UK house prices decreased by 0.4% on average in the year to October 2011 compared with an annual decrease of -1.4 per cent observed in the previous month, report DCLG.

Halifax's housing economist, Martin Ellis, provides his thoughts on the housing market for the year ahead.

The reign of Spain has been ended by America, according to the latest Top of the Props report from TheMoveChannel.com.

There was no movement in house prices in November according to latest England & Wales House Price Index from LSL Property Services/Acadametrics.

Resilient first-time buyer demand drove a monthly increase in mortgage market activity in November, according to the latest Housing Market Activity Report by Connells Survey and Va

House prices in the three months to November were 0.6% lower than in the previous three months, report the Halifax.

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.