Scotland and the North of England command the top ten positions in a new list of house price performance in the UK, according to research from Halifax.

Rents recorded monthly rises in all regions for the first time on record in September, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL Property Services plc.

The latest LSL/Acad Scotland House Price Index reveals August prices were up by 0.4%, meaning monthly house prices in Scotland increased for a second month in succession.

Asking prices in the south rise by 4.7% to set new records while the north falls back 0.7% to levels first achieved over six years ago in May 2005, report Rightmove.

Cheaper properties and affordable mortgages boost buyer confidence as transactions rose 9.5% last month, reveals the latest LSL/Acadametrics September House Price Index.

First time buyer numbers in September fell to their lowest since November 2010 thanks to tightening mortgage lending conditions, reveals the latest e.surv Mortgage Monitor.

Average private rents are unaffordable for ordinary working families in over half (55%) of local authorities in England, new research from Shelter reveals today.

House prices in the west of Scotland fell by six per cent in the three months to the end of September, reversing a recovery of equal size in the previous three months.

UK house prices decreased by 1.3 per cent on average in the year to August 2011, a rise on the -1.5 per cent annual decrease observed in the previous month, reveals the latest DCLG

September house prices were down 0.5%, report Halifax.