A Call for Evidence into how Support for Mortgage Interest might operate for claimants in the future is published today by Lord Freud the Minister for Welfare Reform.

The majority of prospective home-movers do not expect house prices to be lower by the end of 2012, despite the on-going economic gloom at home and abroad, report Rightmove.

The overall number of properties ‘Sold’ in November 2011 was up +1.4% compared to November 2010 and up +0.1% against November 2009, report Agency Express.

BoE MPC member David Miles has predicted that current housing affordability problems for first-time buyers could lead to a continuing decline in owner-occupation, report the CML.

House prices increased by 0.4% in November, the price of a typical home is 1.6% higher than one year ago, reveals the latest Nationwide House Price Index.

Total lending to individuals rose by £1.3 billion in October, greater than the previous six-month average increase of £1.0billion, report the Bank of England.

According to the latest Scottish House Price Monitor from Lloyds TSB, in the 3 months ending October 2011, the quarterly price index for the average domestic property in Scotland r

Homeowners in the most popular locations to move to in England and Wales have seen the value of their property double over a decade, according to new research by Halifax.

October house prices down 0.9 per cent since September: average house price in England and Wales now £159,999.

Report on 'Investing in the Private Rented Sector: Landlord Returns, Taxation and the Future of the Private Rented Sector.'