Feddon, Land Registry’s Counter Fraud Senior Executive, offers some advice about the best ways for landlords to protect their properties from fraud. As estate and letting agents you’ll be dealing with landlords who are one of the most at risk groups of property fraud, according to our research at Land Registry. This makes you…

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January 2017 Transaction Data from Land registry

Press release from Land Registry published on Gov.uk website yesterday 21st February: January 2017 Transaction Data. The data provides information about the number and types of applications that Land Registry completed in January 2017. The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed 1,563,358 applications from its customers in January. This included 1,537,352 applications by account holders.…

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Over 87,600 land and property sales lodged for registration in December 2016

Press release yesterday 30th January on Gov.uk website from Land Registry ‘December 2016 Price Paid Data’. Land Registry Price Paid Data tracks land and property sales in England and Wales submitted to them for registration. The December Price Paid Data includes details of the 87,678 sales lodged for registration, residential and commercial land and property…

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