A welcome by-product of the mayhem, for those with mortgages rather than or as well as savings, is...
Tag archive for: UK housing market
“Average earners need £369,000 deposit to buy a home in London, study finds”
That’s how bonkers house prices have become in London. An average deposit of nearly £370,000 is...
“Why you should repay your mortgage early”
‘Should we start by repaying our mortgage?’ Is a question we’re often asked. Many of those who...
“House price recovery boosts homeowners’ equity to a record £5.7tn – ERC”
Property prices just seem to keep on rising. Will the giant housebuilding programmes to come start...
“Average rental cost breaks 2023 ‘ceiling’, rises to £1,470 – Goodlord”
Surely if you can afford to pay nearly £1,500 in rent, you can afford a mortgage? Well, yes,...
“Higher mortgage rates push 320,000 people into poverty”
OK, all the talk is of interest rates moving downwards. The current Bank of England base rate base...
“Home Reit set to wind down in face of debts and FCA investigation”
Housing, particularly social housing, is a hot topic, a focus of the King’s Speech and a flagship...
“Reeves to bring back housebuilding targets”
Yes, this is all part of the plan for growth, growth, growth, but a big part of the pitch is to...
“Does it Still Pay to Be a Landlord in the UK?”
‘Should I buy-to-let?’ has been an oft-asked question in recent years, but not, it’s true, in...
“Triple Point Social Housing REIT eyes £20m portfolio sale”
Here’s a part of what’s gone wrong with to-the-nth-degree privatisation. What used to be council...
“100,000 households to face mortgage increases before general election”
Here’s a stat that could swing the election, if it indeed needs swinging. Many thousands of fixed...
“Rental prices up 6.2% in 12 months to January – ONS”
The number of under-40s, in particular, renting without apparent hope of buying has risen by over...
“Govt cannot expect people to pay mortgage if ministers struggle”
And here are the real-life effects of high, or at least much-higher-than-they-were, interest and...
“Govt considers ‘radical approach’ to homeownership with 1% deposit mortgages”
Here’s another pre-election potential headline grabber which would, I’d say, have longer-term...
“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,...