None of the parties has made housing affordability a manifesto priority. This is bad news for the millions of young people who are stuck in rented accommodation, at the mercy of one-month notice periods.
Should you have to pass an exam before you are allowed to take out your first mortgage? According to the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, the answer is yes.
The average price of a home in England and Wales fell by 0.6% in March to an average of £164,288, figures from the Land Registry showed today.
With the first time homebuyer’s stamp duty tax allowance now in place, are there compelling reasons to buy a house in the current economy.
The banks continue to display a lack of confidence in the UK housing market and this is reflected by their reticence to lend large percentage loans against house purchases.
There is more incentive than ever for potential first-time buyers to look into getting a foot on to the property ladder, it has been suggested.
Estate agents are finding it harder to push up asking prices as supply continues to outweigh demand, figures from Hometrack suggest.
Oil money is once again flowing through the arteries of Central London. This week it was revealed that a Middle Eastern buyer had bought a £28 million flat at One Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, setting a new global record for this year of £6,000 per sq ft.
A milkman has criticised Google’s Street View website, claiming burglars targeted his garage three times after spotting its door open online.
The major UK lenders expect house prices to be broadly flat over the coming year and for mortgage lending to increase moderately, shows the Bank of England’s Trends In Lending report.
