Author: James Crabtree

Highlights from the September 2020 property report:-

• House prices annual change percentage – May 2020 data
  The South West has a 3.6% gain when compared to last year, whereas the Greater London shows a 1.4% loss.
• House prices annual change percentage – two year comparison (May 2020/19/18 data)
  Leicestershire shows the most combined growth – 7.2% (2018), 3.4% (2019) & 3.9% (2020). Nottinghamshire follows closely behind with 5.6% (2018), 3.9% (2019) and 3.7% (2020).
• Sales trend Q2 2020 sales comparison by County
  Counties were on average 29.3% down on last quarter and 67% down on Q2 2020. This huge downturn in sales was most likely down to the Coronavirus pandemic and its global effect on the nation.
• Mortgage lenders – market share 2019
  59.6% of all mortgage lending in the UK goes through the top five providers

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, property data is coming through sporadically. As such, we will be releasing our reports separately as they become available.

This week, we have House prices annual change percentage data – two year comparison (March 2020/19/18 data).

• Once again Leicestershire shows the most combined growth – 7.6% (2018), 2.2% (2019) & 7.5% (2020).
• Staffordshire (inc. Stoke-on-Trent) has the least combined growth with 4.8% (2018), 3.2% (2019) and -1.3% (2020).

Highlights from the May 2020 property report:-

• House prices annual change percentage – December 2019 data
  Wales has a 3.4% gain when compared to last year, whereas the East of England shows a 1.5% loss
• House prices annual change percentage – two year comparison (December 2019/18/17 data)
  Leicestershire shows the most combined growth – 8.5% (2018), 2.9% (2019) & 4.7% (2020). Rutland follows closely behind with 10.2% (2018), 2.1% (2019) and 2% (2020).
• Sales trend Q1 2020 sales comparison by County
  Counties were on average 52.5% down on last quarter and 47.1% down on Q1 2019. This huge downturn in sales was most likely down to the Coronavirus pandemic and its global effect on the nation.
• Mortgage lenders – market share 2018
  58% of all mortgage lending in the UK goes through the top five providers