house prices

House prices have risen by 5.05% in England and Wales since the start of the year taking the average house price to £192,745 the latest Land Registry figures reveal.

Annual house price inflation could be as much as 8% this year - its highest level since March 2005 - according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

House prices have risen by 0.6% in April, the latest survey from Hometrack claims.

House price inflation dropped sharply in April dropping to 0.1% for the month compared with 1.1% in March the latest figures from Nationwide claim.

The cost of moving house for the average home owner has risen more slowly than the increase in house prices since 2000, according to the Woolwich.

House prices have risen for the fifth month in a row, although at a slower rate, while more people are making enquiries about purchasing a house, claims the latest UK Housing Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

House prices are back on a strong upward trend after a brief pause in February, but deteriorating affordability could act as a brake to the market, claims the latest Nationwide House Price Report.

House prices rose by 0.5% in March the latest survey from Hometrack reveals.

Ahead of today's Budget, Halifax has joined in calling for the Government to index the Inheritance Tax (IHT) threshold to house prices.

Confidence in the housing market is now back at levels last seen in early 2004, according to property search website, propertyfinder.com.