New research from Halifax has looked at the impact that proximity to the grounds of a Premiership football team can have on house prices.
New research from Halifax has looked at the impact that proximity to the grounds of a Premiership football team can have on house prices.
New research into recent trends in the housing and mortgage lending markets has revealed that borrowing into older age is likely to be much more common over the next ten years.
New research from Halifax has revealed that confidence in the UK housing market has stabilised following a record decline.
In a move that aims to help more families onto the housing ladder, the Scottish Government has announced that the price cap on properties eligible for the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme will remain at £200,000 in 2018/19.
RICS recently published its housing forecast for 2017, which predicts an average increase of 3% in house prices in the UK over the course of the year.
The latest House Price Index from Halifax has revealed that UK house prices in the three months to November were 6.0% higher than in the same three months of 2015, and 0.8% higher than in the preceding quarter of 2016.
The UK has seen an increase in interest from prospective homebuyers for the second month in a row, according to RICS, with 10% more surveyors reporting a rise in demand from buyers during October than a fall.
The latest House Price Index has revealed that the average property price in Scotland in May 2016 was £141,142. This was an increase of 4.0% on the previous year and an increase of 2.8% when compared to the previous month.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders recently published a breakdown of house purchase lending in Scotland during the first quarter of 2015.