Halifax

Halifax has announced the launch of a fixed fee conveyancing service as part of the first in a raft of new legal products it says it intends to launch in the near future.

UK house prices continue to show a slow recovery, lifting by 0.2% in July on the back of a similar rise the previous month, according to Halifax.

THE HALIFAX IS sticking to its forecast which suggests house prices will fall an average 2% this year after rising 160% over the past nine years, says the Guardian .

The gap between house prices in London and the rest of the country has dropped to its lowest level in eight years according to the latest research from Halifax.

House prices increased by 0.1% in June and overall house prices have remained static in the first six months to 2005 according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.

House prices fell by 0.6% last month leaving the market broadly unchanged, according to the latest Haifax House Price Index.

The past three years has seen the percentage of towns where it is unaffordable for key workers to live increase dramatically figures from Halifax reveal.

Total number of houses sold in both England and Wales nosedived by 35% compared with last year, according to figures from the Land Registry.

UK house prices remained unchanged in April, leaving annualised inflation at 7.8% and the average house price at £163,615, according to the latest monthly Halifax index figures.

House prices increased by 0.5% in March according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.