Alan Whitehead pressed the Government in Parliament yesterday over measures to tackle spiralling house prices and rents in the south of England. In Southampton, the average house price is now 9 times the average income, and the average rent for a two-bed home now accounts for 46% of the average income - one of the highest rent to income ratios in the country. Shelter's Private Rent Watch (p50...

This interactive map shows average London prices by postcode and how these have changed since their 2007 peak and over the past decade

British investors have been warned that they face a lacklustre year in 2012 after share prices and property values recorded another dismal 12 months during 2011.

Nationwide reports drop in December, analysts expect further declines in 2012

So, yes, house prices are very high. So, yes, we’d rather like to have lower house prices. In order to work out how to lower house prices we need to work out why house prices are high. The Murphmeister: There is no doubt at all that current house prices are massively over-inflated. That is because banks lent

Both the Mail and Express are equally hostile to the EU. Both are also alert to any threat to house prices. Yesterday, the Express coupled the two as its front cover thundered 'EU Rules To Slash House Prices'. Except – no surprise here – it’s not true.

A big danger for the UK is a sharp fall in house prices, whcih would threaten the finances of households and banks, writes Martin Wolf

The value of properties will be driven down by the Government’s planning reforms, council officials have warned. We want more “affordable” housing. The best way to get this is to reduce the cost of planning permission: that planning permission being the largest component of house prices in the South. Jeez, what is so difficult about

Hands Off Our Land: Value of properties will be driven down by Government's planning reforms, council officials warn.

Thousands of house prices could fall by a third or more if Coalition Government proposals to change planning rules in favour of developers become law, knocking hundreds of thousands of pounds off some of the most desirable homes in the green belt. Yup. Just what the policy is meant to be doing. The horrifically high