Blog: LSL Land & New Homes

Following a period of inertia, the value of March mortgage approvals showed tentative signs of recovery. This could signal the return of a pattern of consistent year on year growth last seen between 2011 and 2017...

In the year to end Mar 2019 new build prices per m² rose by an average of 2.88% across the UK. The LSL Land & New Homes New Build Index reports on the prices per square meter by property type and region...

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 the year to end Feb 2019 new build prices per m² rose by an average of 3.68% across the UK. The new style New Build Index reports on the prices per square meter by property type and region.

In the year to end Jan 2019 new build prices per m² rose by an average of 3.87% across the UK. The new style New Build Index reports on the prices per square meter by property type and region.

In the year to end Dec 2018 new build house prices rose on average by 2.2% across the UK which is down on last year’s figure of 10.8%

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.

A recent Glenigan Construction index reports that the West Midlands has outperformed all other UK regions in October, with the value of construction project starts up by 44%, compared with October 2017.

Recent ONS (Office for National Statistics) analysis suggest that the UK construction sector expanded by 2.1% in Q3 when compared with Q2. Given that in Q2 there was also growth, this indicates sustained rebound following a contraction of 1.6% in Q1. In part this has been due the way in which pub...

In the year to end Nov 2018 new build house prices rose on average by 3.3% across the UK which is down on last year’s figure of 9.2%. It now looks highly likely that 2017 will prove to have been the peak year for new build transactions in the current residential property market cycle...