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Mortgage approvals rise again as borrowing costs ease
40% more home purchase mortgages were approved in January this year than in January 2023.
Portal predicts 10% increase in property sales this year
Zoopla's latest analysis tells of 'greater buyer confidence and more realism on pricing by sellers' - leading to more activity in the housing market.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 08, 2024
13% fewer sales were recorded across prime London’s postcodes in the first two months of this year than in the same eight-week period last year.
Tom Bill: UK housing market activity improves despite mortgage rate rises
Rate cut expectations have softened since early January, but a seasonal spring bounce is taking shape, explains Knight Frank's resi research boss.
Monday Market Review: Key figures & findings from the last seven days
Catch up on all the latest movements and commentary in less than five minutes, featuring data and analysis from Foxtons, Lloyds Bank, Benham & Reeves, Rightmove, Knight Frank, Rettie & more...
‘Levels of cautious optimism are rising for a more buoyant year ahead’ – Garrington
Buying agency reports 'a healthy volume of off-market property that will be launched in spring, if not sold beforehand'.
Lloyds tweaks house price forecasts, anticipating ‘more modest’ declines in 2024
'We expect house prices to fall between 2% and 4% this year,' says Britain’s biggest mortgage lender.
Prime London Property Market Snapshot: Week 07, 2024
It's still quiet out there, but deal numbers have picked up in prime London in the last week.
Tom Bill: Jobs data stands out in a blizzard of economic news
For the housing market, last week’s wage data was more significant than news of a recession, explains Knight Frank's UK resi research boss.
Scotland sees record number of homes sell for more than £1mn, despite Edinburgh slowdown
Glasgow and the West of Scotland saw strong growth in high-value property sales last year, while Edinburgh saw prime deals fall back from a 'particularly buoyant' 2022.
Ranked: The London boroughs bucking the downward property price trend
Prime Central London boroughs Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea saw property values fall sharply through 2023, but six London boroughs bucked the trend to record price growth through the year...
Asking price growth moves ‘tentatively’ back into positive territory – Rightmove
Rightmove flags 'several signs of growing market momentum' as property prices and sales activity rise.