by | Jul 10, 2018 | Mortgages
Mortgage restrictions could end reliance on property investment to drive economy Mortgage restrictions should be imposed on UK homebuyers by the Bank of England to prevent house prices rising for at least the next five years, a prominent left-of-centre thinktank has...
by | Jul 5, 2018 | Mortgages
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has raised expectations of an interest rate rise next month, after talking up the UK’s economic performance. Data points to a pick-up in growth in the second quarter of the year, after a disappointing start to 2018, according to...
by | Jun 27, 2018 | Mortgages
As part of a £9bn investment in affordable housing, the government confirmed a further £1.67bn to build 12,500 new homes outside the capital. Back in March, the government confirmed the same sum for 12,500 social rent homes in London. This funding will include homes...
by | Jun 8, 2018 | Mortgages
Getting on to the property ladder is three times harder today than it was in 1966 when England won the World Cup and the average house was £2,006 compared to today’s £211,000. To coincide with the World Cup, online mortgage broker Trussle has compared UK house price...
by | Jun 1, 2018 | Mortgages
Letting agents reported a rise in the number of landlords selling up in April ARLA Propertymark has revealed that in April, letting agents saw the highest number of landlords selling their buy-to-let properties since records began in 2015. The number of landlords...
by | May 16, 2018 | Mortgages
Homes suitable for first-time buyers could ‘flood the market’ in the coming year as one in five (19%) landlords look to sell, the National Landlords Association has predicted. National Landlords Association data indicates that 45% of landlords intend to sell...
