house prices

The European Council is today expected to give the green light to Europe's first serious attempt to reduce bureaucracy, according to the Daily Telegraph .

The average house price in 236 UK postcode districts is above the inheritance tax threshold, according to research from Halifax.

Higher interest rates could be starting to bite in the property market as the monthly rate of increase in house prices in February slowed to the lowest in five years, says the Daily Telegraph .

The average house price in the UK has passed the £200,000 level, according to the Department for Communities & Local Government.

House prices rose by 1.3% to an average £188,623 in January, but other indicators suggest the market will slow by the end of the year, according to the latest Halifax house price index.

The trade union which represents senior civil servants has been dumped by its financial advisers because its members are not rich enough, reports the Guardian .

Average house prices throughout the UK have broken through the £100,000 barrier for the first time, with the biggest growth in Scotland and Wales, reports the Times .

Norwich Union has warned there is a "high risk" 90% of its mortgage endowment policies will not pay off people's home loans, despite its main investment fund notching up a return of almost 12% before tax last year, says the Guardian .

UK house prices fell unexpectedly last month, dropping 1% between November and December, although the market still registered near double-digit gains for 2006, says the Financial Times .

House price growth accelerated across all UK regions in the final quarter of 2006, with London continuing to lead the way in England, according to Nationwide's house price review.