House prices down 16.1%

10.07 Thu Dec 04 2008
House prices are falling 16.1 per cent year-on-year based on the latest November figures, the Halifax has said.

House prices slump by 15%

14.22 Thu Nov 06 2008
House prices dived by a record 15 per cent during the past year, according to the Halifax.

Record fall for house prices

22.38 Thu Oct 09 2008
House prices fell at a record rate during the year to the end of September, losing 13.2 per cent of their value, Halifax has said.

House prices rise in university towns

House
09.22 Sat Oct 04 2008
House prices have nearly doubled in five university towns during the past five years.

Halifax hikes mortgage rates

Halifax
09.22 Sat Oct 04 2008
Halifax has become the latest mortgage lender to hike its rates.

Housing downturn hits Halifax

10.21 Fri Aug 22 2008
Halifax Estate Agents is closing 53 of its branches as a result of the housing market downturn.

House prices drop 8.8%

09.37 Thu Aug 07 2008
House prices have lost 8.8 per cent of their value during the past year, according to the UK's largest mortgage lender.

House prices falls gaining momentum

22.30 Thu Jul 10 2008
House prices are falling at their fastest rate since the 1990s crash, Britain's biggest mortgage-lender Halifax has said.

Mortgage groups increase rates

Halifax
10.40 Mon Jun 23 2008
Lenders continue to pass on higher borrowing costs to homeowners as two of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders increase their rates.

House price downturn gathers pace

Worrying times for home owners
10.52 Thu Jun 05 2008
House prices fell by 2.4 per cent in May, providing further evidence the property market downturn is gathering pace.

Britons pile on the 'bling'

09.43 Wed May 14 2008
Britons keep £52 billion worth of jewellery in their homes - with the average house containing gems worth £1,986, a survey has revealed.

House prices drop 2.5 per cent

A house
22.44 Tue Apr 08 2008
House prices fell by 2.5 per cent in March, the biggest fall in a single month since September 1992.

Average house price nears £200,000

Houses
13.27 Wed Sep 05 2007
The average house price is close to £200,000, according to a new survey.

Girl, 14, pleads guilty to sister's manslaughter

Scales of Justice
12.26 Tue Sep 04 2007
A 14-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her 16-year-old sister following an argument at their home.

'Key workers outpriced in 70% of towns'

Police officers
15.01 Fri Apr 13 2007
Properties in over two-thirds of British towns are unaffordable for key public sector workers, according to the Halifax.

Girl, 14, held over teen's murder

Calderdale hospital
14.17 Tue Mar 27 2007
A 14-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another teenager was stabbed to death.