With the majority of first-time buyers in Wales typically buying homes under £125,000, the end of the stamp duty holiday had a smaller impact in Wales than in the UK, report the CM

Scottish first-time buyers bought higher-priced property than usual in the first quarter of 2012, taking advantage of the stamp duty concession, report the Council of Mortgage Lend

Average house prices fall £419 in last 12 months, reveals the latest Welsh House Price Index from LSL Property Services/Acadametrics.

2012 is showing signs, as predicted last year, of rents starting to stabilise, report Designs on Property Ltd.

UK house prices in March 2012 were 0.4 per cent lower than a year earlier according to the latest House Price Index from the ONS.

House sellers failed to raise their asking prices in the month of May for the first time in 11 years, according to today's Rightmove house price index.

Rents rose for the first time in three months in April, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL Property Services plc.

Outlook for house prices remains positive for fourth consecutive month, with seven regions expecting price rises over next 12 months, report Knight Frank.

Bridgewater Equity Release, the home reversion specialists, has today revealed the reasons given by borrowers for why they have taken out a partial reversion product.

First time buyers rushed to beat the March stamp duty deadline whilst increased activity pushed average house prices up £792, reveals the latest Scotland House Price Index from LSL