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Key points:
- Annual house price growth in October slows to 1.6%
- Prices flat month-on-month after accounting for seasonal effects
- While overall housing market activity still relatively subdued, recent years have seen a recovery in first time buyer numbers
Full report here...
Nationwide's Chief Economist, Robert Gardner, shares his views on the outlook for the UK economy, housing and mortgage market and house prices, in this latest quarterly update video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq_p71RblDM&feature=youtu.be
Key Points:
House prices in the three months to May were 1.4% higher than in the preceding three months (December 2015-February 2016). This was slightly below April’s 1.5% and was the lowest since November 2015 (1.4%).
Prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three...
Found this, quite interesting tool and data.
Location, location, location: Global house prices | The Economist
You can click on the countries on the right to add or remove them from your chart.
Britain by global standards is bonkers.
Some interesting figures:
http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpdoc/1/1/2/7/files/289326_april-2015-hpi.pdf?utm_source=NFI&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5640268_April+HPI&dm_i=5KB,3CW24,531C5M,C0EO3,1
First, a confession. I'm a newbie investor.
That said, I'm finding the task of building a balanced portfolio somewhat bewildering and the more research I do, I find I have more and more unanswered questions.
Putting equities aside for a minute, I believe that fixed income funds are generally...
http://i.dmtrk.net/CmpDoc/2009/7211/137444_may-2013-house-price-index-report.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=NFI&utm_campaign=2565916_May%27s+HPI+30.05.2013&utm_content=may2013housepriceindexreport&dm_i=5KB,1IZVG,531C5M,57MPY,1
Key Points:
- Price of a typical home increased by 0.4% in May and...
Where house prices are rising fastest
House prices continued their unlikely revival and are now within 10% of their 2007 peak, according to Nationwide building society.
Prices jumped 0.5% in May alone and the average home is worth 12.2% more than in February 2009, figures show.
But while that...