Summary Commentary for May 2009 See Summary Statistics
Despite the misleading headlines that prices are rising, the actual national picture shows property prices continue to fall year on year albeit at a slowing rate. The latest Land Registry data shows the average home is now worth around £153,000. However, comprehensive analysis of both value and volume housing statistics shows:-

1. Property price surveys shouldn’t be relied on by the media to explain what is actually happening in the market.
2. The housing market is starting to bottom out in some areas around the UK.
3. Regionally, some markets have recovered, albeit at a low sales rate, while in other locations, the housing market is still in dire straits.

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Headline Statistics

Headline Statistics	Statistics	+/-	Source	Month
Average Prices	£152,898 to £227,441	-6.2% to -16.2%	Various	April/May data
Transactions*	31,315*	-58%	Land Registry	Nov to Feb 08
Time to Sell	9.9 Weeks	Decrease	Hometrack	May
Number of viewings to sale	13	N/C	Hometrack	May
Offer to Market Price	90.3%	Increase	Hometrack	May
% change new buyers registering with agents	+6%	Same as last month	Hometrack	May
No houses sold by agents	10	Up from 8 in March	NAEA	April
% sold to for sale boards	28.3%	up from 21.1%	For Sale Sign Anaylsis	May
Number of mortgages	43,201	8% up from March 09 but down year on year	Bank of England	April

*  Per month
**Per agent

Sold versus For Sale Sign Boards data*

Month	December	January	February	March	April	May
Percentage Sold	16%	12%	17%	19.5%	21.1%	28.3%

*Data provided by FSSA, for more information on this data, Contact us

Links to useful Buying and Selling Reports

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 Frank

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