Recent Articles in First Time Buyer Property Checklists

Kate's full property price update for August 2015
Aug 24, 2015

We take an in depth look each month at what the property price reports are telling us. They tend to measure the market at different times and also in different ways – which is why some indices give average prices of under £200,000 and other’s over £200,000! It’s not the number that is so important, it’s really what the trend is – whether that’s up or down and what’s impacting the market.

First time buyers - starter homes initiative
Aug 13, 2015

Communities Secretary Greg Clark gave a boost to the government’s starter homes initiative by launching a £26 million fund for housebuilders to demonstrate a range of high quality homes that will be available for first-time buyers (announced 10th August 2015). These will pave the way for the first wave of starter homes and show aspiring young homeowners the different types of properties they can come to expect from the scheme. In a further move to support aspiring homeowners the government has also today made available up to £10 million for local authorities to prepare more brownfield land for development of starter homes.

Supply and demand for property - Kate Faulkner's latest summary
Aug 11, 2015

Kate's price summary analyses the various property indices' reports on supply and demand for property, and includes data from the Bank of England, Rightmove and Nationwide.

Kate Faulkner's price summary - includes data from NAEA, Nationwide & Rightmove
Aug 10, 2015

Kate Faulkner's price summary tracks key reports on property prices produced on a monthly basis, and summarises crucial numbers and what experts are saying about the market and includes Kate’s comments on what this means, primarily for the general public, but also for the industry, market and economy. This summary includes data from the NAEA, Nationwide, Rightmove and the Land Registry.

Kate Faulkner's London borough price analysis - data from Land Registry
Jul 28, 2015

Each month we track the performance of each of the 32 London boroughs to establish - how are they performing this year versus last; is the growth/decline more or less than the long term average; what and when was the highest house price growth ever; how much did prices fall during the last recession and are current property values more or less than the 2007/08 peak? Read Kate Faulkner's latest London price analysis.