Month: July 2025

Fife Homeowners Pocket £4,238 a Year in Profit Since 2005

As we are now half way through 2025, it’s certain the Fife housing market has been more restrained than the post pandemic 24 months of the summer of 2020 through to July/August of 2022, and I believe that the ‘steady as she goes’ outlook will continue into the rest of 2025 and beyond.

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UK House Price Index For Scotland: May 2025

PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/episode/51gJsQX7mg5mMJgxmlTRld?si=7-8a8cABQRqTi2pI3O_-YA

Economic statement

Total transaction volumes and new build volumes available to calculate UK HPI estimates have increased recently. HM Land Registry has processed over 40% of HM Revenue & Customs’ provisional sales estimate for UK HPI’s first estimate in recent months, though transaction volumes for older periods and new build volumes remain lower than historical averages. Users should be aware that revisions may be larger than historically and should note the greater uncertainty around new build prices. Further information is available in HM Land Registry’s UK House Price Index summary.

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Will There Be a Fife House Price Crash in 2025? (Watch/Read/Listen)

PODCAST: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/fife-properties/episodes/Will-There-Be-a-Fife-House-Price-Crash-in-2025-e35m60u

In early 2023, most property forecasters anticipated a significant downturn in the UK housing market over the following two years. Halifax predicted an 8% drop in house prices, Savills went further at 10%, and Nomura Bank predicted a fall of up to 15%. While these gloomy forecasts grabbed headlines, the actual data tells a different story. According to the Land Registry …

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