The number of under-40s, in particular, renting without apparent hope of buying has risen by over...
house asking prices
“Rents up 9% in 2023 while voids hit historic lows – Goodlord”
Here’s the other side of the ‘housing crisis’. Rents are up by an above-inflation percentage,...
“Santander tightening buy-to-let affordability ‘disaster’ for market”
It’s not just spiralling interest rates which are affecting buy to lets. These have meant that...
“Home REIT appoints new investment manager as rent collection drops to 13%”
This is one of what may be a number of codas to a story featured a couple of weeks ago. Home REIT...
The end of ‘buy-to-let’?
‘The Renters’ (Reform) Bill, introduced to Parliament today, delivers the Government’s 2019...
“Concerns mount over potential fire sale of Home REIT properties as liquidity shrinks”
OK, this might sound a bit obscure if you’re not in the know, but let me tell you what it’s all...
“Lower pricing leads to surge in home demand, says Home.co.uk’s Asking Price Index”
I suppose you could call this classic free-market behaviour; although it’s outside influences, in...
“Annual house price growth turns negative in February, Nationwide”
Negative growth. What a great and typical piece of economists’ jargon. I think they mean house...
“Lloyds boss says business case for buy-to-let ‘really difficult'”
Record low interest rates, soaring house prices and our love affair for property (we all...
“Property sales to fall 21% next year as mortgage arrears rise”
OK, I know I’ve been predicting a property market ‘crash’, or at least a slowdown, for a year or...
“Buy-to-let mortgage payments increase by 286% in one year”
It’s changes in the rental market which will have the biggest effect on property prices in the...
“House sales slump by 63%”
So here’s the thing. Is this just due to the ridiculous stamp duty holiday deadline, which created...
“Oxfordshire property prices rise by 10 per cent in latest figures”
We’re seeing a lot of house-buying FOMO (fear of missing out, parents etc.), with clients asking...
“First-time buyer numbers drop to three-year low outbid by deposit-rich”
Parents’ and grandparents’ other worry is that Generation X/Y or Z won’t be able to get on ‘the...
“House asking prices hit record levels across Great Britain”
So here’s my property buying-and-selling advice (yes, I can give it freely as it’s not regulated!)...