There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren’t among them. Read full article > >

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Fannie and Freddie don’t deserve blame for bubble

UK house prices remained relatively unchanged in 2011 and more of the same is expected in 2012, the Nationwide says.

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House price stagnation ‘to go on’

US house prices fell further in October despite record low mortgage interest rates, according to new figures.

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Steep falls for US house prices

UK house prices have remained “surprisingly resilient” in recent months, says the Nationwide, as it records a further rise in values.

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House price strength ‘a surprise’

Scottish house prices are now almost identical to the price levels of four years ago, according to Lloyds TSB Scotland

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Scots house prices at 2007 levels

Weak household confidence led UK house prices to fall by 1.4% in April compared with March, the Halifax says.

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House prices ‘fell 1.4% in April’

UK house prices rose by 0.1% in March on the previous month, says the Halifax, taking the average property price to £162,912.

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House prices ‘marginally higher’

UK house prices fell by 0.9% in February compared with the previous month, cancelling out a rise in January, the Halifax says.

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‘February dip’ for house prices

The recent fall in house prices may be slowing down, the Nationwide says, with prices virtually unchanged on a year ago.

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Housing market ‘treading water’

Weaker household earning power will lead to a 1.7% fall in UK house prices in 2011, research group CEBR predicts.

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House prices ‘will fall in 2011′

UK house prices rose by 0.8% in January compared with the previous month, according to figures from the Halifax.

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House prices ‘up 0.8%’ in January

A survey suggests house prices in Scotland rose by 83% in the past decade but still trailed behind the rest of the UK.

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House prices soar over 10 years

UK house prices have continued to slip, the Halifax says, falling by 1.3% in December compared with the previous month.

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House prices ‘fell in December’

US stocks remain almost unchanged, despite new data showing worse-than-expected falls in house prices and consumer confidence.

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US stocks shrug off mediocre data

What is in store for UK house prices in 2011?

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Rise or fall