Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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BREAKING: RICS’ estate agents report property sales market ‘faltering’
Sales and buyer demand both slip back into negative territory as post Stamp Duty recovery stalls.
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BLOG: ‘Here’s how we can all make selling homes faster’
Roxanne Barker has worked in the property industry long enough to know it has serious flaws. But is it broken? And how can we fix it?
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Couples given £130,000 boost under new mortgage rules
Santander's decision to relax its home loan criteria benefits both couples and single borrowers, who can now secure much larger mortgages.
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Second lender accepts rental payment history for mortgages
Charlotte Grimshaw of Suffolk Building Society says bank account statements proving 12 months' of rental payments can now be used to access higher mortgage income multiples.
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Property deal data reveals strongest market since post-Covid rush
Figures from TwentyEA reveal the highest number of transactions since the post-Covid performance in 2022.
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BROKER: Buyers get big affordability boost thanks to new lending rules
The average house hunter in England is set to have £41,000 more buying power thanks to recent Government mortgage reforms.
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REACTION: Base interest rate cut as economy stalls
MPC says base rate cut is a 'gradual and careful approach to the further withdrawal of monetary policy restraint'.
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‘Do the work you are paid for’, conveyancing body warns solicitors
The CLC says conveyancers often regard post-completion work as an "after-thought", and fail to register properties properly.
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They’re back! Big mortgage lender reveals record-breaking FTB numbers
Leeds Building Society has helped 9,600 first-time buyers get onto the property ladder in just the first six months of this year.
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Bank of England moves to increase competition in mortgage market
The Bank of England has published proposals that would make it easier for 'mid-size' lenders to compete with the mortgage giants.
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