Tag: Housing market
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Prices for a place in the country surge ahead of towns
Property investors have seen prices for homes in rural areas outpace those in towns and cities for the past decade and average house...
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CML admits mortgage lending has sunk to a 10 year low
At last some truths about mortgage lending are starting to emerge from the smoke and mirrors propaganda billowing out from the Council...
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British Bankers Association says bank mortgage lending ha...
High street banks lent less on mortgages last month than at any time since February 2001, according to the British Bankers’ Association...
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It’s a buyer’s market for landlords with cash to invest
Property investors may find the next few months an ideal time to buy reasonably priced property as buyer confidence slips to an 18-month...
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Reluctant landlords cashing in on buy to let bonanza
Letting agents all over the UK are reporting a rush by tenants to rent buy to let homes as the mortgage squeeze continues to stop people...
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House building slips to lowest level for a decade.
Buy to let is likely to ride high for several years to come as the government reports house building in England is at the lowest level...
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Time to look at the brighter side of life.
Most property investors think they have never had it so bad as spending cuts, lack of finance, and the prospect of tumbling house prices...