{"id":13036,"date":"2018-03-09T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2023-10-06T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T12:48:44","slug":"this-week-stable-house-prices-midlands-focus-construction-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/03\/09\/this-week-stable-house-prices-midlands-focus-construction-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Stable house prices, Midlands focus and construction news"},"content":{"rendered":"
The latest house price indices from the two major providers, Nationwide and Halifax, have been released this week for February and show only marginal changes across the UK, while rents are still a top issue for thousands as we look at the idea of rent controls. The north and Midlands have received extra focus and investment recently, while the construction industry is on a drive to get more homes built across the country. Here are seven things you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n
Nationwide<\/a> registered a 0.3% month-on-month fall in house prices in February, with annual price growth at 2.2%, while Halifax’s<\/a> index saw prices climb slightly by 0.4% in the month to February, and a three-month growth rate of 1.8%.<\/p>\n