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Housing Market
‘Bank of England will hike rates despite falling inflation’
The fall was driven by a reduction in the energy price cap and food prices but services inflation which the bank monitors rose to 7.4% from 7.2%.
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Housing Market
Interest rates of 6% and 7% will be the new normal
Mortgage Advice Bureau boss Peter Brodnicki says that stubborn inflation continues to see the Bank of England pushing rates up.
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Landlords will struggle to hit looming EPC regulations in race against time
Ben Thompson of Mortgage Advice Bureau says proposed changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard regulation, mean rental properties will need an EPC rating of at least C by 2028.
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Features
The lending lottery
It’s been a volatile six months for mortgage rates. Richard Reed asked a team of experts to indicate where they think rates might be heading.
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Exemptions to EPC rules ‘certain’, warns leading property figure
Former ARLA Propertymark president, Maxine Fothergill, says the Government will have to allow exceptions to the minimum C rating.
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Regulation & Law
Landlords ‘face huge bill’ to meet EPC target claim agency
Research by Knight Frank estimates it will cost landlords in England nearly £18 billion to ensure their properties reach a C rating.
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Regional estate agency’s mortgage arm goes national
Charters Financial Services is rebranding to Mortgage Decisions to target more third-party businesses including estate agents, shared ownership and new homes developers.
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easyProperty.com returns to Easy Group after collapse of Evolve
Hybrid agency's software and client database is sold to owner of easyCapital, Charles Hancock.
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Features
The mortgage market – the squeeze is on
The fallout from Covid and the Stamp Duty holiday have pushed mortgage demand to unprecedented levels and some buyers are still finding it hard to get a loan, as Richard Reed discovered.
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LSL financial arm PRIMIS now largest agency mortgage broker
Hive of acquisition, integration, brand building, joint ventures and distribution agreements now make it bigger than MAB, report claims.
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