The property market has been softening across the UK as homes take longer to sell in particular higher up the property ladder, the Bank of England has reported. Its latest quarterly assessment…

Read property industry reaction to today's Bank of England base rate interest hike from 0.5% to 0.75%, the most recent hike since october last year.

Designs on Property tracks and summarises the monthly property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “Lower rates of growth appear to be here to stay, but I don’t think the public or investors appreciate…

The impact of last November’s half-a-percent interest rate rise on home buyer confidence has been offset by the UK’s cheap and readily-available mortgages, the Bank of England (BoE) has revealed in its…

The Bank of England may consider introducing measures to improve financial stability if household debt grows faster than the rest of the economy, says the bank policymaker in charge of financial stability.…

The Bank of England has announced plans to introduce more stringent checks on buy-to-let lenders amid concerns that the property investment market is moving into bubble territory. The Bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority…

Growth in the buy-to-let sector could soon come to a very abrupt end if the Chancellor George Osborne presses ahead with plans to regulate those mortgages available to landlords. The Chancellor announced…

It’s that ‘turmoil’ word again, as the UK flounders in a mire of political pronouncements and predictions.

People thinking of buying a home or remortgaging their existing property should budget for a potential interest rate increase in the coming months after the Bank of England signified that it expects…

As mortgage approvals continue to fall – down to 60,058 in August from 60,925 in July – buy-to-let lending is also likely to decrease with the latest news from the BoE’s Prudential…