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'Forgotten families' priced out of three quarters of England's property market, warns Shelter, as it calls for 600,000 new shared ownership homes

Difficult: Low and middle earning households are facing an uphill battle to get onto the property ladder

More than three quarters of families on average incomes would not be able to cover the monthly mortgage repayments on a family-sized home, according to Shelter. That means up to 1.8m households earning between £20k and £40k could find themselves stuck on the lowest rungs of the property ladder or facing the prospect of years of renting - and it says Help to Buy will not help. ...read

The property market is on the up fuelled by cheap mortgages and taxpayer help, so what next for house prices?

Having started the year still in slump mode, there are now fears that a new property bubble is being stoked. So what now for house prices?

Bovis sees average home sale price leap 15% as profits jump by almost £19m

On the up: Builders are bouncing back with sales being driven up by the deposit-boosting Help to Buy scheme.

Bovis says it has already sold 90 per cent of homes planned for 2013, as it revealed a bumper rise in profits boosted by Help to Buy.

Chichester and Oxford top London as least affordable places for locals to buy a home - but where is it getting easier?

Hard to buy: Chichester in Sussex is the toughest market for local workers to buy a home as high prices are not matched by wages.

The two cities are less affordable than even London, job and property listing site Adzuna claimed, while Belfast and Hull provide the easiest conditions to buy a home.

DANNY GABAY: Will it be US interest rates that finally make UK house prices come unstuck?

Interest rates: The Bank of England will come under intense pressure to talk down UK interest rate expectations, and it has had little success so far, says Danny Gabay

Long-term interest rates in the US moved sharply higher. When the US sneezes, we all catch a cold. And since the introduction of QE, we are all bound together even tighter, says Danny Gabay.

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SIMON LAMBERT: Is building more homes really the answer to too high house prices?

Another brick in the wall: Would a new building boom really solve the problem of too high house prices - a glut of homes didn't keep a lid on prices in Spain, Ireland or the US.

The rumble of the lobby that says build a lot more homes is escalating, but before we sign up to a rampant building boom we need to look at where the real problems with house prices lie. The decade-long boom to 2007 that sent house prices spiralling to unaffordable levels was not caused by building too few homes, but by easy credit and property inflation allowed to run unchecked. ...read

RICHARD DYSON: Doom-laden forecasts of a house price crash have been around as long as I can remember

For whatever reason or reasons, the property apocalypse that pessimists predicted (or hoped for) hasn’t materialised.

House hunters hit highest level for three years as falling mortgage rates and Help to Buy give property market back some swagger

Location, location: London's property market is red hot once again, with estate agents reporting swiftly rising prices and new buyers - in the North prices are still dropping, however.

House prices posted their first slight rise since June 2010, according to RICS, with estate agents seeing the effects of cheaper mortgages and Budget plans to help home buyers.

First-time buyer levels jump 20% in March

House sales reach highest level for three years while prices could go beyond pre-crisis peak within a year

Housing bubble: house prices could rocket past their pre-crisis peak next year according to the CEBR

The number of properties sold in England and Wales reached its highest level for three years at the end of last month, a report said today

House prices show annual rise for first time in a year despite not budging in March, says Nationwide

Map showing house price variations in the UK.

House prices showed an annual increase for the first time in more than a year this month with some areas of the UK showing strong signs of recovery, Nationwide’s monthly house price index showed today.

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Quarter of Britons consider 'major sacrifices' to save money as soaring rents 'push ordinary families to the edge'

A result of the recession consumers are shopping more in cheaper shops and 'discount' stores

Sacrifices that struggling households found themselves in 'real danger of' included moving to a cheaper house, giving up a car, missing out on a holiday or curtailing a child's private education. Meanwhile charity Shelter warned that people are turning to dangerously high-interest payday loans, or dipping into their children's savings, just to keep a roof over their heads. ...read

Property bubble: London and the South East helped push house prices higher nationally in February

London and South East push average house prices higher for the first time since May last year

04/03/13 09:59

House prices increased for the first time in nine months in February - but three-quarters of the rises recorded were in London and the South East - property analyst Hometrack said today.

What next for house prices?

House prices inch up to stand level with a year ago, says Nationwide, as landlords cash in on renters unable to buy

01/03/13 10:35

Nationwide reported that the price of the typical home stands at £162,638, up £393, or 0.2 per cent, from January.

Busiest month: January was Rightmove's busiest month - and it says this is a signal that the market is gathering pace

Prices demanded by house sellers at their highest level since start of the financial crisis after 2.8% jump last month

18/02/13 12:06

Asking prices jumped by 2.8% between January and February to reach £235,741 on average, with big monthly leaps of around 5% recorded in the North West of England and Wales, according to Rightmove.

In control: Julia Muggridge and partner Andrew Gore with Jessica, left, Chloe and Bill the chicken.

How to stop a 'ticking time-bomb' interest-only mortgage from detonating before it's too late

13/02/13 10:12

Thereare ways to avoid an explosion. Julia Muggridge, pictured with her family, are overpaying their home loan to avoid the problem.

Mind the gap: The Land Registry's free monthly report does not include new-build home sales and so puts house prices almost £90,000 below its paid-for quarterly figures.

The great house prices sham: How the Land Registry undercooks what homebuyers pay by £90k

06/02/13 12:35

The Land Registry's monthly figures, based on actual prices paid, are the stick used to beat other major reports. But they are nowhere near a fair reflection of what we pay for a home.

Positive start: Prices edged up slightly in January - but are only £17 higher than this time last year

House prices up 0.5% in January, says Nationwide, as property market holds steady over the past year

31/01/13 11:48

Property prices edged up 0.5% in January, following two months of no movement with the average home standing at £162,245.

Aberdeen (left) and Durham (right) were among the places which saw the highest house prices rises over the last 10 years.

Northern Britain behind cities house price boom as cost of property in Aberdeen DOUBLES in 10 years

28/01/13 09:34

The price of buying a house in the UK's biggest towns and cities has risen by almost 40 per cent in the past 10 years - with prices in Aberdeen nearly twice as much as it was in 2002.

Accelerating growth: The CEBR predicts prices to be almost a fifth higher in five years

House prices to surpass pre-financial crisis peak for the first time next year and 'will be 19% higher by 2018'

22/01/13 10:35

CEBR forecasts that in five years' time a typical home will cost £261,000, representing an increase of 19.1 per cent compared with this year.

Mortgage payments drop to most affordable level for a decade as lenders slash rates

London booming: The Zoopla research said a stellar year for the capital resulted in a surge in property value collectively for Britain

Total value of UK homes is back to same level as 2009 with London, Derby and Bristol the property powerhouses

11/01/13 13:19

The value of all homes in Britain grew by £57bn last year, bringing the combined total of the residential property stock to £5.963trillion, up 0.97% compared to the end of 2011.

Barclays 'springboard' for first-time buyers gives market-beating 4.69% mortgage with just 5% deposit

House prices 2012: December was a strong showing compared to other months of the year

House prices flat in 2012 ... and they'll be flat again in 2013, says Halifax

07/01/13 16:22

Halifax reported an average house price of £163,845 last month, up from £161,795 in November. There were six monthly rises and six decreases during 2012 as prices remained little changed over the course of last year.