Landlords won’t be able to evict tenants as Robert Jenrick extends ban on bailiffs January 8, 2021 The ban on evicting tenants in England and Wales has been extended by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick today.
UK mortgage approvals soar to highest level since before 2008 Global Financial Crisis January 4, 2021 UK home lending defied expectations of a slowdown in the housing market boom that started after the first Covid-19 lockdown
House price growth hits six-year high as pandemic fails to quell demand December 30, 2020 House prices grew at the fastest rate in six years in 2020, a respected tracker has revealed. Property prices skyrocketed by 7.3 per cent across the year, according to the Nationwide House Price Index. Home prices increased by 0.8 per cent in December alone. Read more: A booming Britain will need a broadband boost The [...]
UK housing market ‘to grow four per cent’ in 2021 December 14, 2020 British house prices are set to grow an average of four per cent in 2021, according to property website Rightmove, despite the looming end of a tax break and forecasts of rising unemployment. Rightmove said asking prices for property first advertised between 8 November and 5 December were 6.6 per cent higher than a year [...]
UK house prices grow at strongest pace in four years December 7, 2020 UK house prices soared by 7.6 per cent in the year to November, according to the latest figures from Halifax, as buyers sought more space and tried to beat the end of the stamp duty holiday. House prices rose 1.2 per cent month on month and 7.6 per cent year on year to hit an [...]
UK house prices grew at fastest rate since 2015 in November December 1, 2020 UK house prices grew at an annual rate of 6.5 per cent in November, the fastest rate since January 2015, as the sector batted off the second national lockdown. According to Nationwide’s house price index, prices also increased on a month-on-month basis to be up 0.9 per cent compared to last November. As a result, [...]
OBR forecasts house prices to fall next year as furlough and stamp duty holiday end November 25, 2020 House prices are expected to fall next year due to the end of the stamp duty holiday and a hit to household incomes when the furlough scheme draws to a close.
Housing market fends off significant hit of second lockdown November 9, 2020 While the second lockdown in England has had a detrimental effect on the country’s hospitality and leisure industries, the housing market is having an entirely different experience. The early impact of the second lockdown is bearing little resemblance to the hit it took in March, according to estate agent Knight Frank. UK house prices have [...]
UK house prices see fastest growth in four years but monthly rate slows November 6, 2020 UK house prices grew at their fastest annual rate since 2016 in October, new figures have shown, although month-on-month price growth slowed considerably. House prices jumped 7.5 per cent in October, according to the Halifax house price index, compared to 7.3 per cent in September. Yet growth slowed to just 0.3 per cent when looked [...]
Regulator extends mortgage payment holiday ahead of lockdown November 2, 2020 The financial watchdog has proposed an extension of the mortgage payment holiday for borrowers struggling to make payments, ahead of a second national lockdown