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Housing Market
Boost for buyers as house price to earnings ratio hits decade low
Homes are becoming more affordable but higher mortgage rates are offsetting many gains, says Lloyds’ Andrew Assam.
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Housing Market
First-time buyer hotspots see asking prices up 18%
The first-time buyer hotpots have been revealed by Rightmove, with the portal's Colleen Babcock saying affordability is key.
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Agencies & People
BLOG: The ‘Affordability Trap’ is real, says David Powell, Andrews Property Group
The CEO of Andrews Property Group analyses and dissects what most people use as a broad-brush slogan, explaining in his view, what is behind the housing market's biggest problem.
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Housing Market
Shock data reveals only top 10% of workers can afford average home
Affordability has become so stretched that home ownership risks becoming a privilege for the wealthiest rather than a goal for working people, according to house-buying firm.
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Housing Market
Wannabe homeowner confidence slumps as affordability crisis continues
Affordability crisis and tax uncertainty are locking a generation out of the housing market, warn building societies.
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Housing Market
Property buyers ‘paying less per month’ than renters, says big bank
New data from the bank shows that homeowners with a mortgage are 17% better off than tenants.
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Housing Market
Falling longer-term interest rates could lead to cheaper mortgages
Falling longer-term interest rates could lead to cheaper mortgages and improve the affordability position of potential buyers – especially if wages rise.
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Latest property news
Are new-build homes too expensive for this generation of buyers?
Data from Openpropertygroup.com calculated affordability ratios based on new-build house prices compared with workplace earnings.
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Features
Shine a light
Kate Faulkner explains how the new property indices from OnTheMarket and Reallymoving.com help us understand the market better.
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