UK Finance
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Latest property news
Mortgage lenders asks Minister to back ‘phased approach’ to Stamp Duty deadline
New UK Finance CEO, David Postings, holds talks with Housing Secretary at Ministry covering Stamp Duty but also leasehold and cladding issues.
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1.6 million mortgage holders given payment holidays so far
Extraordinary figures have been released by UK Finance, but it is still unclear whether these mortgage holidays will impact homeowners' willingness to move home after the pandemic eases.
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Features
Summer surge? Autumn dirge? Winter freeze?
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, ”When they were up they were up, and when they were down, they were down and when they were only halfway up they were neither up nor down.”
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Features
Brexit means move… Brexit means stay…
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “We currently have two types of buyers and sellers: those who wanted to move last year and now aim to move before Brexit – and those too worried to move at all, right now.
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First time buyer mortgage completions hit unexpected 12-year high
First stepper market proves the most resilient as home movers continue to wait and see until Brexit is over one way or another.
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Features
Brexit worries continue to unsettle the market
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices.
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Mortgage lending: the only thing certain – is uncertainty
The latest UK Finance figures reveal first-time buyer and home-mover mortgages were up, while remortgages were down.
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Housing Market
Good times back? Mortgage market stages ‘extraordinary’ recovery
Figures for July from trade group UK Finance shows highest number of mortgages for buying homes since 2009.
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Features
First Time Buyers come to the market!
Designs on Property tracks and summarises the property indices. Kate Faulkner says, “The current generation of FTBs are more savvy than those before, they see a depressed market as one which is good news for them, rather than one to stay away from.”
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Latest property news
Surprise! Housing market stages unexpected April recovery
Latest research by UK Finance and NAEA Propertymark reveal improving activity as transactions and mortgage approvals increase.
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