by Taryn Johnston | Jul 7, 2021 | Mortgages
HSBC has cut prices on around 40 fixed-rate mortgages by up to 0.3 per cent, leading to the lender’s lowest ever fixed rate mortgage of 0.94 per cent. The lender’s previous low had been a two-year fixed rate priced at 0.99 per cent which was capped at 60 per cent loan...
by Taryn Johnston | Jun 23, 2021 | Mortgages
Residential property sales reached their highest May total for seven years last month as buyers rushed to take advantage of the stamp duty holiday, according to official figures. There were 103,100 residential sales in May on a provisional and non-seasonally adjusted...
by Taryn Johnston | May 26, 2021 | Mortgages
The percentage of properties selling for over the asking price reached the highest level on record as eager buyers outnumbered available properties by 16 to one, according to NAEA Propertymark. The trade body says that 32% of properties sold for more than asking price...
by Taryn Johnston | May 21, 2021 | Mortgages
House prices in the UK rose 10.2% in the year to March 2021, the highest annual growth rate seen since August 2007. However, the figures from the Office for National Statistics come with the caveat that less transaction data is available for March, meaning there may...
by Taryn Johnston | May 12, 2021 | Mortgages
The government will bring in a property planning bill aimed at modernising the planning system, according to the Queen’s Speech. During the speech, the Queen outlined plans to modernise the planning system to enable more homes to be built, provide more help for...
