A measure of London home-price changes fell to its weakest since the financial crisis as the UK’s vote to leave the EU sent shock waves across the nation.

British house prices rose strongly in August, pushed up by a lack of property coming onto the market, according to two surveys published yesterday, adding urgency to a push by the UK government to encourage more house-building.

British house prices rose at their fastest rate in a year, last month, and a shortage of homes is likely to push prices higher over the next year, a body representing property valuers said yesterday.

The potential benefits of investing in the North will be pitched to an audience of property professionals in London today.

The construction market in the North has exited recession for the first time in five-and-a-half years, according to surveyors.

Latest data has pointed to continued good news for the housing market in the North, with prices and transaction volumes rising over the summer months.

Banks and building societies have reported their best month for mortgage lending since 2008, in a further sign that the housing market is recovering.

Demand from would-be housebuyers in Britain has risen at its fastest rate in almost three years, boosting hopes of a pick-up in sales in the run-up to Christmas and into the New Year, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said yesterday.

House sales have plummeted by almost 40% since the peak of the boom five years ago, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said today.

House prices in the North are down by as much as 70% from their peak, it was revealed.

The number of house sales in the North increased last month, a survey said today.

House sales in the North have increased during the last three months and are expected to rise further, according to a market survey.

British house prices continued to drop in January, according to a key industry survey, as demand was dampened by fears that an interest rate hike was looking more imminent.

British property prices fell again last month as interest from buyers plunged for the sixth month in a row, research indicated today.

House prices fell for the third month in a row during September as properties flooded on to the market, research indicated today.

UK property asking prices fell for the second month in a row as the market was hit by over-supply and subdued activity in the summer holidays, according to research today.

House prices in parts of the North fell 60% from their peak, a market survey said today.

House prices in the UK continued to rise during November despite an increase in the number of homes put up for sale, research showed today.

The FTSE 100 Index was dragged back from a new 10-month high today as a steep fall on Wall Street put an end to London’s winning streak.

The UK housing market showed further signs of improvement during July as a shortage of homes for sale continued to support prices, figures revealed today.

THE retail sector is a pretty good indicator of how the economy is faring and recent figures show sales in the second quarter more than 16% down on the same period last year.

House sales in the North increased in the past three months and were expected to do so again in the next three, according to a survey published today.

The plunge in activity in the North's construction industry continues and shows no let-up according to the latest gloomy survey by the British Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors published today.

People wanting to sell their homes in the North are having to cut asking prices by up to 30% to find a buyer, it was revealed today.

Stormont ministers were urged today get their act together and help the construction industry as a record decline in building activity in the North was revealed.

The number of UK properties changing hands fell by 13% during May as the credit crunch continued to take its toll on the market, British government figures showed today.

Pressure on housebuilding shares intensified today after sector-wide downgrades from investment bank Goldman Sachs.

A slump in British home sales this year is set to take a damaging toll on the wider UK economy as the credit crunch bites, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) warned today.

Plunging consumer confidence and a record fall in US house prices failed to derail a stock market fight-back from the UK’s biggest companies today.

First time home-buyers should have a better chance to get their foot on the property ladder in 2008 than for years, it was predicted today.

First-time buyers have been boosted by tumbling house prices in the North, a survey revealed today.

Average house prices in the North have dropped, experts said today.

There has been another slow-down in the rate of house price inflation in the North, according to the latest survey published today.

Galloping house price inflation in the North has slowed as interest rate increases begin to bite and more new properties come on to the market, it was revealed today.

A house building boom has created major growth in the construction industry in the North it was revealed today.

House prices are dropping in parts of the North amid new evidence that the heat has finally gone out of the market, a report revealed today.

The North’s rocketing house price rises are finally showing signs of slowing down, a new study revealed today.

IRISH farmers whose land is being developed for housing and holiday homes are using the proceeds to buy up farms in Britain, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The housing market in Britain appears to have turned a corner with price falls easing and activity levels rising, figures showed today.

Property investors seeking to buy in the new EU countries of central and Eastern Europe were today warned to proceed with caution.

UK house prices fell for the first time in more than a year during August as buyers responded to three interest rate rises in four months, research showed today.