Research releases
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21st June 2008
Fraserburgh is the best performing Scottish seaside town in 2007
19th June 2008
House prices forecast to fall by up to 9% in 2008
26th May 2008
Rock in Cornwall is the best performing seaside town over the past year
17th May 2008
Scotland records the fastest growth in Owner-Occupation in the UK since 2001
10th May 2008
Million pound property sales in Great Britain rise by 36% in 2007
Million pound property sales in Scotland rise by 138% in 2007
Full list of million pound properties
5th May 2008
Residents of Chiltern have the best quality of life in Britain's rural areas
Aberdeenshire has the best quality of life in Scotland's rural areas
Monmouthshire has the best quality of life amongst rural areas in Wales
Full list of top 50 rural areas
29th March 2008
Buckinghamshire is the top county in the Quality of Life survey
14th March 2008
Merthyr Tydfil records highest property price growth per square metre since 2002
12th March 2008
10th March 2008
The average first time buyer now pays stamp duty nearly everywhere in the South
Full list of 342 local authorities
5th March 2008
23rd February 2008
Stamp duty bills rise sharply relative to earnings
15th February 2008
Buy to let returns rise to 16.3% in 200713th February 2008
Record fall in owner-occupation in England
2nd February 2008
County Armagh is the top performing UK county over the past 10 years
12th January 2008
Welsh private housing stock valued at £171bn in 2007
Northern Ireland private housing stock valued at £123bn in 2007
Scottish private housing stock valued at nearly £250bn in 2007
UK private housing stock valued at £4.0 trillion in 2007
5th January 2008
2.5 million move to South East over the past decade
29th December 2007
23rd Decemember 2007
Montrose is the 2007 property hot spot
Montrose is Scotland's 2007 property hot spot
Caerphilly tops this year's Welsh house price performance table in 2007
Carrickfergus heads the 2007 Northern Ireland house price performance table
22nd December 2007
Lowest number of first time buyers since 1980
The plight of first time buyers continues in Scotland
7th December 2007
HBOS Economic Forecast for 2008
Bank of Scotland Economic Forecast for 2008
1st December 2007
Nearly 290,000 empty homes in England
2nd November 2007
Armagh is the UK's best performing city over the past five years
27th October 2007
25 areas pay more than a quarter of all residential stamp duty revenues
24th October 2007More than one quarter of home sales above £600,000 IHT threshold in 62 area
24th October 2007
47% increase in farmland prices in England and Wales over the past three years
Scottish farmland prices rise by 47% over the past three years
17th October 2007
Residents of Wokingham have best quality of life
Aberdeenshire has best quality of life
9th October 2007Halifax welcomes the doubling of the inheritance tax threshold for couples
6th October 2007
North-South divide narrows over the past five years
1st October 2007
Residential stamp duty revenue rises by 40% in 2006/07
29th September 2007
Household wealth has more than doubled in the past ten years
22nd September 2007
Three-fold rise in the number of million pound sales in the past five years
Full list of postcodes with million pound sales
8th September 2007
Nation of movers and improvers
31st August 2007
27th August 2007
A new build, detached property in the countryside is ideal
25th August 2007
Rural housing is less affordable
17th August 2007
University towns see strong house price rises
13th August 2007
Salaries rise in buoyant London job market
11th August 2007
Best value seaside towns in Britain
Full list of 117 seaside towns
4th August 2007
Affluent classes see earnings grow twice as fast as prices in past decade
19th July 2007
HBOS Economic Forecast update for 2007
16th July 2007
UK economy grows for 60 consecutive quarters14th July 2007
Buy to let returns 13% over past year
7th July 2007
Best value for money towns in Britain
23rd June 2007
Council tax rises three times higher than RPI inflation over the past 10 years
23rd June 2007
Council tax rises faster in Scotland than RPI inflation over the past 10 years
16th June 2007
Girvan in Scotland is the best performing seaside town over past year
16th June 2007
Girvan is the best performing seaside town over past year
9th June 2007
DIYers update and modernise their homes to add in excess of £5,000
20th April 2007
Brighton leads property growth
13th April 2007
70% of towns unaffordable for key public sector workers List of 517 Post Towns
7th April 2007
Million pound sales in 30% of postcode districts
20th March 2007
Inheritance tax and Stamp Duty - the key facts
19th March 2007
Nearly one third of detached properties valued above inheritance tax threshold
9th March 2007
Terraced houses see biggest price rises over the last ten years
5th March 2007
5th March 2007
Almost one in ten Scottish home sales over the higher stamp duty threshold in 2006
5th March 2007
One in five home buyers now over the higher stamp duty threshold List of 485 postcodes
24th February 2007
Average house price in 236 postcode districts is above the Inheritance tax threshold List of 236 postcodes
12th February 2007
Average First Time Buyer In London Faces Stamp Duty Tax Of Over £7,500
3rd February 2007
Gold returns to favour with the 24% in 2006
2nd February 2007
House prices in East End rise after Olympic win
29th January 2007
Precious metals best performers in 2006
24th January 2007
22nd January 2007
Ireland's private housing stock worth more than 500 billion euros in 2006
19th January 2007
Wales & Scotland dominate the county house price table over the past five years
15th January 2007
Scottish private housing stock worth more than £200 billion
15th January 2007
UK private housing stock worth £3.8 trillion 55 cities
2nd January 2007
South West gets biggest boost from internal migration over past decade
30th December 2006
Average price paid by a Scottish first time buyer now above £100,000
30th December 2006
Average price paid by a first time buyer now above £150,000 Full list of towns
23rd December 2006
Aberdare & Ebbw Vale top this year's Welsh house price performance
23rd December 2006
Aberdeen tops the table in Scoland
23rd December 2006
Northern Ireland's year 300 post towns
5th December 2006
Inheritance tax and stamp duty revenues soar due to failure to link thresholds to house prices
17th November 2006
House prices are higher in spa towns
3rd November 2006Market towns have higher prices than neighbouring towns
Full List
1st November 2006
The Rise of the Friends Generation
28th October 2006
House Prices rise by 187% since 1990s recovery
Full List
21st October 2006
Nearly 300,000 homes empty for more than 6 months
Table of 339 Local authorities
7th October 2006
Stamp duty bill at least £7,500 for home buyers in 79 towns
List of 79 towns
23rd September 2006
One in ten towns with an average house price above the inheritance tax threshold
20th September 2006
Ireland's key public sector worker's priced out of housing market
28th August 2006
West Coast seaside towns see stronger house price growth over past 5 years
22nd August 2006
Inheritance Tax - The Key Facts
12th August 2006
Quality of life highest in the Shetland Islands for Scotland
12th August 2006
Quality of life highest in Elmbridge in Surrey
List Top 250
Technical Details
5th August 2006
72% rise in number of estates paying inheritance tax
29th July 2006
Housing now unaffordable for most nurses and ambulance staff in Scotland
Full List
29th July 2006
65% of towns unaffordable for key public sector workers
Full List
22nd July 2006
Inheritance tax revenue up £200m in first half of 2006
26th June 2006House Prices in top University towns trade at a premium
8th June 2006
Twenty-fold rise in million pound properties since 1995
2nd June 2006
Eyemouth best performing seaside town in Scotland
27th May 2006
Porthcawl & Caernarfon best performing seaside towns in Wales
27th May 2006
Seaham is the best performing seaside town over the past 3 years
24th May 2006
Pensioners in South East have highest income
22nd May 2006
20th May 2006
Edinburgh is the top performing City in Scotland over past decade
20th May 2006
Hackney is the top performing London Borough over the past decade
20th May 2006
Swansea is top performing City in Wales over past decade
20th May 2006
Truro is the top performing City over the past decade
18th May 2006
Scottish Rural housing is less affordable
18th May 2006
Welsh Rural House Price Index - Spring 2006
18th May 2006
Rural housing significantly less affordable
14th April 2006
East London sees strongest house price growth over past decade
14th April 2006
Isle of Anglesey sees 252% increase in house prices over 10 years
14th April 2006
East Lothian records the biggest house price rise over the past decade
14th April 2006
Western Britain leads way in house price gains in the past decade
5th April 2006
Inheritance tax risk for 4.2 million households by 2020
22nd March 2006
Halifax disappointed at IHT inertia
22nd March 2006
Detached properties owners most likely to be liable for inheritance tax
21st March 2006
Average London homebuyer pays more than £7,500 in stamp duty
18th March 2006
Annual Inheritance Tax take could triple to £5.8bn in 2020
8th March 2006
Cost of owning a home rises by more than three times the rate of inflation
6th March 2006
25th February 2006
£360 billion of housing wealth to be inherited over the next 15 years
Methodology
23rd February 2006
Wales home to highest savings balances in UK as proportion of earnings
23rd February 2006
Londoners save the least in proportion to earnings
18th February 2006
Value of Scottish housing stock up 138% over ten years
18th February 2006
Value of Welsh housing stock trebles over ten years
18th February 2006
Value of UK housing stock trebles over ten years
28th January 2006
Scottish first time buyers need to save twice as long as five years ago
28th January 2006
Welsh first time buyers need to save twice as long as five years ago
28th January 2006
First time buyers need to save twice as long as five years ago
24th December 2005
Alexandria and Coatbridge top this year's UK and Scottish house price league table
24th December 2005
Holyhead tops this year's Welsh house price league table
24th December 2005
Alexandria and Coatbridge top this year's UK house price league table
3rd December 2005
One in three detached property owners potentially liable for inheritance tax
26th November 2005Rising cost of council tax for pensioners
19th November 2005
Three-fold rise in the number of properties above the inheritance threshold in the past 5 years
15th October 2005
700,000 Empty Homes and 100,000 Living in Temporary Housing
3rd October 2005
Subdued September for Welsh stocks
3rd October 2005
Mixed performance for Scottish stocks
1st October 2005
Council tax increases in Wales significantly outpace inflation
1st October 2005
Council tax increases in Scotland significantly outpace inflation
1st October 2005
Council tax increases have significantly outpaced inflation since 1993
17th September 2005
Scotland million pound property sales up 122% in first half of 2005
17th September 2005
Million pound property sales down in the first half of 2005
10th September 2005
Did you go away until St Leger Day
3rd September 2005
Business Services jobs grow at fastest rate in Scotland
3rd September 2005
Healthcare jobs grow at fastest rate in Wales
3rd September 2005
Business Services jobs have increased by nearly two million over 20 years
1st September 2005
Business Services jobs grow at fastest rate in London
29th August 2005We do like to be beside the seaside
27th August 2005
The £48bn Home Improvement Bill
20th August 2005
House prices in university towns
13th August 2005
Cost of housing rises by 5% as council tax bills increase
30th July 2005
Scottish countryside living comes at a price
30th July 2005
First time buyers priced out of Welsh countryside
30th July 2005
First time buyers priced out of countryside
16th July 2005
6th July 2005
House prices go for gold in Olympic host cities
1st July 2005
Sun shines on investors in June
6th June 2005
Londoners take flight to the suburbs
28th May 2005
Scottish million pound property sales up 6% in 2004
28th May 2005
Million pound property sales up 36% in 2004
21st May 2005
Most towns unaffordable for key public sector workers
2nd April 2005
Spending on home maintenance and repair has more than doubled in the last 20 years
26th March 2005
School results and House prices
21st March 2005
House prices bloom for award winning towns
16th March 2005
Halifax Welcomes Chancellor's Stamp Duty Reform
14th March 2005
Inheritance Tax a key issue in more than 100 constituencies
12th March 2005
Inheritance Tax Revenues to double in nine years
28th February 2005
Halifax welcomes Lib Dem's commitment to raise stamp duty
26th February 2005
First-time buyers could pay stamp duty in 87% of constituencies in Scotland
26th February 2005
First-time buyers could pay stamp duty in 98% of constituencies
19th February 2005
Highlands records the biggest house price gains in 2004
19th February 2005
West Glamorgan and Gwynedd best performing regions in 2004
19th February 2005
County Fermanagh tops the UK county house price league in 2004
14th February 2005
Brent records the biggest price rise in London since 1994
12th February 2005
Emmerdale is the real soap winner
7th Feburary 2005
Greater London Residential Housing Stock worth £550 billion
5th February 2005
Scottish Residential Housing Stock worth more than £160 billion
5th February 2005
Welsh Residential Housing Stock worth close to £140 billion
5th February 2005
Value of UK Housing Stock hits £3.3 trillion in 2004
29th January 2005
More first-time buyers in Scotland now pay stamp duty
29th January 2005
Ten-fold increase in residential stamp duty since 1993/94 in Wales
29th January 2005
Nine-fold increase in residential stamp duty since 1993/94
22nd January 2005
Four out of five towns unaffordable for first-time buyers in Scotland
22nd January 2005
More than eight out of ten towns unaffordable for first-time buyers in Wales
22nd January 2005
Nine out of ten towns unaffordable for first-time buyers
29th December 2004
Port Talbot tops this year's Welsh house price league table
29th December 2004
Bellshill has top UK House Price Growth
29th December 2004
24th December 2004
Population growing fastest in London and South East
3rd December 2004
Chancellor fails to cheer homebuyers
3rd December 2004
Bank of Scotland Economic Forecast for 2005
3rd December 2004
HBOS Economic Forecast for 2005
29th November 2004
Halifax to lobby for property tax reform
27th November 2004
Exeter best performing city over past five years
26th November 2004
Bridget Jones' Mr. Right is still living at home with his parents
19th November 2004
Scotland sees fastest growth of owner occupation in the UK
19th November 2004
Essex men and women top UK owner occupation charts
3rd November 2004
Bridget Jones effect seen in the housing market
23rd October 2004
Scotland bucks the trend in million pound property sales
23rd October 2004
Million pound property sales surge in the first half of 2004
18th October 2004
House prices go for gold in Olympic host cities
16th October 2004
4th September 2004
U.S. Presidential Elections and Impact on Stockmarkets
30th August 2004
Property Prices Beside the Seaside
21st August 2004
House Price Changes in Major University Towns and Cities
31st July 2004
Over 60% premium paid for Scottish Detached Houses in 2004
31st July 2004
House prices continue to rise in Yorkshire
31st July 2004
Over 50% premium paid for Detached Houses in 2004
19th July 2004
2.4 Million Homeowners potentially liable to Inheritance tax
17th July 2004
Cigarettes and Services record the biggest price increases
22nd June 2004
HBOS Economic Forecast update for 2004
19th June 2004
Cost of housing in Scotland above UK average
19th June 2004
Cost of housing in Wales rises despite low interest rates
19th June 2004
Cost of housing rises despite low interest rates
12th June 2004
3rd June 2004
Liverpool's European City of Culture 2008 Status Boosts its Housing Market
22nd May 2004
Empty Homes - a Welsh snapshot
22nd May 2004
Empty Homes - a Scottish snapshot
22nd May 2004
Empty Homes - a National snapshot
12th April 2004
County House Price League 2003/2004: The North and Wales lead the way
29th March 2004
Value of UK housing stock hits £3 trillion
6th March 2004
More than half of Scottish towns are unaffordable for FTBs
6th March 2004
Seven out of ten Welsh towns are unaffordable for FTBs
6th March 2004
Eight out of ten UK towns are unaffordable for FTBs
7th February 2004
Over 50% of towns are now unaffordable for key public sector workers
1st January 2004
Ammanford in Dyfed tops this year's Welsh house price league table
1st January 2004
Dumbarton tops this year's Scottish house price league table
