UK Housing Market Data Response Housebuilding (Q1 14) Private housing starts have made a very strong start to the year. Unfortunately, various constraints suggest that this pace of growth will be difficult to sustain. 15th May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response CML Lending Trends (2014 Q1) Advances for house purchase to first-time buyers and buy-to-let investors are growing at a similar robust pace. But first-time buyers are entering the market by borrowing record amounts in comparison... 15th May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Halifax House Prices & RICS Survey (Apr.) Halifax reported that house prices fell marginally for the second consecutive month in April. However, the RICS survey offered little encouragement that these falls are about to usher in a period of... 8th May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Apr 14.) & Mortgage Lending (Mar 14.) The Nationwide reported a robust rise in house prices in April, pushing the annual rate into double-digits for the first time in almost four years. But mortgage approvals fell again in March, which... 1st May 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Land Registry Repeat Sales Index (Mar.14) The Land Registry reported a surprise fall in house prices in March. That provides further evidence that, while the housing market recovery will continue, there is little sign it is turning into a... 30th April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response BBA Mortgage Lending (Mar.14) The number of mortgages approved by the major banks dropped for the second consecutive month in March. The data therefore provide further evidence that the housing market recovery may be coming off... 25th April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response RICS Residential Market Survey (Mar.14) The March RICS housing survey indicates that housing market activity continues to grow at a steady pace. A reluctance to put homes up for sale is putting upwards pressure on house prices, but we... 10th April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Halifax House Prices (Mar.14) Halifax reported the largest monthly fall in house prices in almost two years in March. But that only partly reversed last month’s jump and on a more stable measure prices, while not accelerating, are... 4th April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Bank of England Credit Conditions Survey (Q1 14) In both the residential and commercial property sectors, credit supply and demand are rising. However, those looking to secure a mortgage may find things more difficult over the next few months, with... 3rd April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Nationwide House Prices (Mar.14) According to the Nationwide, the growth in national house prices eased a touch in March. But London doesn’t appear to have got the memo, and annual growth in the capital reached an 11-year high in the... 2nd April 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Lending (Feb.14) Although likely to be temporary, today’s sharp fall in mortgage approvals should go some way towards calming fears that the housing market recovery is rapidly spiralling out of control. 31st March 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Land Registry Repeat Sales Index (Feb. 14) Rising at just over 5% y/y, the Land Registry house price index shows a rather less frothy picture than the main lenders' indices. It also emphasises how big a role London is playing in driving up the... 28th March 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response BBA Mortgage Lending (Feb.14) The slight decline in mortgage approvals for house purchase in February is almost certainly a blip, and doesn’t herald the end of the revival in mortgage lending. But it does suggest mortgage lending... 25th March 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response RICS Residential Market Survey (Feb.14) The RICS housing market survey provides some hope that housing demand is not running out of control. But there is still an acute lack of homes available for sale, and that will put further upwards... 13th March 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Mortgage Lenders and Administrators statistics (Q4 13) First-time buyers continue to drive the recovery in mortgage lending, and have done so without any rise in the share of mortgages requiring a small deposit. So far, it seems as though the Help to Buy... 11th March 2014 · 1 min read
UK Housing Market Data Response Halifax House Prices (Feb.) The Halifax reported that house prices increased in February by more than they did over the whole of 2012. But on more stable measures price gains are not accelerating towards rates consistent with a... 6th March 2014 · 1 min read
