UK House Prices

Study assumes average annual increase of 8.6% in property prices.

Mortgage wars drive down rates but first time buyers face highest ever average asking price.

The average UK house price is now £268,000.

A report says that property values in London will drop by 3.6% this year.

UK house price growth at an annualised rate slowed in March, compared to the previous month.

Sharp slowdown in house price growth in London.

More important US data and comments by Fed's Stanley Fisher and Janet Yellen are due.

Lewis, housing and planning minister, says building more homes down to local councils.

Consumer Price Index shrinks from 0.3% to 0% but was unchanged in the year to February 2015.

Kensington parking slot goes for sale at twice the average price of a UK house.

House prices in London expected to rise after UK general election on May 7.

Research from Nationwide shows house prices fell 0.1% in February.

UK land registry data shows the average value of a home in London is £458,283

Bovis Homes has seen its profits hit £133m for 2014, increasing from £78.8m in 2013.

Housing market data looks increasingly difficult to predict.

Lack of supply and rising property prices have squeezed the rental market.

Knight Frank and Markit Economics say Britons perceive that prices rose in January.

The latest UK Cities House Price Index shows there is a disparity in house price inflation.

Mortgage Advice Bureau say the new system is saving homebuyers thousands, in some cases.

Knight Frank data shows that 2.5% of London homes would be affected by a proposed mansion tax

Ex-Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson said he did not like the idea of 'clobbering people'.

London is still the most expensive city for renting in the UK.

Prime country house prices were up by 0.2% in the final quarter of 2014.

But overall Britain's construction sector grew at its slowest rate since July 2013.

House price inflation fell to 7.2% in December on an annual basis, down from 8.5% in November, according to Nationwide.

House prices at London rose by more than 15% or £81,619 over the past year.

IBTimes UK news editor Lianna Brinded looks at the how UK house prices are set to change in 2015

British banks approved 20% fewer mortgages in November compared to the same month last year.

Tighter lending conditions are blamed for falling house prices.

Only 17% of Westminster homes coming on to the market in December have been sold, said online estate agents eMoov.