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First-time buyers increased nearly 20% last year - here’s where homes are most affordable

The typical cost of a first home is £311,034 according to Halifax data

The Independent UK

First-time buyer numbers jump 19%, with most affordable locations revealed

The typical cost of a first home is £311,034 and the average first-time buyer age is 33, Halifax said.

Evening Standard

Mapped: The cheapest area to buy your first home

First-time buyers are paying £511,000 on average in London, according to Halifax

The Independent UK

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Mapped: Most expensive region for house prices revealed as January saw new record high

London remains the most expensive, while the northeast of England replaced the northwest as the region with the strongest annual price growth

The Independent UK

UK house prices jump to new high as stamp duty rise looms, says Halifax

Average property price increases by 0.7% in January to record £299,138 as market starts year ‘on positive note’

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices jump to new record high in January

House prices have recovered after a slight dip in December

The Independent UK

US job creation slowed in January; UK can’t say ‘job done’ fighting inflation, say’s BoE’s Pill – as it happened

US economy added 143,000 new jobs last month, fewer than expected

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UK house prices dip for first time since March, says Halifax

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender says say affordability could hamper further rises in the months ahead

The Guardian - UK

House price growth expected to come under further pressure as 'impact of Budget starts to bite'

Halifax said it is expecting to see modest house price growth in 2025

Evening Standard

House prices fell for the first time in nine months - but lenders warn it won’t last

The looming deadline for stamp duty relief will motivate more aspiring home owners to get into the market

The Independent UK

Stoke leads house prices higher while London languishes – report

Halifax data showed buyers in 2024 were seeking affordability and looking to areas which had seen steep falls in 2023.

The Independent UK

House prices surge in UK regions while London growth lags behind

Buyers in 2024 were seeking affordability and looking to areas which had seen steep falls in 2023

Evening Standard

Stoke heads UK list of biggest annual house price growth, says Halifax

Jump of 17.2% in 12 months to September for city, while Huddersfield had largest decline

The Guardian - UK

Most expensive streets to live in UK: homes on priciest London street cost 60 times national average

The country’s 10 most expensive streets are all in the capital and have an average price tag of £16.5 million

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Average UK house price hits record £298,083, says Halifax

Property prices increase by 1.3% in November, the fifth consecutive monthly rise

The Independent UK

Some first-time buyers ‘rushing to beat stamp duty deadline as others pause’

The analysis by Rightmove was released as Halifax identified the UK’s most and least affordable locations to buy a home.

The Independent UK

Average house prices in UK reached record high in October

House prices in the UK have surpassed the previous peak in June 2022, according to the Halifax house price index

The Guardian - UK

House prices at record high, says UK’s biggest lender

Reeves’s budget could slow demand but prices have not fallen significantly since post-pandemic ‘race for space’

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The Independent UK

Average UK house price hits record high in October

The housing market continues to change

Evening Standard

Average UK house price hit record high in October, says Halifax

The average house price surpassed a previous peak in June 2022 during the ‘race for space’.

Evening Standard

Home buyers save £50,000 on properties in 'new towns'

Research shows home buyers could save up to £50,000 on properties in new towns such as Peterlee in County Durham

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices rise for third month in a row to near record high

Halifax says rising pay and falling interest rates help make mortgages more affordable for some homebuyers

The Guardian - UK

Anger over ‘BP abandoning goal to cut oil output’; 2,000 jobs saved, 1,000 lost, after TGI Fridays sale – as it happened

BP CEO Murray Auchincloss has dropped a target to cut oil and gas output by 2030, reports Reuters

Evening Standard

Average UK house price hits two-year high amid ‘positive summer’ for market

Halifax said it expects house prices ‘to continue their modest growth through the remainder of this year’.

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices hit two-year high as market recovers from Truss mini-budget

Average cost of property rose 0.3% to £292,505 in August, says Halifax, after ‘largely positive summer’

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