Mortgage approvals reach to highest level since 2007
The number of mortgage approvals in November 2020 increased to the highest level since August 2007, according to...
Manchester and Leeds see strongest UK house price growth
Throughout the past year, Manchester and Leeds has led UK house price growth. The north of England is...
UK house prices up 7.3 per cent – strongest annual growth in six years
UK house prices enjoyed their strongest annual growth for six years in 2020 as the market was spurred...
House prices rose at twice the rate of flats in 2020
The rate at which the price of houses is rising is more than double that for flats as...
Tenant rent arrears decline but industry urged to remain cautious
The percentage of tenants in rent arrears decreased during October and November, according to research from PayProp. Payment...
More Support Needed Landlords Tell Inquiry
Rather than concentrating on measures to block tenant evictions, Government focus should be on providing better support for...
HMRC: November residential transactions up 19.3% on last year
UK residential transactions in November 2020 stood at 115,190, 19.3% higher than November 2019 and 8.6% higher than...
The Scottish property market tipped to fly in 2021
THE logistics and residential real estate sectors of the property market in Scotland have been forecast to “dramatically...
Sales agreed on £62bn more homes in 2020 than 2019
More activity at higher price points means the value of homes selling is 26% higher than in 2019...
London leavers bought 73,950 homes outside the capital in 2020
In 2020 London leavers purchased 73,950 homes outside the capital, the highest number in four years, Hamptons research...
NatWest to reintroduce 90% LTV mortgages
NatWest is reintroducing a range of 90% LTV residential purchase mortgages to enable customers with smaller deposits to...
2021 house price growth to reach 4%
House prices should inflate by 4% in 2021, Rightmove’s House Price Index found. The firm said housing will...
Number of UK buy-to-let landlords has increased by 49% in five years
The number of UK buy-to-let landlords has risen 49% in the last five years to an all-time high...
Bank of England: Loan values rise by 2.9% annually in Q3
Despite a decreasing share of high loan-to-value (LTV) borrowing, mortgage lending remained strong in Q3 with the outstanding...
House hunters race to beat stamp duty deadline
In the Chancellor’s spending review yesterday, it was revealed that the stamp duty holiday would not be extended...