house prices

House prices will begin to fall in August as interest rates give homebuyers the upper hand in the negotiating process, according to Your Move.

House price growth in July fell below 10% for the first time since March 2007, according to Nationwide's latest House Price Report.

The amount of equity released in the UK via equity release products has risen by a third in the first half of 2007 due to rising house prices, according to the UK Equity Release Market Monitor.

The Assetz House Price Watch, an aggregate of five major UK house price indicies, has found that the average annual rate of house price growth reached 11% in June.

House prices have been growing at an average rate of £50 per day during the past 12 months, according to the latest figures from Nationwide.

Average house prices are still increasing but at a slightly slower rate than in March, according to the latest figures from the Hometrack housing survey.

House prices bounced back in March as the market absorbed the first round of interest rate rises, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Saga, the financial services and leisure group which targets the over-50s, is set to land its staff a £500m windfall and is considering a stock market flotation, says the Daily Telegraph .

Renewed warnings from the Bank of England over attempts by companies to push up prices and other risks of inflation in the medium term, yesterday reinforced the City's belief interest rates will rise again before summer, says the Times .

House prices rose by 1.8% to an average £192,233 in February, according to the latest Halifax house price index.