Is the property market ‘mini-boom’ over already?

A string of estate agents and surveyors across the country have started to see activity in the housing market slow down after a surge in recent months.  While October saw buyer demand, sales and prices remain solid, the longer-term outlook for the market looks ‘subdued’, experts at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have warned. … Read more

Missed loan payment: Two million miss mortgage and loan repayments but could still get a mortgage

Families who have struggled with money at some point in the past three years have seen their finances disproportionately hard hit as a result of coronavirus.  Those who have a history of struggling to keep up with debt repayments are about 50 per cent more likely to have got further into debt as a result … Read more

Missed loan payment: Two million miss mortgage and loan repayments but could still get a mortgage

Families who have struggled with money at some point in the past three years have seen their finances disproportionately hard hit as a result of coronavirus.  Those who have a history of struggling to keep up with debt repayments are about 50 per cent more likely to have got further into debt as a result … Read more

Halifax: House prices rocket 7.5% in a year to add £18,000 to average home

House prices have leapt 7.5 per cent over the past year as the lockdown property mini-boom has driven the cost of the average home above £250,000, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender said today. Halifax said that property inflation had hit its highest level since the middle of 2016 on its long running house price index, with … Read more

Halifax: House prices rocket 7.5% in a year to add £18,000 to average home

House prices rocket 7.5% in a year to add £18,000 to the cost of the average home, says Halifax, but is the lockdown mini-boom already slowing? Average house price reaches a new record high of £250,457, on Halifax index Property inflation at 7.5% is the highest it has been since mid-2016 October saw a monthly … Read more

What does England’s new lockdown mean for the property market?

Secretary of State for Housing, Robert Jenrick, tweeted that the Housing market will remain open in light of Thursday’s new lockdown measures. The deep freeze that the property market was plunged into by the first lockdown in March will not return, as England finds itself told to stay home again. England’s property market can continue … Read more

Insta-mortgages are an instant hit with new lender Generation Home

Aspiring homeowners struggling to raise a large enough deposit to qualify for a mortgage might find they now have an alternative option – available through Instagram.  Generation Home is a brand new mortgage lender, launching earlier this month and marketing its home loans to Britons through social media.     While all other UK mortgage lenders require … Read more