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Rental market
Landlord mortgage borrowing DROPS for first time in 30 years
New data from UK Finance shows the number of property investment loans for landlords has fallen for the first time in almost 30 years.
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Housing Market
REACTION: Inflation holds at 2% but household costs still at historic highs
Industry figures hail a period of more stable inflation but high property costs mean many owner occupiers are still suffering as monthly costs stay high.
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Housing Market
Bank of England decision maker urges interest rate cut
Swati Dhingra, who sits on the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, says now is the time to "stop squeezing living standards".
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Housing Market
Chancellor urges Bank of England to cut base interest rate
Rachel Reeves says the Bank should consider cutting its base rate as inflationary pressures subside and the economy continues to improve.
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Housing Market
Consumer confidence rising as cost-of-living crisis eases
Barclays makes the claim after looking at spending patterns by its millions of current account holders, including that mortgage and rent payment increases have fallen dramatically.
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Latest property news
‘Franchised branches performing better than head office operated ones’
LSL senior Paul Hardy makes the comment to The Neg as he marks the one year anniversary of the firm converting its entire estate agency network into a franchised model.
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Regulation & Law
Conditional selling by estate agents has ‘got to stop’
Campaigning brokerage group boss Karl Wilkinson says the practice is unlawful and unfair to buyers looking for mortgages.
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Housing Market
Return to ultra-low interest rates unlikely says lending giant boss
Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn says while interest rate cuts from the Bank of England expected later this year would be ‘beneficial’, homeowners shouldn’t expect a return to ultra-low interest rates.
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Latest property news
Chances of UK cut in interest rates slides further after Fed maintains rates
US policymakers indicated that it would not be appropriate to lower rates until they have greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward the 2% target.
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Latest property news
House prices analysis: country and regional markets for Spring 2024
Kate Faulkner takes a step back to give us a national perspective on house price movements over the past few weeks. Scotland's up, England and Wales down and Northern Ireland holds its own.
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