Asking prices have risen 2.9% in April, according to Rightmove, with the typical vendor raising their expectations by £6,798. At £243,737 the average asking price has, in fact, hit an all-time high, having risen 3.4% over the last 12 months to beat the previous record set in May 2008 by 0.5%. However, in London prices [...]
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Asking prices beat 2008 levels
Asking prices have risen 2.9% in April, according to Rightmove, with the typical vendor raising their expectations by £6,798. At £243,737 the average asking price has, in fact, hit an all-time high, having risen 3.4% over the last 12 months to beat the previous record set in May 2008 by 0.5%. However, in London prices [...]
Asking prices up 1.6%
New sellers increased asking prices by 1.6% (an average £3,687) in March, according to Rightmove, with vendors’ ambitions up 4.9% over the first three months of the year, compared with the same period of 2011. The rise marks the largest first-quarter increase in asking prices since 2004 and as search activity has increased by 16% [...]
Asking price leap 4%
New sellers increased average asking prices by 4.1% (to £233,252) in February, according to Rightmove. The monthly surge was the strongest since April 2002, as sellers remained scarce. There was also evidence of increasing housing market confidence, backed by a rise in the number of mortgage products available with a 10% deposit (up a third [...]
Asking price leap 4%
New sellers increased average asking prices by 4.1% (to £233,252) in February, according to Rightmove. The monthly surge was the strongest since April 2002, as sellers remained scarce. There was also evidence of increasing housing market confidence, backed by a rise in the number of mortgage products available with a 10% deposit (up a third [...]
Asking prices tumble on economic uncertainty
The average asking price of a property coming to market has tumbled 3.1% (£7,528) in November, compared with a month earlier, marking the largest fall in cash terms since December 2007. According to Rightmove, 70% of home-movers believe now is a bad time to sell, with this month’s new listing down 11% on a year [...]
Asking prices up and down
New sellers coming to market upped their asking prices by an average 2.8% (or £6,533) in October, although the true story is one of a divided country. Asking prices in the south jumped by 4.7% compared with September, with the increase setting a new record, while in the north, new vendors shaved 0.7% off their [...]
Rightmove: asking prices up 0.7%
New sellers upped their asking prices 0.7% (or an average £1,596) in September, according to Rightmove. The rise follows falls in the previous two months and with the typical property currently marketed at £233,139, new sellers are expecting £7,255 less for their homes than at the start of the summer. The market continues to stagnate, [...]
Homebuyers shave £19,000 off average asking prices
As house prices continue to slide, sellers are typically being forced to part with their properties for 7% less than hoped, Zoopla.co.uk reports. For the average dwelling, the reduction amounts to almost £19,000, with the figure up £2,500 on a year ago. Northern regions have been worst affect: Bolton in Lancashire leads the trend, with [...]
Asking prices up 0.8% in March
Housesellers coming to market increased asking prices by an average 0.8% in March, according to Rightmove. The typical home is being offered for sale at £231,790, up 0.9% on a year earlier, and new listings have risen 5%, compared with March 2010. However, the volume of properties put up for sale remains 26% down on [...]
Asking prices up 3% as double-dip warning renewed
Rightmove has reported that sellers coming to market have increased prices 3.1% in February, compared with a month earlier.
The typical vendor is advertising a home for sale at £230,030, or 0.3% more than this time last year.
However, the property portal describes the market as “three-tier” because mortgage lenders are focused on “bargain-hunting bottom-feeders” and the [...]
Rightmove: asking prices nudge up in January
In its January House Price Index, Rightmove reports that average asking prices have risen to £223,121, following substantial falls (amounting to 6.2%) during November and December.
A scarcity of new sellers was behind the 0.3% increase in the average vendor’s ambitions, taking the annual rate of asking-price inflation to 0.4%.
According to the property portal, the number [...]
Rightmove: December asking prices down 3%
House sellers coming to market dropped their asking prices by 3% in December, to an average £222,410, according to Rightmove’s latest house price index.
Falls in asking prices have been recorded in five of the last six months, leaving the typical vendor’s ambitions a mere 0.4% up on December 2009, and the property portal expects the [...]
