New analysis by property website Zoopla has revealed that over a third (34%) of properties on the market have had their asking prices reduced, which is an increase of 2.5% since March.
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A recent report by the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Constitution Committee has concluded that the country’s transition to the new Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) was ‘operationally successful’.
Recently released statistics from Registers of Scotland (RoS) have revealed that the value of residential property sales in 2015 exceeded £16.5 billion.
...The number of first-time buyers (FTB) in the property market reached an estimated 139,500 in the first six months of 2015, according to the latest Halifax First-Time Buyer Review.
...The latest official statistics from Registers of Scotland (RoS) have revealed a 13.3% increase in Scottish house prices in the fourth quarter of 2014-15 compared to the same period in the previous year.
...Houses prices in Scotland have reached their highest level since records began, according to official statistics from Registers of Scotland (RoS).
...More than a quarter (28%) of UK homeowners still consider the main property they grew up in as ‘home,’ according to new research.
...Combined purchases through the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have accounted for just under 6% of houses bought in the last 15 months, according to recently published Treasury data.
...Halifax has recently published its House Price Index for the month of May, which shows a 2% rise in house prices in the latest three months (March 2014-May 2014) compared to the preceding three months (December 2013-February 2014).
...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).
...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.
...A new scheme to help people get on the housing ladder has been unveiled by Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
...Just 2% of consumers fear that the housing market is overheating, the Building Societies Association's (BSA) Property Tracker report has revealed, but distinct signs of life are emerging.
...Britain's flats have increased in value by an average of £394 per month over the past decade, the largest increase in cash terms of any property type, according to latest research from Halifax.
...House prices in the last three months of 2013 (June-August) were 2.1% higher than in the preceding three months (March-May), according to the latest House Price Index from the Halifax. This was the same rate of increase that occurred in both June and July.
...A decade of Scottish land registration data is available for the first time, following the publication of the 10 Year Property Market Report by Registers of Scotland (RoS).
...Lending to first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors all increased in May, with a particularly marked increase in lending to first-time buyers, according to the latest Regulated Mortgage Survey data published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
...According to the latest figures released from the Nationwide, the price of a typical home in the UK declined by 0.1% between March and April, but was 0.9% higher than April 2012. This means that the typical UK home is now worth £165,586.
...The annual expense of owning and running a house has increased by £179 over the past year, according to new research by Halifax. It now stands at £9,590, an increase of 1.9% on the previous year, but still less than the 2.7% rise in consumer prices over the same period.
...The number of first-time buyers reached its largest yearly total in five years, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). This shows that 216,200 first-time buyers became homeowners in 2012 - the first time the annual total has exceeded 200,000 since 2007.
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