The bare facts about property prices in the UK

Stephen Desmond
2 October 2013
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We hope you enjoy this article from our archives. As investment, pension and tax rules change a lot over time, the information in this post may not be current, but we hope you still find it interesting.

As the government fast-tracks its controversial Help to Buy scheme, we trawl the data to reveal the state of the UK’s regional property markets today.

Critics have rounded on the government with accusations that the Help to Buy scheme will dangerously inflate a housing bubble. Meanwhile, others see it as a much-needed leg-up for first-time buyers. Whichever way you analyse it, most people seem in agreement on one thing – the buying power varies hugely from one region of the UK to another. Correspondingly, the impacts on first-time buyers and those seeking out local buy-to-let opportunities will differ depending on which area of the UK they call home.

So just how big are those regional gaps? Let’s take a look.

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Sources

Land Registry

Halifax Building Society

Global Property Guide

National Housing Federation

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Stephen Desmond

Stephen regularly contributes to the Nutmegonomics blog - writing about investment and personal finance.