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A global payments issues that could have hit home sales has now been resolved, the Bank of England has confirmed. A statement...
18 July 2024
From: Breaking News
The UK housing market has returned to its pre-pandemic size, Savills claims. Research by the agency brand suggests the total value of...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Today, I am reflecting on the Chancellor’s surprise Spring budget decision to abolish multiple dwellings relief for Stamp Duty Land Tax...
16 March 2024
From: Features
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
The number of mortgage approvals edged up for a second month in a row during June but remains below 2022’s monthly...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed in August but remains in double digits, Nationwide figures have revealed. The lender’s August House Price Index shows...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
House price growth slowed in June but remains in double figures, Nationwide data shows. The latest Nationwide House Price Index shows property...
01 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features
For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
The value of mortgage lending hit a record high in the final months of the stamp duty holiday. Figures from the Bank...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A highly influential think tank says stamp duty should be scrapped for all house purchases once and for all. Alexander Hammond of...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Annual house price growth remains above 10 per cent despite a small monthly dip in July according to the Nationwide. A 0.5...
29 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Some 80 per cent of the property market will remain free of stamp duty for first-time buyers, even after the current...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals declined slightly in January as the market braces itself for the end of the stamp duty holiday - currently...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The housing market may be slowing as we enter December but the latest snapshot suggests there’s still momentum with mortgage approvals...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals for house purchases have soared to a 13 year high according to Bank of England figures up to the...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features
Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of movers has declined by around 50 per cent since the halcyon days of 2006, before the global financial...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The latest Bank of England mortgage figures suggest that approvals for home buyers are running at more than a fifth below...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...
25 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The EY ITEM Club, regarded as one of the most influential groups of economists in the UK, says it’s still “dubious”...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News
Total mortgage approvals by the main High Street banks increased three per cent in May over the same month last year...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Gross mortgage lending is set to reach its highest level since 2007 despite Brexit, says the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association. But its...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
This year is going to be “challenging” for the housing market according to the influential Ernst & Young ITEM Club, a...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Savills has given a pessimistic outlook for the mainstream housing market for the next five years. It says average house prices across...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News
The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News
High end estate agency Savills says the credit crunch - roughly 10 years old next month - is still having an...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
Cash is becoming an increasingly large proportion of the funding used to buy homes according to a new analysis of transactions...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
There are more first-time buyers (FTBs) finding a way on to the property ladder than at any time since the Financial...
01 April 2017
From: Features
The number of home buyers in London dropped to a four-year low in 2016 while the number of loans taken out...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News
The latest Bank of England data on mortgage approvals - a key barometer for likely transactions for agents - shows Brexit...
01 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...
14 October 2016
From: Features
Home-owners borrowed £8.1 billion for house purchases in April, which was four per cent down on the same month a year ago. There...
16 June 2016
From: Breaking News
First time buyers with small deposits are among those likely to suffer as a result of new regulations on credit risk...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News
In December 2015 first time buyers borrowed £4.5 billion for house purchases - that’s up seven per cent on November and...
17 February 2016
From: Breaking News
A poll of conveyancers suggests that the vast majority believe environmental searches to identify the risk of flooding will become standard...
10 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lending has risen 12.5 per cent in the past year, despite a small dip at the end of 2015. Chartered surveying...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The number of first time buyers is estimated to have totalled 310,000 in 2015, virtually unchanged over the past year despite...
12 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The British Association of Removers has entered the dispute over changes to the CHAPS arrangements for the transfer of monies on...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News
The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News
I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...
13 November 2015
From: Features
The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has risen by 19.8 per cent over the last 12 months. Data from eSurv suggests...
09 October 2015
From: Breaking News
In a new sign that the housing market is strengthening, mortgage lending increased in August by the largest amount since 2008. Data...
30 September 2015
From: Breaking News
August saw 69,220 house purchase approvals, up 9.3 per cent on the same month last year and an 18 month high. On...
10 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have been warned by the National Crime Agency that they must not hesitate to inform the authorities if they...