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Mortgage rates are dropping faster than many expected, Rightmove claims. Nationwide unveiled a 3.99% five-year fix for home purchases this week –...
25 July 2024
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Interest rates were held for the sixth consecutive Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday, as agents expressed hope of a cut...
21 June 2024
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Agents remain typically optimistic about the property market after interest rates were been held at their 16-year high of 5.25% by...
10 May 2024
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Prominent housing and mortgage experts are downplaying the chance of an interest rate cut following the Bank of England monetary policy...
03 May 2024
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Inflation has eased to 3.2% down from 3.4%, official figures from the Office for National Statistics show, the lowest level since...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Interest rates were held for the fifth consecutive time after the latest Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting yesterday. The...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England maintained interest rates at 5.25% yesterday, raising hope among agents that this would boost buyer confidence and...
15 December 2023
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House prices increased for the third month in a row during November but are still down annually, Nationwide data shows. The lender’s...
04 December 2023
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Interest rates were held for a second consecutive month yesterday, giving agents renewed hopes that the cost of borrowing has reached...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Average mortgage rates have dropped slightly, providing possible respite for homebuyers. The latest Moneyfacts data shows the average two-year fixed mortgage rate...
28 July 2023
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The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...
18 July 2023
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The Bank of England’s strategy to tackle inflation isn’t working, an agent has claimed, after policymakers hiked rates for the 12th...
12 May 2023
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A financial adviser has hit out at the Bank of England, claiming homeowners and business should be furious about its interest...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...
25 March 2023
From: Features
Estate agents have expressed hope that the latest interest rate rise is the last after the Bank of England increased the...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market has been warned to expect fewer sales and more expensive mortgages after interest rates were raised for the...
03 February 2023
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Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...
14 January 2023
From: Features
Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...
04 November 2022
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With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
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The Bank of England is being urged by property professionals to avoid further interest rate hikes this week. The Bank’s Monetary Policy...
20 September 2022
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A lender is predicting mortgage-backed home purchases will be “significantly lower” in the coming months after borrowing has dropped since the...
17 August 2022
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Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...
02 August 2022
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Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...
06 May 2022
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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
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is set to meet today to consider a possible rise in base rate -...
03 February 2022
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As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...
18 December 2021
From: Features
Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...
08 December 2021
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A leading agency has admitted that the uncertainty over the effects of the Omicron Covid variant has thrown forecasts for the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...
17 November 2021
From: Features
The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...
05 November 2021
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Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...
04 November 2021
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Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...
18 October 2021
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The Bank of England has played down worries that interest rates may have to rise as a result of growing levels...
25 June 2021
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The Bank of England will intervene if it considers soaring house prices will affect the inflation rate says Sir Dave Ramsden,...
03 June 2021
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The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...
05 November 2020
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The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
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Multi-national financial institution UBS says there could be a cut in the Bank of England base rate as early as May...
07 January 2020
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The Bank of England has once again maintained base rate at 0.75 per cent - but it is warning that the...
20 September 2019
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...
02 August 2019
From: Breaking News
While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...
25 May 2019
From: Features
Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...
11 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A slew of property experts and commentators have put the blame on Brexit for a surprise drop in house price growth...
07 January 2019
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Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...
03 August 2018
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A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...
02 August 2018
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One of the UK’s leading group of economic experts has repeated its warning that housing market is not going to see...
09 July 2018
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The housing market “is clearly currently struggling to gain traction” and any real upturn ”will remain elusive over the coming months”...
20 June 2018
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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...
07 November 2017
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The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...
02 November 2017
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Experts suggest that a possible interest rate rise this morning - if it is backed by a majority of members of...
02 November 2017
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As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee consider whether to increase base rate later this week, new figures from the...
31 October 2017
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When it comes to provoking anger in property professionals, taxation takes some beating. Press releases are still arriving berating the December...
01 July 2017
From: Features
Average prices in prime central London remained flat in May but are down 6.6 per cent on the year according to...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News
Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features
The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features
The Bank of England may cut its base rate again, but probably not until November predicts a survey of 59 leading...
07 September 2016
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The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...
14 July 2016
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One of the leading members of the Bank of England's influential Monetary Policy Committee has suggested that the recent fall-back in...
22 December 2015
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A member of the Bank of England’s key Monetary Policy Committee says waiting too long to raise interest rates risks undermining...
18 August 2015
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At first sight the decision by the Bank of England not to raise base rate appears good news for the industry...
07 August 2015
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The Bank of England is to publish three previously-separate pieces of information on interest rates tomorrow in a bid to avoid...