According to official figures, the average price of a UK home rose by around £2,000 to £223,000 in June. The year-on-year rate of house price increase for the month was 4.9 per cent, a slight fall from the 5 per cent seen [...]
Research suggests that around 5.2 million UK adults, the equivalent of one in 10, have either inherited or bought a second home. Figures provided by the think tank the Resolution Foundation, said that the number of people owning more than one home [...]
The slow death of the buy-to-let market is forcing lenders into a mortgage price war as they fight to survive the drop in borrower demand. The Post Office is the most recent lender to dramatically cut rates, offering a new two-year fixed rateof 1.33 per cent, [...]
Home down payment and house mortgage symbol as a family residence symbol merging with a piggy bank as a real estate financial metaphor with 3D illustration elements. The slow death of the buy-to-let market is forcing lenders into a mortgage price war as they [...]
The slow death of the buy-to-let market is forcing lenders into a mortgage price war as they fight to survive the drop in borrower demand. The Post Office is the most recent lender to dramatically cut rates, offering a new two-year fixed rateof 1.33 per cent, which [...]
A new survey from Britain's biggest landlord organisation has found that one in five buy-to-let investors are planning to sell their properties in the near future. Buy-to-let has become an increasingly unattractive method investment, following the housing market's struggles, new tax rulings [...]
New data has revealed that Brighton is the least affordable place in the country for first-time buyers, with only 2 per cent of properties in the city affordable for new buyers. The research was conducted by Post Office Money and looked into [...]
New research suggests that first-time buyers face 11 years of saving before they can afford a deposit, with this figure rising to nearly 18 years in London. Figures from estate agent Hamptons International show that, it would take the average first-time buyer [...]
Britain's housing market continues to stall as mortgage approvals drop to their lowest levels in nine months. There was also a drop in lending growth as the economy seems to stagnate. Figures from the Bank of England show that there were 64,684 [...]
Two of the biggest estate agent chains in the UK - Countrywide and Foxtons - have seen their profits plummet in the first half of the year, with the housing market showing signs of slowing down. Countrywide is the UK's largest estate [...]
