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Landlords Waiting Five Months To Reclaim Properties

Landlords Now Waiting An Average Of Five Months To Reclaim Properties

Every landlord knows the difficulties of repossessing a property from a bad tenant, but the situation is worse than originally thought. It’s now taking more...

Interest-Only Mortgages

Interest-Only Mortgage-Holders Unprepared, says FCA

The end of the term for interest-only mortgage-holders is set to peak over the next 10 to 14 years, and borrowers are not prepared, warns...

Property As A Pension

Property Still The Best Pension Out There, Say Savers

It’s still better to buy property than save money in a pension, according to people who took part in a recent survey. In their regular...

More Buyers Accept Ultra-Long Mortgages Due To High Rates

More Buyers Accept Ultra-Long Mortgages Due To High Rates

Research suggests that mortgage rates have seen the highest increase since March of this year. As a result, more and more homebuyers are forced to...

Rising Mortgage Rates Will Impact First-Time Buyers

Rising Mortgage Rates Will Impact First-Time Buyers

According to Zoopla‘s latest House Price Index, 35% of all transactions in the housing market this year were made by first-time buyers. But rising mortgage...

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Experts Divided Over Merits Of SDLT Extension

The chancellor is reportedly planning to extend the stamp duty holiday to June, saving buyers an estimated £1.75bn on 300,000 additional transactions. The move would...

Gap Between Renting And Buying

Gap Between Renting And Buying Falls To Decade Low

Research by Halifax has shown that the gap between renting and buying has fallen to its lowest level in almost a decade, with homeowners typically...

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Home-Working Is Changing The UK Housing Market

The property sector is undergoing change as thousands of people start their fifth month of home-working and more firms commit to making long-term arrangements for...

Buy To Let

RLA And NLA Issue Blunt Warning For UK BTL Market

The leading landlord associations are warning that the Government’s strategy for the housing market will backfire because the Budget did not provide any relief for...

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Regional Property Divide Still Favours The South

Research conducted by Springbok Properties shows that, although market uncertainty is adversely affecting the more expensive southern regions, the north-south property divide still favours the...

Is now the right time to buy a house?

Is Now The Right Time To Think About Buying A House?

From an ongoing global pandemic to the deepest recession on record, the societal issues we currently face have left the financial sector in a state...

Property Sales Predicted To Fall By 21%

Property Sales Predicted To Fall By 21%

13 December 2022 – Signs that the housing market is cooling down are becoming more concrete, with banking trade body UK Finance predicting property sales...

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Homeowners Better Off In Long Run

Although homeowners gain financially in contrast to tenants, mortgage regulations are preventing would-be buyers from stepping onto the property ladder. New research conducted by the...

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

Homeownership Only Possible In 40s For 20% Of Brits

17 April 2024 – A recent Nationwide poll revealed that young Brits are pessimistic about homeownership. One out of five surveyed expressed that they expect...

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Govt To Build 160,000 Affordable Homes On Brownfield Sites

In his Autumn Budget on Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave details of the Government’s investment in brownfield sites in the years to come. The Government...

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Desperate First-Time Buyers Take On Longer Loans As House Prices Soar

Some home buyers risk spending thousands of pounds more in interest by taking on longer loans in order to make rising house prices more affordable....

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