Finance Matters

The Land Registry has published house price data for March showing a positive annual change of 7.5% and marking the fifth consecutive month of growth.
However, the monthly change stood at minus 0.6%, taking the average house price in England and Wales down slightly, to £164,288.
The East Midlands was the region with the most significant monthly [...]

The latest house price index from the Department for Communities and Local Government claims that in January, prices were up 6.2% year-on-year, having risen 2.2% since December.
The analysis puts the value of the average UK home at £207,159 in January, having shown an increase of 4.8% over three months.
The quarterly figure compares with a smaller [...]

Since the start of the year, house sales in England and Wales have fallen dramatically, the BBC reports.
New data obtained by the BBC from research-based consultancy, Acadametrics, show January transaction levels down 52% on December, at 36,000.
February looks little better with an estimated 40,000 completed sales, although seasonal trends, winter weather, and the end of [...]