Government is to underwrite mortgages once again for buyers who can only scrape together a 5% deposit for their first home.
Read MoreCovid roadmap: Will market normality finally return, agents wonder?
Many in the industry are hoping that the latest 'Boris bounce' will help smooth over the potential Stamp Duty cliff face.
Read MorePhew! Moving home exempted from new English lockdown
Estate agents were holding their breaths this evening as Boris Johnson made the much-anticipated announcement that England is to once more return to a total lockdown. Citing the alarming speed at which…
Read MoreHousing market market to stay open in new Tier 4 areas
Announcement by Boris and commentary from civil servants and Robert Jenrick suggest - but do not confirm - that branches may stay open.
Read MoreHere’s how to get out of the housing crisis, Boris!
Nick Milton, a biographer of much-maligned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, says our current PM could learn a lot from his time in office.
Read MoreBoris executes U-turn over controversial house building algorithm
Government says it has listened to the many MPs whose rural constituencies would have seen 'rapid urbanisation' if the algorithm had been used.
Read MoreNew lockdown won’t stop housing market boom, says industry chief
NAEA Propertymark Chief Executive Mark Hayward claims buying and selling will continue with gusto despite lockdown.
Read MorePM’s new 95% LTV mortgages will ‘add two million owner-occupiers to market’
But commitment today by Boris Johnson to introduce fixed-rate long-term mortgages gets mixed response from industry.
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