House Price Market Update for September 2010
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September and October property price survey figures support our previous prediction earlier this year that property prices and volume are starting to fall. All this will mean though, is that we are likely to end up at the same position at the end of the year as we were at the start.
So the story for the 2010 property market are rises for the first six months of 2010 and falls back to where we are for the second six months.
- When is the right time to invest?
Start looking for properties now and see if you can bag a bargain, at least 10% below the true market value.
- When is the right time to sell?
Probably look at end of January/early February.
- When is the next time to buy?
Consider buying now, especially if you are trading up, aiming for a 10%+ discount to help insure against any future drops next year. If you are a first time buyer, if you are worried about negative equity, hold off until February/March 2011.
- When is the next time to Build your Own Home?
Absolutely now and in 2011! Look to secure land now and a good team of builders!
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Performance and commentary since January 2009:-
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Headline Statistics for September 2010
Headline Statistics | Statistics | +/- | Source | Month |
Average Prices | £167,423 to £229,767 | +6.7% to +2.6% YoY | Land Registry Lowest
Rightmove Highest | Aug/Sept data |
Transactions* | 53,089* | +21.14% YoY | Land Registry | Mar to Jun 10 |
Time to Sell | 9.3 Weeks | An increase on last month | Hometrack | September |
Number of viewings to sale | 12 | An increase on last month | Hometrack | September |
Offer to Market Price | 93.2% | A decrease on last month | Hometrack | September |
% change in new buyers registering with agents | -2.9% | A decrease on previous three months | Hometrack | September |
No of houses sold by agents | 7 | A fall from 8 in July | NAEA | August |
% sold versus for sale boards | 22.3% | Down on last month | For Sale Sign Anaylsis | September |
Number of new mortgages | 47,498 | A decrease on previous month | Bank of England | August |
* Per month
Sold versus For Sale Sign Boards data*
Month 2010 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
Percentage
Sold | 26% | 26.4% | 25.4% | 26.5% | 30.9% | 25.5% | 26% | 25.8% | 22.3% |
Month 2009 | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Percentage
Sold | 16% | 12% | 17% | 19.5% | 21.1% | 28.3% | 29.5% | 30.2% | 36.3% | 27.3% | 31% | 34% | 26.7% |
*Data provided by FSSA, for more information on this data,
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Price Indices
There are at least seven property indices and other companies that comment on the property market, please checkout the links below:-
Rightmove Halifax Nationwide RICS
Communities Financial Times Land Registry Other Useful Resources
Hometrack NAEA RICS Savills Knight FrankDownload Savills Residential Property Focus
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