Activity in the Scottish housing market slowed during May, as a decline in new properties coming on to the market was accompanied by a drop in new buyer enquiries.
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The latest House Price Index from Halifax has revealed that house prices in the three months to May were 1.4% higher than in the preceding three months. This was slightly below April’s 1.5% and was the lowest since November 2015 (1.4%).
New figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that landlords took out 45,000 mortgage loans before the introduction of the new stamp duty increase in April.
Figures from Nationwide have revealed that house prices rose in April but a significantly slower rate than in previous months, with the average UK property rising by 0.2% according to the nation’s largest building society.