Blog: LSL Land & New Homes

In the year to end July 2018 new build house prices rose on average by 5.4% across the UK which is down on last year’s figure of 10.3%. A recent report from JLL on the prime central London sales and lettings market has found increasing signs of stability...

With the UK housing stock worth an estimated £7.14 trillion the housing market remains a powerful player within the UK economy. Despite political and economic volatilities the overall value of the UK properties has risen by more than a third over the last decade. So with a jittery stock market an...

The mid-year Glenigan Construction Outlook forecast for 2018 and 2019 has now been released (July 2018). We take a look at Glenigan’s main predictions and consider their relevance to the new build sector.

In the year to end June 2018 new build house prices rose on average by 5.2% across the UK which is down on last year’s figure of 11.0%. The ONS UK House Price Index by Country tracks average house price changes between 2005 and present day...

The New Build Market Review shows the overall top level status of the housing market for the last decade and is updated on a quarterly basis.

In a recent survey of 1000 UK adults [1] 82% said that they would prefer to buy a period property rather than a new build home. When asked why they wanting to purchase a period property, 69% said that they wanted original features...

Following a period of steady growth since the sixties the proportion of owner occupiers compared with renters had been steadily reducing since around 2003. (Ministry for Communities and Local Government, 2017). However, more recent based on updated data suggests that the proportion of owner occup...

In the year to end May 2018 new build house prices rose on average by 5.8% across the UK which is down on last year’s figure of 10.2%. The North East is still experiencing sales at an average price that is 6% below the 2007 to 8 peak...

With the proliferation of in-home technologies such as Hive, Amazon Echo and Google Home it is perhaps surprising that only 26% believed that these devices would be present in all of our homes. 27% thought that smart screens and TVs capable of making video calls would feature throughout their hom...

The Interactive New Build Index shows recent new-build house prices displayed in an interactive map that you can drill down into. The LSL Land & New Homes historical house price explorer allows you to see how much properties sold for for any geographical region.