The number of under-40s, in particular, renting without apparent hope of buying has risen by over...
UK Property
“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,...
““Sir Howard Davies should be ashamed” – brokers react to NatWest chair’s property ladder comments”
‘Just when bankers’ reputations have started to recover’ might be something of an exaggeration....
“‘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’....
“Stamp Duty hike expected to raise costs by £2.5k – Coventry Building Society”
We’ve just heard that house prices have suffered their biggest fall since 2009, when the effects...
“John Lewis foray into BTR could result in losses of £57m”
I did predict a while ago that Waitrose Homes rather than Waitrose Home Deliveries could be the...
“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...
“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...
“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...
“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...