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Homeowners hit by down-valuations
Homes in Northern Ireland and north-west England are more likely than those in the rest of the UK to have been marked down by surveyors
Nationwide reports 0.2% house price dip
UK house prices slipped in January according to a closely watched index, building a picture of sluggish house price growth overall
London housing boom masks regional falls
Dismal property sales in the north of England are counterbalanced by a strong London market
Prime areas prop up London prices
Data show the so-called ‘London effect’, whereby residential properties in the capital defy weakness elsewhere, is down to rising prices in a handful of areas
Town beats country for luxury property
The price gap between the two property types is the widest on record, putting the country on course for a two-speed prime market
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Time to think the unthinkable and start printing again
A big danger for the UK is a sharp fall in house prices, which would threaten the finances of households and banks, writes Martin Wolf
UK house prices: buyers gap widens
Reality is really starting to sink in for British homeowners as the gap between first-time buyers and others is widening
Planning reforms boost local power and growth
No one should underestimate our determination to win this battle. We will fight for jobs, prosperity and the right protection for our countryside, write Eric Pickles and George Osborne
Taxing houses
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg argues taxing expensive properties, and capturing unearned wealth, could help to fund scrapping the 50% income tax band
It’s time to be realistic in our house price aspirations
Most polls of homeowners show that people know that house values are likely to fall. But that is unlikely to stop people from demanding, as a grandmother may put it, “the moon on a stick and now”.
House priced out
Councils need greater tax-raising powers to reap the benefits of development. And the government should say what it will do if homeowners prefer to use local power to kick the housing ladder away under them
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