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The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...
17 June 2022
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House price growth is set to slow but talk of a correction is overstated, Savills claims. The latest house price forecasts from...
01 June 2022
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Buyers and sellers should focus on the Bank of England’s actions rather than words when it comes to the housing market,...
16 May 2022
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The property market is bracing for the start of the slowdown in the rate of house price growth. The Halifax House Price...
09 May 2022
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Buyers are being urged to act now to secure decent mortgage pricing as interest rates hit a 13-year high yesterday. The Bank...
06 May 2022
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The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...
05 May 2022
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Buyers are already tightening their belts and choosing not to borrow as much as they could, but instead calculate what they...
22 March 2022
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The Bank of England has confirmed that base rate is to rise again, for the third time in three months, to a...
17 March 2022
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Storm clouds continue to gather over the UK economy with growing inflation, another likely interest rate rise, and a warning from...
14 March 2022
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There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month. Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...
09 March 2022
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A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...
17 February 2022
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OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...
14 February 2022
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After a long period of improvement in the level of product choice for borrowers, February has seen mortgage availability fall for the...
09 February 2022
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Here’s the odd thing about interest rates - we all care about them, but they don’t directly affect that many people...
05 February 2022
From: Features

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows. Following...
04 February 2022
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With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...
04 February 2022
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The Bank of England has increased the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. This means a typical tracker...
03 February 2022
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is set to meet today to consider a possible rise in base rate -...
03 February 2022
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At the risk of mixing my metaphors, any mention of energy has become something of a blue touch paper in the...
08 January 2022
From: Features

As 2021 draws to a swift close, there is much speculation about what 2022 will have to offer. Despite the emergence of...
18 December 2021
From: Features

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years, in response to surging...
17 December 2021
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Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...
08 December 2021
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House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...
01 December 2021
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Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...
09 November 2021
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The head of research at a leading agency is warning that although the housing market remains buoyant, there may be macro-economic...
08 November 2021
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...
05 November 2021
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Analysts suggest there is a 50:50 chance of a base rate rise being announced by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy...
04 November 2021
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Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...
14 August 2021
From: Features

One of the leading housing market analysts says some of the extreme house price rises seen this year could unwind during...
28 July 2021
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Right now it seems that another day means another house price record, an all-time high for transactions, and a conveyancing log-jam...
12 June 2021
From: Features

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...
19 May 2021
From: Features

Transactions and house price forecasts for the mainstream housing market are being revised upwards by Savills following the Budget. The new predictions follow an...
09 March 2021
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The Bank of England is to review the affordability tests imposed on borrowers, opening the door to a possible relaxation of...
22 December 2020
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The Bank of England’s monthly interest rate decision was made today - but instead of it being announced at 12 noon,...
05 November 2020
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At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...
13 March 2020
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Despite still being in the transition period after leaving the EU on January 31, we are seeing an upturn in the...
22 February 2020
From: Features

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today for its monthly decision on whether the move base rate - and...
30 January 2020
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Multi-national financial institution UBS says there could be a cut in the Bank of England base rate as early as May...
07 January 2020
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The Bank of England has once again maintained base rate at 0.75 per cent - but it is warning that the...
20 September 2019
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The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee - which meets monthly to set the base rate on which the costs of...
02 August 2019
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Labour is proposing two methods of controlling house price rises should it win the next General Election - and the ideas...
11 April 2019
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The chief executive of online agency HouseSimple says “sellers need to be prepared and willing to lower their expectations” in the current...
07 December 2018
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There’s been another drop in mortgage arrears and possessions for owner occupiers - although an increase for some elements of the...
10 August 2018
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In a surprise announcement, house prices picked up in July with the annual rate of growth rising from 1.8 per cent...
08 August 2018
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Most estate agents have tried to dismiss the impact of the Bank of England’s base rate rise, which came following a...
03 August 2018
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A leading estate agent is warning that an interest rate increase today ould hurt the delicate balance of the housing market. The...
02 August 2018
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The mortgage industry may be throwing agents and the housing market something of a lifeline - it’s been revealed that 40...
25 July 2018
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Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...
29 June 2018
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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the base rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent this month. The...
10 May 2018
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House prices in the three months to the end of April were 2.2 per cent higher than in the same period...
09 May 2018
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A new survey suggests that despite many lenders increasing their rates, most mainstream mortgages are down compared to the start of...
25 April 2018
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Over the last few weeks, mortgage lenders have started to adjust their pricing in anticipation of a further interest rate rise...
21 February 2018
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The costs of the majority of mainstream mortgages increased in the final three months of last year. The news comes from mortgage...
30 January 2018
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The London-focussed estate agency Cluttons says chains in central London are becoming increasingly fragile thanks to general uncertainty in the wider...
28 November 2017
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Data from Hometrack shows that the gap between average earnings and house prices has reached an all-time high in London. The price...
28 November 2017
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A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...
24 November 2017
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We recently witnessed the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increase the base interest rate for the first time since...
07 November 2017
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The Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. The Bank’s monetary policy committee was...
02 November 2017
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Experts suggest that a possible interest rate rise this morning - if it is backed by a majority of members of...
02 November 2017
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As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee consider whether to increase base rate later this week, new figures from the...
31 October 2017
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Analysts believe a rise in the Bank of England base rate is on the cards next month as a result of the...
18 October 2017
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Respected mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says that the costs of some mortgages are already rising in the expectation of a base...
10 October 2017
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The housing market may appear stagnant but one of the leading monitors of the mortgage market says many rates for borrowers...
11 July 2017
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There are more mortgage products available to buyers now than at any time since 2008 according to respected finance monitor service...
10 May 2017
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The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features

A new report from the NatWest Bank nips in the bud any speculation that rising inflation may end the current cheap...
20 January 2017
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Research from the consumer organisation Which? suggests that the number of mortgages on the market has increased by 13 per cent...
03 October 2016
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Fears raised over the UK housing market in the wake of the Brexit vote have so far proved to be ‘wide...
30 September 2016
From: Features

Those working within the UK housing market would have felt considerable worry about the immediate impact of the vote to leave...
23 September 2016
From: Features

This week, tech startup Habito claims to have launched the world's first artificially intelligent 'digital mortgage adviser'. The robo-adviser takes into account...
16 September 2016
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The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features

The Bank of England may cut its base rate again, but probably not until November predicts a survey of 59 leading...
07 September 2016
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The Bank of England says the number of new mortgages fell to 60,912 in July, down from 64,152 the previous month...
31 August 2016
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The investment advice company UBS Wealth Management says it is likely that UK house prices will flatline by the end of...
23 August 2016
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The number of mortgage products available is now over 23,000 - a figure last seen during the heady days just before...
22 August 2016
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There has been a spur in activity in the mortgage market since the Bank of England base rate dropped to 0.25...
17 August 2016
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The Bank of England has, as expected, cut its base rate to 0.25 per cent after a record seven years at...
04 August 2016
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Estate agents and mortgage experts have reacted to the Bank of England’s surprise decision to keep base rate unchanged at 0.5...
15 July 2016
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The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...
14 July 2016
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The Bank of England is expected to set out its latest thinking on the UK’s Brexit economic changes today - including...
05 July 2016
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One of the leading members of the Bank of England's influential Monetary Policy Committee has suggested that the recent fall-back in...
22 December 2015
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In many respects 2015 has been a good year. Despite global challenges, we have seen a marked improvement in the UK...
11 December 2015
From: Features

A member of the Bank of England’s key Monetary Policy Committee says waiting too long to raise interest rates risks undermining...
18 August 2015
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The imbalance of supply and demand in the housing market “will lead to even stronger price gains over the next 12...
14 August 2015
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At first sight the decision by the Bank of England not to raise base rate appears good news for the industry...
07 August 2015
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The Bank of England is to publish three previously-separate pieces of information on interest rates tomorrow in a bid to avoid...
05 August 2015
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In case we didn’t learn the lesson last time around, we appear to be on the brink of a refresher course...