House Price Trends – Letting Focus

Compare like with like when evaluating different areas and house price trends over time

October 15, 2020 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

Make sure you are comparing like with like when you are looking at the performance of different areas in terms of property prices over time. COMPARE LIKE WITH LIKE WHEN EVALUATING DIFFERENT AREAS AND HOUSE PRICE TRENDS OVER TIME You often hear people saying how much their property has gone up over time and how it is worth x% more […]

Will House Prices Keep Rising?

December 1, 2018 David Lawrenson One comment

Will House Prices Keep Rising? A very interesting article appeared in a recent edition of the “Financial Times” says David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com. In the article, Merryn Somerset Webb asked, “Will house prices will ever rise again?” A fair question. Her view was that it was nearly impossible to answer this question if you do not have a good understanding […]

Regional Changes in House Prices and Predicting the Future of House Prices

October 18, 2017 David Lawrenson One comment

David Lawrenson of LettingFocus.com looks at a useful house price trend interactive chart produced by the BBC, but cautions against jumping to conclusions from limited data. Regional Changes in House Prices and Predicting the Future of House Prices I am returning to the subject of house prices. This week, the BBC published a neat interactive map showing that in 58% of wards […]