Amanda Bryden, Head of Mortgages, says: “Some areas of the UK – including Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Dunfermline – have seen remarkable house price growth this year, as buyers perhaps seek out more affordable areas where house prices, despite increases, are still coming in under the national average.

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Northern Ireland maintains the strongest property price growth of any nation or region in the UK, rising by +7.4% on an annual basis in December according to new data from the Halifax. Properties in Northern Ireland now cost an average of £205,895. House prices in Wales were up +4.6% compared to ...

House prices and sales volumes are expected to grow in 2025 despite the fallout from Labour’s Budget, says Zoopla. The portal says the housing market returned to growth in 2024, with UK house prices recording average growth of 1.5% in the 12 months to October 2024.

Estonia is the second-best country for property investment, scoring 7.04 out of 10.. Estonia has the lowest buying costs among all the countries in our study, at just 1.30%. With a projected growth rate of 12.30% and an annual gross rental yield of 4.51%, Estonia offers attractive rental opportunities, ensuring investors a steady monthly income.

TwentyEA examined the price reductions regionally and by price band and found there were two specific trends which suggested the reductions were not caused by agents overvaluing but instead were more likely driven by sellers with unrealistic price ambitions.

Zoopla expects UK house prices to increase by 2.5 per cent over 2025 with an ongoing north-south divide resulting in lower house price growth in southern England and higher growth in other regions.

The housing market is in the early stages of recovery but a variety of new policies make sustaining it in 2025 uncertain, warns Savills. The agency says the recovery in residential markets began in 2024, but that sustaining it depends heavily on continued cuts in interest rates to bring more buyers (particularly second and third-time home buyers) back to the market.

Jan 28, 2025 · The government says untapped land near commuter transport hubs will be unlocked to build new housing in the latest reforms aimed at creating 1.5m new homes by mid-2029. Ahead of a key speech by Chancellor Rachel Reeves tomorrow, the government says that it will ensure that when developers submit an ...

Audley Group, a provider of retirement villages across the UK, has raised nearly £40m in a sector-first sale and leaseback deal. A major investor has purchased the freehold of five operational Audley Villages across the UK. These constitute a total …