UK house prices increased by 0.8% in July and were 3.9% higher than July 2012, according to Nationwide

British house prices rising at fastest pace in more than three years as government house-buying schemes push prices higher and demand outstrips supply

One of Britain's biggest homebuilders says nearly six years of pain for the housing market is at an end after the first major improvement in conditions since the financial crisis.

There's been plenty of movement in the last 80 years between Old Kent Road and Mayfair

However there is still wariness about how useful government initiatives will prove to be

Generation Rent are giving up on saving for a home

About 4,000 buyers have seized on the Government's Help To Buy initiative, introduced in the last Budget, to snap up new homes in the past two months alone, the Home Builders Federation said yesterday.

2.6% year-on-year growth to average £166,898 marks biggest annual uplift since September 2010

The battle for credit card, best buy coverage in the zero per cent balance transfer market shows little sign of petering out any time soon.

Tiny Elmbridge shows growing disparity between London and rest of the country

Significant regional differences around the UK still apparent

Average price is now £233,822

Around £270 million is generated through stamp duty

London prices drop slightly