House prices in the latest three months (December 2013-February 2014) were 2.1% higher than in the preceding three months, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.
...In the final months of 2013, the number of loans for house purchase in Scotland reached its highest level since the second quarter of 2008, new CML data shows.
...People who have bought or sold their homes are being invited to put forward their views on how the Home Report can be improved or adapted to suit the needs of buyers and sellers in the current housing market.
...The growth of the UK housing market is being severely restricted by the lack of homes being put up for sale, and this shortage of homes is also causing house prices to rise in some parts of the country.
...Newly released figures from Registers of Scotland reveal that the number of residential properties sold in Scotland in the third quarter of 2013 was up 26.1% on the same period in 2012.
...Figures released this week by Nationwide, reveal that UK house prices increased by 0.7% in January and were 8.8% higher than in January 2013.
...More than 1200 households have applied to the Scottish Help to Buy scheme, the Scottish Government has announced.
...According to the latest Lloyds Bank Homemovers Review, 337,500 people have moved up the housing ladder in 2013, as rising house prices have given homemovers a higher level of deposit for their next property.
...In just 12 weeks, nearly 750 homeowners have completed their house purchases and hundreds were able to spend Christmas in their new homes, according to the latest figures from the government.
...A recent report from the Council for Mortgage Lending (CML) has revealed interesting data regarding the profile of UK lending in October 2013, including first-time buyer, home mover, remortgagor and buy-to-let lending.
...The housing and mortgage markets look set to continue to show greater levels of activity in 2014, according to the latest forecasts from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
...Interesting figures released by Nationwide Building Society reveal that UK house prices increased by 0.6% in November 2013, with the average house costing £174,566 in November compared to £173,678 in October 2013.
...There has been more encouraging news from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), which recently reported that the third quarter of 2008 saw the highest quarterly lending level in Scotland since mid-2008.
...The third quarter of this year has seen another welcome fall in the number of mortgages in arrears and repossessions, according to the latest survey results from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
...Two of the UK’s major mortgage lenders have reported that thousands have applied for mortgages under the extended help to buy scheme during its first month, according to the BBC.
...Recently published figures have revealed that the number of residential properties sold in Scotland in the last quarter was up 22.5% on the same period in 2012. Total volumes for July to September reached 24,274, which is apparently the highest recorded quarterly figure since 2008.
...There has been a 19% increase in the number of new homes registered in Q3 in the UK, compared to the same period last year. The recent figures, from the NHBC, show that there were 33,573 new homes registered in the period from July to September this year.
...Last month saw an increase of nearly 10% in the supply of houses coming on to the market, according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).
...In tandem with increasing demand from potential buyers, prices continued to grow in Scotland with 32% more respondents reporting rises rather than falls, according to the September 2013 RICS Residential Market Survey.
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