Hot on the heels of the Nationwide House Price index released this morning which confirmed that prices were now 16.6% lower than the start of 2008 comes the latest Land Registry statistics. Based on historic deals agreed, in many case last September and October, the Land Registry calculates that house prices in England and Wales ...

The tabloid newspapers cater for the extremes of human desire;- the Peoples’ Princess and similar rose-tinted, heart-warming stories help all who believe that mankind is fundamentally a force for good, each day that passes marking progress for civilisation. England, cricket on the green, warm beer and the sound of children laughing. Or the other view ...

New year, no houses! By now you’d have to be living on Mars to be unaware that the number of houses selling has fallen to record lows. In an average year, around 1.25m homes change hands in England an Wales (sorry, I don’t seem to have numbers for Scotland and N. Ireland) but 2008 figures ...

It was easy to make a mistake last year and many people did when it came to quoting a sensible and realistic guide price. I’m not saying it was easy – there is always the concern that you could ask too little but there’s a knack to pricing a property in a falling market. So ...

The number of homes sold in November falls and the outlook for 2009 is pretty bleak. The latest statistics have been produced for sales that completed in November. Not surprisingly, the number of properties sold in the month has fallen to a new low. So far, just over 10,000 sales have been recorded by the ...