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January
Sunday 02 JAN 1994 - The Sunday Times - Pundits agree on big rise in house prices this year
Building societies, estate agents and analysts are united in their belief that 1994 will see the first substantial rise in house prices since the property decline began four years ago. Experts say conditions are right for a sustained recovery, with ...
Thursday 06 JAN 1994 - The Times - House prices fall, says Halifax
House prices fell by 0.5 per cent last month, according to the Halifax Building Society's house price index. This contrasts with the Nationwide's experience of an 0.8 per cent rise. The Halifax says that prices rose by just 1.2 per cent for the yea...
February
Wednesday 02 FEB 1994 - The Times - House prices continue to improve
House prices rose in January, for the third month in succession, the Nationwide Building Society said. The increase was 0.4 per cent compared with December, the society said. Prices this January were 2.4 per cent higher than January last year. Natio...
Thursday 03 FEB 1994 - The Times - House prices discord
House prices fell by 0.4 per cent last month, according to the Halifax Building Society. The figures conflict with those published earlier this week by the Nationwide, which said that prices rose by 0.4 per cent in January. The Halifax said yesterda...
Friday 04 FEB 1994 - The Times - Virtual reality in house prices
Efforts to talk up the housing market with buoyant end-year forecasts have already hit inconvenient reality. The Halifax Building Society's reputable index records that prices have fallen by about 1 per cent in the past two months. And this allows ...
Tuesday 08 FEB 1994 - The Times - Bryant Group lifts house prices 16%
Bryant, the housebuilder and construction group, has tapped returning confidence in the housing market to boost the selling price of its average home by 16 per cent and nearly double half-time profits. The group said yesterday pre-tax profits rose 95...
March
Thursday 03 MAR 1994 - The Times - House prices on rise
House prices rose in February by their biggest monthly increase for 5 1/2 years, the Halifax Building Society said yesterday. Prices rose 2.2 per cent when compared with January, taking the value of an average home to Pounds 62,498. The increase re...
Sunday 06 MAR 1994 - The Sunday Times - House prices leap as more make a move
House prices jumped sharply last month according to the Halifax, Britain's biggest building society. What pleases it even more is that volumes are up more people are buying and selling. After so many false dawns, it really seems the housing market ...
April
Sunday 03 APR 1994 - The Sunday Times - House-price rises cheer spring sellers
Mortgage lenders have filled their stalls with new and attractive offerings this week in a bid to catch the seasonal surge in house-hunting. Prospective buyers or more likely, sellers may also be cheered by the latest figures on the Nationwide house...
Monday 04 APR 1994 - The Times - House Prices
Why German couples are the envy of the British In spring, as stately homes and gardens reopen for visitors, other more mundane versions open their doors to prospective buyers. And reports of a recovery in the property market are as traditional as si...
Thursday 07 APR 1994 - The Times - Bank figures reinforce signs of house price recovery
Mortgage statistics issued by the Bank of England and a statement from the Halifax Building Society yesterday pointed to a modest revival in the housing market. The Bank said mortgage approvals in February edged up to Pounds 4.65 billion from January...
Thursday 14 APR 1994 - The Times - House prices show first annual rise in all areas
House prices have risen in every region during the past year, for the first time in nearly five years, the Halifax building society said yesterday. Prices in Northern Ireland are on average 9.1 per cent higher than they were a year ago, average price...
May
Thursday 05 MAY 1994 - The Times - Bellway warns on housing land prices
The housing land market is starting to overheat, threatening the housebuilding industry's recovery, according to Bellway, one of Britain's ten biggest housebuilders. Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the company participated in the dash for land during ...
Thursday 26 MAY 1994 - The Times - Big noise cuts house price by Pounds 200,000
A queen Anne house that should be worth at least Pounds 275,000 has changed hands for Pounds 76,000 because it is one of the most blighted properties in Britain. Nashenden House dates from the 11th century. It was rebuilt in the reign of Queen Anne ...
Friday 27 MAY 1994 - The Times - House price cut to `bargain' £5m
One of London's most expensive houses has had its price reduced by half to Pounds 5 million after being on sale for a year. Agents say that it is the biggest price cut recorded for a London house. Number 8 Hyde Park Gardens narrowly failed to sell f...
June
Friday 03 JUN 1994 - The Times - Fears for housing recovery as prices fall
House prices fell unexpectedly by 1.6 per cent in May, fuelling fears that the shaky recovery in the housing market is faltering. The Halifax Building Society, which published its monthly house price index yesterday, said that there were "no signs o...
Tuesday 14 JUN 1994 - The Times - London rises above house price gloom
Gloomy figures for the housing market issued by building societies are "dangerously misleading" and prices in London could grow by as much as 25 per cent by the end of the year, according to experts in the capital. An analysis of the housing market...
Sunday 19 JUN 1994 - The Sunday Times - 40 House prices falter;In Today's Other Papers
The house-price recovery is running out of steam, according to one leading analyst, John Wriglesworth of UBS. He had forecast that prices would rise 7% this year but now believes the increase will be only 3.5%, reports The Sunday Telegraph BUSINESS
July
Saturday 02 JUL 1994 - The Times - House prices 'stable'
House prices fell 0.7 per cent in June compared with May, according to the Nationwide building society, which blamed April's tax rises, higher fixed rate mortgages and lack of consumer confidence. However, the Nationwide's figures are likely to be co...
August
Wednesday 03 AUG 1994 - The Times - Societies say house prices are rising
Two building societies yesterday reported rises in house prices in July. The Nationwide recorded a 1.8 per cent increases compared to June and the Halifax a 0.2 per cent rise. But both societies stressed that the trend showed a gradual recovery in ...
Monday 08 AUG 1994 - The Times - House sales may list price history
The price paid for a property should be included in details available to the public, according to proposals from Her Majesty's Land Registry, which records all property transactions. Should the proposals be accepted, the public will be able to find o...
Tuesday 09 AUG 1994 - The Times - Woolwich predicts 3% rise in house prices
The housing market is showing a "gradual, slow improvement" and house prices should rise by 3 per cent this year, the Woolwich Building Society said yesterday. The number of transactions is set to rise by up to 7 per cent, the society predicted. D...
Friday 12 AUG 1994 - The Times - House prices 'should be published'
From the Chief Executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Sir, The RICS unequivocally supports making publicly accessible the price paid for a property (report and leading article, August . We believe it would be helpful for the cons...
Friday 12 AUG 1994 - The Times - House prices 'should be published'
From Mr J. M. Robertson Sir, In Scotland information regarding sale prices of houses and land has been available to the public for centuries. The Registration Act 1617 instituted the Register of Sasines, which is open to inspection by the public. A...
Friday 12 AUG 1994 - The Times - House prices 'should be published'
From Mr W. E. Vaughan Sir, The price of all properties transferred is already disclosed to the Government when the transfer document is stamped. The information being available, why not publish it?
Friday 12 AUG 1994 - The Times - House prices 'should be published'
From Mr Robert Sandall Sir, Your leading article justifies an intrusion into what is, after all, a private matter by saying that it would help prevent "another mad inflationary boom" and allow Treasury economists and buyers a proper monitoring of t...
Wednesday 17 AUG 1994 - The Times - Access to house prices
From Professor D. G. Barnsley Sir, I am surprised that the chief executive of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors "unequivocally supports" the public accessibility of property sale prices (letter, August 12). What does Mr Michael Pattison me...
Wednesday 17 AUG 1994 - The Times - Access to house prices
From Mr R. I. Barycz Sir, I too hope that the Lord Chancellor will accept the recommendation of the Chief Land Registrar and make public the price at which houses and land change price (leading article, "Publish the price", August . I would go fu...
September
Friday 02 SEP 1994 - The Times - House prices show slight increase
House prices rose by 0.6 per cent last month, pushing annual average prices 2.6 per cent higher than in August 1993, the Nationwide Building Society said yesterday. The increase was the second in succession after a fall in June. However, the market ...
October
Tuesday 04 OCT 1994 - The Times - House prices fall 2.9%
House prices fell last month by 2.9 per cent, their biggest drop since October 1990, the Nationwide Building Society said yesterday. The average price of a house in September was Pounds 53,918, which was Pounds 1,617 lower than in August. But prices...
Thursday 20 OCT 1994 - The Times - House prices 'to rise 6%'
House prices are set to rise 6 per cent over the next 15 months, according to a report published today by UBS, the broker. Housing turnover should rise from under 1.2 million in 1992 and 1993 to 1.4 million in 1995 and peak at 1.8 million in 1997 and...
Sunday 23 OCT 1994 - The Sunday Times - Experts split on outlook for house prices
House prices will jump 6% by the end of next year and 50% by the end of the decade, according to a bullish report from one of the City's leading investment banks. UBS, the only City institution with a full-time housing analyst, says its forecasts, wh...
Monday 31 OCT 1994 - The Times - London house prices increase by 5%
The average price of houses sold in London rose by 5 per cent over the past year, suggesting it has so far avoided the slowdown affecting many other parts of the country, according to the London Research Centre. The average price of homes sold in th...
November
Sunday 27 NOV 1994 - The Sunday Times - Paying the price for a 'non-standard' house;Personal Finance
Insurance on 'unusual' properties is expensive and restricted. ONE IN FIVE homes in Britain is classified by insurers as "non-standard". This means that, perhaps because of its age or way it is built, the buildings section of the household insuranc...
Sunday 27 NOV 1994 - The Sunday Times - House prices rally
Sales of Britain's more expensive homes are booming. Prices have soared by more than 20% in some areas of London and elsewhere homes with six-figure price-tags are selling within days of going on the market. Research by Savills, the estate agent, ha...
December
Thursday 01 DEC 1994 - The Times - Wainhomes beats flat house prices
Wainhomes, the Chester housebuilder that came to the market in the spring, unveiled a 49 per cent advance in first-half profits in spite of little improvement in the general level of house prices. Improved margins helped the company lift pre-tax prof...
Sunday 04 DEC 1994 - The Sunday Times - House prices show rise of up to 11%
Doom and gloom about falling house prices have been overdone. Independent research shows that prices in nearly all regions of the United Kingdom have increased steadily in the past year, and experts predict further growth in the new year. Despite bu...