The housing market saw an increase in February, but a fall in the previous month suggests a mixed pattern which could be a sign of a slowing housing market, according to the Halifax.
The value of the UK's private housing stock has trebled over the past ten years from £1.1 trillion in 1995 to £3.4 trillion in 2005, figures from the Halifax reveal.
First time buyers now have to save for five years to get enough money to join the property ladder, claims the Halifax.
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Halifax says there are now more than two million homes in the UK worth more than the IHT threshold.
House prices were unmoved in October the latest figures from the Halifax reveal today.
New research focusing on the importance of bringing the large number of empty homes in England back into use has been released by the Halifax.
Annual house price inflation now stands at 3% following a 1.2% rise in prices in September, the latest figures from the Halifax reveal.
Million pound property sales across Britain in the first half of 2005 were 26% lower than in the first six months of 2004, according to new Halifax research.
Last month house prices had their biggest monthly gain since September 2004, research from the Halifax claims.