Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Family-run agency landlord fined £30k for HMO breaches
A Liverpool family run agency landlord has been fined £30,000 for failing to obtain licences for two properties housing students.
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Regulation of estate agents under Radio 4 spotlight again
The issue of estate agency licensing was thrown under the spotlight again on Monday after BBC Radio 4’s 'You and Yours' revisited its fraud expose from December last year.
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Sunak appoints expected replacement for housing minister – sixth in a year!
Rachel Maclean has been appointed as a DLUHC minister to take over from Lucy Frazer, who was promoted to the Cabinet.
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Reshuffle: Another housing minister moves on after a few months
Lucy Frazer, who was appointed as housing minister in October, is now Culture Secretary in Rishi Sunak's Cabinet.
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House prices ‘stabilising’ after falls over past two months
The Halifax HPI says prices were static in January as the market settles down after successive drops prompted by the mortgage crisis.
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Mortgage market ‘set for stagnant year’, economic forecasters say
There will only be a small increase of 0.4% in mortgage lending in 2023, according to the EY Item Club.
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‘First-time buyers have arguably never had it tougher’
Research by Wayhome shows it is particularly difficult to climb onto the housing ladder in eight areas.
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‘Attack weaker agents and take stock off them’ advises leading agent chief
Adam Day of eXp tells industry group his somewhat brutal summary of how to flourish in a tough property market.
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Purplebricks ‘horror show’ as compliance chief quits
City analyst David Reynolds says there are again serious questions about the leadership team at Purplebricks.
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BLOG: Carry On Banking… starring the Bank of England Governor!
Glentree Estates boss Trevor Abrahmsohn ponders the state of play at the Bank of England – more like a script for Carry on Banking than a serious institution?
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