House prices continue to rise post Brexit

UK House Price Index (HPI) for July 2016 released yesterday 13th September from The Land Registry. The July data shows an annual price increase of 8.3% which takes the average property value in the UK to £216,750. Monthly house prices rose by 0.4% since June 2016. The monthly index figure for the UK was 113.7.…

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UK House Price Index (HPI) for June 2016

The UK House Price Index (HPI) for June 2016 from the Land Registry. The UK House Price Index shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The June data shows an annual price increase of 8.7% which takes the average property value in the UK to £213,927. Monthly house prices rose by…

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UK House Price Index England June 2016

UK House Price Index England June 2016 from the Land Registry  published yesterday 16th August. Headline Statistics: The average price of a property in England was £229,383 The annual price change of a property in England was 9.3% The monthly price change of a property in England was 0.8% The index figure for England was…

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UK (HPI) May 2016

The UK (HPI) May 2016 published yesterday 19th July. The UK House Price Index (HPI) uses house sales data from Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, and Land and Property Services Northern Ireland and is calculated by the Office of National Statistics As of May 2016 the average house price in the UK is £211,230, and…

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Request to abandon Land Registry Privatisation.

A report out late last week by The Guardian stated that over 60 MP’s have signed a letter to the Government asking them to call off their controversial plans to privatise the Land Registry. The letter written by Labour MP,  David Lammy, is supported by cross party MP’s, The Guardian reported that the letter  warns…

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Transaction data May 2016

A press release published yesterday from the Land Registry re Transaction Data for May 2016. Land Registry completed 1,491,651 applications The South East topped the table of regional applications with 342,612 Birmingham topped the table of applications by local authority area with 21,981 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed more than 1,491,650 applications from…

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Land registry April Price Paid Data

Land Registry April 2016 Price Data released yesterday for Land and Property in England and Wales. This month’s Price Paid Data includes details of over 112,500 land and property sales in England and Wales lodged for registration in April 2016. Of the 112,546 sales lodged for registration: Almost 80,000 were freehold, around 7,000 were newly…

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April 2016 Transaction Data

Transaction data April 2016 released by the Land Registry published yesterday. Land Registry completed 1,567,627 applications. The South East topped the table of regional applications with 360,066. Birmingham topped the table of local authority applications by area with 24,189 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed more than 1,567,620 applications from its customers in April.…

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(CA) announces opposition to Land Registry Privatisation

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, yesterday  announced its opposition to the Government’s proposals to move the Land Registry to the private sector. After a full and frank discussion at its 28th April Management Committee Meeting (MCM) on the proposals from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS),…

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House Price Index March – Land Registry

Latest monthly House Price Index March for England and Wales released today by the Land Registry. The March data shows a monthly price decrease of 0.5 per cent. The annual price change now stands at 6.7 per cent, bringing the average house price in England and Wales to £189,901. The number of property transactions has…

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Land Registry figures for February

Land Registry has released its latest house price index and revealed that  the average price of a home in England and Wales showed a monthly price decrease of 0.2%, annual growth now stands at 6.1%, bringing the average house price in England and Wales to £190,275. The average house price of property in London has…

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Land Registry house price data for November

The November house price data released at the end of December shows an annual price increase of 5.6 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £186,325. Monthly house prices are up 0.4 per cent since October 2015. The number of property transactions has decreased over the last year. From…

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BUY2LET.COM CALLS FOR AST REGISTER TO ROOT OUT ROGUES & QUANTIFY THE MARKET

Buy2Let.com has launched an online petition via the UK Parliament portal, calling for a national register of buy-to-let private rental properties. Just as owner-occupier property transactions are recorded and analysed via the Land Registry, we are campaigning for a register of transactions by buy-to-let investors, to help quantify the market and root out the rogue landlords.…

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Transaction data September 2015

This transaction data published yesterday provides information about the number and types of applications that Land Registry completed in September 2015. In September 2015: Land Registry completes 1,513,920 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 349,215 Birmingham tops the table of local authority applications with 23,263 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry…

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Market trend data for August

Land Registry’s monthly Market Trend Data for residential property prices in England and Wales released today. The August data shows an annual price increase of 4.2 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £184,682. Monthly house prices up 0.5 per cent since July 2015. The regional data indicates that:…

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