Homes 不足 上げるs prices

By This Is Money
Updated: 10:10 BST, 27 February 2006

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A 不足 of homes has made it a 販売人's market with prices rising for the third month a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 によれば 人物／姿／数字s 解放（する）d today.

所有物／資産／財産 website Hometrack said house prices in England and むちの跡s rose by an 普通の／平均（する） of 0.4% thanks to a 殺到する in the number of people looking to move.

The rise in Hometrack's 索引 ? which has 終始一貫して produced one of the most 悲観的な 見通しs on the 所有物／資産／財産 market over the past year ? was its biggest jump since June 2004.

It said the number of 可能性のある 買い手s 登録（する）ing with スパイ／執行官s had risen by 26% during February, while the strong end to 2005 had left 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s 直面するing a 不足 of 所有物／資産／財産s to sell.

The difference in 需要・要求する and supple meant prices were 存在 押し進めるd 上向きs and now 普通の／平均（する）d £161,700.

Hometrack, which 投票s 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s for its 熟考する／考慮する, said prices in London rose by 0.9% during the month on the 支援する of a 35% 増加する in new 買い手s, but only a 10% jump in 所有物／資産／財産s on the market.

A 類似の 傾向 in the South East and East Anglia 押し進めるd prices up by 0.3% and 0.5% in these 地域s それぞれ.

At the same time the 普通の／平均（する） time taken to sell a 所有物／資産／財産 in the areas was 落ちるing, and in London the 普通の／平均（する） home took いっそう少なく than five weeks to sell for the first time since July 2004.

By contrast house price growth outside of the south remained subdued with いっそう少なく of an 不均衡 between 供給（する） and 需要・要求する.

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Central London and the City saw the strongest price growth during February at 1.6%, followed by North London at 1.5% and East London at 1.2%.

At the other end of the 規模 the worst 成し遂げるing areas were South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, which all 記録，記録的な／記録するd a 0.1% 落ちる in prices.

Richard Donnell, director of 研究 at Hometrack, said: 'Prices are likely to continue to rise over the next month or so as a result of 買い手s returning to the market and 供給（する） remaining 限られた／立憲的な. Most of this growth is likely to be concentrated in southern parts of the country.'

But he questioned whether the 勢い of 早期に 2006 could be 持続するd, 説 it depended on the 見通し for 利益／興味 率s, the strength of the economy and 消費者 信用／信任.

He said: 'A period of 改善するd market activity was always 必然的な after the 非常に長い 減産／沈滞 between 中央の 2004 and 中央の 2005 but the reality is that 住宅 remains fully valued across much of the country.

'We 推定する／予想する values to keep rising, but the 規模 of growth over the later parts of the year is 始める，決める to be far more modest than what we are 現在／一般に seeing in a 供給（する） constrained market.'

Mortgage 人物／姿／数字s 解放（する）d today by the British 銀行業者s' 協会 supported （人命などを）奪う，主張するs of 改善するing 信用／信任 in the 所有物／資産／財産 market.

It said there were 140,020 mortgage 是認s in January, with a total value of £12.7bn. This was only 1% lower than December's 強健な 業績／成果, and 8% higher than in January 2005. In line with previous years, the 普通の／平均（する） 是認 for house 購入（する） fell in January, to £126,800.