Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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Property market bounces back for second successive month
New HMRC transactions data shows sales were up 13% in June as the figures continue to recover from the April Stamp Duty changes.
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Bank under pressure to cut interest rate next week
The International Monetary Fund wants the Bank of England decision makers to reduce the base rate next Thursday to boost economic growth.
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Mortgage lending on the rise as housing market strengthens
Property industry welcomes second consecutive monthly increase in mortgage lending as more relaxed rules boost activity.
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‘Still not enough’ homes available to rent says Rightmove
Despite market slowly rebalancing after pandemic shock, portal says too few homes being advertised continues to push up rents.
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Looser mortgage rules driving ‘summer surge’ says Zoopla
Portal's latest house price index reveals an unusual rise in activity within the sales market at the moment.
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Affordability ‘ever more overstretched for homebuyers’ claims agency
House prices are growing more than five times faster than earnings, according to the latest data.
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Super-prime market ‘turning a corner’ after non-dom departures
Despite non-dom exodus, Beauchamp Estates is reporting a steady rise in the number of billionaire buyers.
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Scottish housing market ‘much stronger’ than rest of UK
House prices in Scotland increased by a ‘healthy’ 5.9% compared to just 3.1% in England and Wales over the same period.
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Latest lending figures reveal huge revival in landlord market
UK Finance reveals both big leap in value and number of buy-to-let loans but also rise in rental yields.
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Leading broker calls for ban on ‘in-house’ agent mortgage selling
Gerard Boon of Boon Brokers says that recent Panorama revelations of conditional selling mean it is imperative the Government takes action.
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