‘Should I buy-to-let?’ has been an oft-asked question in recent years, but not, it’s true, in...
house prices
“‘Great news for homeowners’ as HSBC and TSB make further rate cuts”
This should be good news, not just for those getting a new mortgage but also for your investments....
“UK house prices see modest uptick in October but remain below last year’s levels”
Now here’s an area in which everyone is an expert and seems to know how to ‘time the market’....
“Should you fix your mortgage forever?”
In the US (and, randomly, Denmark) it’s the norm to fix-rate your mortgage for the life of your...
“Fixed rate mortgage crunch could force over-55s back to work”
More of the Law of Unexpected Consequences. Apparently, over 400,000 over 50s have ‘left the...
“Four of Britain’s biggest lenders cut rates on fixed mortgage deals”
A majority of mortgagees are on fixed rate deals these days. Most mortgagors offer the chance to...
“UK house prices fall at sharpest rate for 14 years, says Nationwide”
As rehearsed many times, I’ve been a house price doom-monger for many a month. As with those who...
What’s going to happen to house prices?
‘What’s going to happen to house prices’, I was asked yesterday. I’m proven to be the wrong person...
“Halifax index shows UK house price drop accelerates”
So gentle subsidence, rather than a crumble to rubble seems to be the predicted pattern for house...
“First-time buyers’ borrowing power hit by affordability stress”
Lenders have to assess whether or not you can afford a mortgage, and in recent years this has...
“The global housing boom is running out of steam”
We tend to think that obsessing about house prices is a Brit-thing, but the relentless (for now)...
“The latest sign showing house price falls are coming soon”
Many would say that house prices have had their inflation bubble and more, and that the rest of...
“House prices now 21% higher than pre-Covid: Nationwide”
OK, hands up, I’ve consistently said house prices can’t go up, certainly at this rate, forever....
“Landlords in the dark over the EPC rule change”
‘The Housing Shortage’ is unlikely to be solved by the thousands new new-build estates (I counted...
“Labour leader calls for extra taxes on private landlords”
The rise of buying-to-let and the private landlord is a relatively recent thing. It happened on...