Rightmove on track for busiest year ever with leads to members up over 20%
Enquiries to agents and developers are up over 20% this year so far compared to the same period in 2013.
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House prices to rise 30% by 2019, new Rightmove and Oxford Economics forecast reveals
Average house prices in England and Wales set to increase by 30% in the next 5 years, with the national forecast reinforcing the north/south divide.
Largest ever drop in August asking prices as ‘Summer Sales’ kick in
Asking prices of property coming to market cut by 2.9% (-£7,758), the biggest fall Rightmove has ever recorded in August
April House Price Index – Agents’ views from around the country
This month we reported a 7.3% annual rate of increase in asking prices – the highest since Oct 2007 taking us back to pre-credit-crunch levels.
London up 15.9% in a year – highest rate since credit crunch
London ripple effect spreads out into commuter belt and second home territory.
Prices up by 3.3% despite 18% jump in new seller numbers
Average property coming to market is now priced at £251,964, 6.9% (£16,223) more than a year ago - the highest annual rate for over 6 years.
Help to Buy confusion puts benefit of the scheme to 2014 housing market at risk
Our research shows confusion about the scheme is widespread and more needs to be done to help deliver a bottom-up recovery.
Surprise Help to Buy announcement prompts fourfold traffic increase on Rightmove
Rightmove’s Help to Buy section provides an area where buyers and sellers can access a plain-English guide to the government scheme.