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Almost two-thirds of first-time buyers buy jointly, with 63% of such mortgage completions now in joint names (two or more people). House prices rose 0.7% month on month in January, according to the latest Nationwide house price index, writes Jo Thornhill. Halifax, the UK’s biggest mortgage lender, saw a 1.3% month-on-month increase in average property in January, the fourth consecutive rise.
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However, Rightmove says it is not all doom and gloom for renters, as many areas are seeing an increased number of properties becoming available to rent compared to last year. This includes the South West (+19%), Yorkshire & The Humber (+12%) and Wales (+10%). House prices in major cities have soared by around 9.2% up to September this year, according to the latest Halifax data. The average residential property in the UK rose in value by 13.6% to £296,000 in the year to August, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
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By January 2024, home prices in the US had risen 6.03% annually, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Treasury yields climbed even higher, with the 10-year rate topping 4.6%, sending other borrowing costs up too. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage surged past 7% for the first time this year, according to Freddie Mac’s reading on Thursday. Heading into the new year, home prices remain in the same general range as they were at the year's start, with a national median list price of $411,000 according to Redfin data. And some economists, including Zandi, think prices could fall — at least in dozens of the most juiced-up markets.
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But if a recession manifests, Moody's Analytics expects that total home price decline to come in between 15% to 20%. Whenever the Fed flips into inflation-fighting mode, it's going to spell bad news for interest-rate-sensitive industries, like venture capital and real estate. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S. housing market, the business of sports and bankruptcy.
Average long-term homeowners in England and Wales made a record profit of more than £100,000 when they sold their properties last year, according to estate agents Hamptons, Andrew Michael writes. Property portal Rightmove says the average asking price of property listed on its website this month is up by 0.9% (or £3,301) compared to December, writes Laura Howard. Outside London, they stand at an average of £1,172 a month, an almost 8% increase compared to a year ago. In contrast, London considerably lagged all of the other English regions with an annual growth rate of 6.7%.
Inflation is declining, but measures of domestic price pressures remain far too high. House prices across the UK are 1.8% lower than December 2022, according to Nationwide building society – that’s 4.5% lower than their all-time peak in the summer of that year. Last Monday Halifax announced cuts to its mortgage interest rates, triggering a flurry of activity from other lenders throughout this week. However, Mr Bannister adds that it is still early days for 2024, with a Budget, General Election and ‘global events’ likely to affect the housing market.
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The top 30 universities used in the release were determined using the Times Higher Education Guide. House prices also continued to rise in Scotland, with the average property now costing 8.5% more than last year at a current £191,140. Rightmove’s forecast ties in with that from trade association UK Finance, also published today.
This makes cash purchases slightly more affordable and likely to require more modest price reductions to attract demand. More thorough and tighter mortgage affordability testing, introduced in 2015, was designed by the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, to prevent households taking on excessive debt at a time of low mortgage rates. Borrowers applying for a new mortgage would have a payment stress test with rates at 6% and 7% for example, even when fixed mortgage rates were under 2%.
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Rightmove said the average cost of a ‘first-time buyer’ 5-year fixed rate mortgage with a 15% deposit now stands at 4.46%. Rises were recorded in all UK regions this month, with the exception of London and the North East which saw falls of 0.5% and 0.1% respectively. According to the society’s latest monthly House Price Index, prices rose by 0.5% from March to April following seven consecutive monthly falls. First-time buyers represented the largest buyer group in 2022, accounting for more than estimated 34% of sales, according to the report.
He also pointed out that “solid” rates of income growth will help sustain the housing market, especially if combined with weak or negative house price growth. According to the Nationwide House Price Index, published today, house prices fell by 0.8% month-on-month from February, their seventh consecutive monthly fall. In Wales, where the average home now stands at £213,959, the rate of annual property price inflation slowed to 1% in March. In Scotland, the annual rate of growth fell to 2.3% to take average property values to £199,853.
"The housing market certainly reacts to the monetary policy change," says Lawrence Yun, the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors which just released the new existing home sales numbers. In their view, home prices wouldn’t actually fall unless inventory levels—which remain 41% below 2019 levels—skyrocketed well above 2019 levels. But the U.S. may be at a crucial juncture, at which a lot of properties are coming onto the market just as demand slows, analysts say. That means prices could level off—and, depending on demographics, even start to decline. Freddie Mac's quarterly forecast indicates that rates will play the largest role in determining the trajectory of home prices in 2023. It all comes down to the fact that many homebuyers are facing borrowing costs that have more than doubled in the past year.
To figure out where home prices dropped the most, Realtor.com looked at the monthly median home list prices in the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Finally, we included only the metro with the biggest drop in any state, to ensure geographic diversity. The new forecast comes as high home prices and mortgage rates have kept many Americans away from ownership. The cost of owning a home is officially the highest on record, Redfin said recently.
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