Tag: Housing market
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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?
The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start to rise.
Many landlords...
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Housing minister backs rent-to-buy lease options web site
Housing minister Grant Shapps has publically backed a web site advertising rent-to-buy homes.
The scheme seems to promote lease option...
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Letting agents under siege from home hunters
Thousands of home hunters are besieging letting agents to snap up buy to lets as the mortgage famine bites and stops them buying their...
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Building societies ratchet lending up a notch
Building societies approved £1.7 billion in home loans last month – around 23% higher than the £1.4 billion approved a year ago.
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Why Burnley has the cheapest house prices in England
Burnley may wear the crown as the cheapest place in England and Wales to buy a home – but a look behind the glitzy title reveals...
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Property prices in South pull away from the rest of the UK
Estate agents claim data across a range of surveys plots a clear and consistent set of regional trends, says the Royal Institution...
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Housing market is picking up, say estate agents
The housing market has perked up as estate agents report more homes for sale and a jump in the number of hopeful buyers.
The National...