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![Connells’ new index shows affordability crisis gripping renters](/upload/images/shutterstock_2340278007.jpg)
A new lettings market index has been launched by the Skipton Group, parent company of Connells, the country’s largest lettings and...
23 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Households will have to invest in Green technology - Carney](/upload/images/EcoHomes-2-400x310.png)
Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates, not election worry, hold back housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Leading property players and analysts suggest that the lacklustre housing market figures produced by the Halifax over the weekend owe more...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning - ‘new normal’ interest rates to be far higher than before](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Although much focus is on the Bank of England and when it will begin to cut interest rates, a sobering warning...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision announced by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has kept base interest rate at 5.25%. Some industry figures hoped for a cut following yesterday’s inflation news,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![No Excuse Not To Cut Rates Today - Agents’ demands](/upload/images/shutterstock_2103114257(1).jpg)
Inflation back on target and following speculation about a summer interest rate cut have prompted Propertymark to insist that the Bank...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renting Still Cheaper Than Buying with a 5% Deposit](/upload/images/shutterstock_2322919583.jpg)
Would-be buyers with a 5% deposit face paying £300 per month more in mortgage repayments than if they continued renting, says...
19 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘No Interest Rate Cut This Summer’ after bad news from government](/upload/images/shutterstock_2350743813.jpg)
Any lingering hope of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been hurt by the government’s Office...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hot Money now on August Interest Rate Cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_1510264187.jpg)
Inflation figures are down - but not as much as many analysts expected. The basic Consumer Price Index figure fell from 3.2%...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate cuts this year, suggests IMF - but it isn’t all rosy…](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
The International Monetary Fund has suggested that the British economy could accommodate three interest rate cuts this year, with Kate cuts...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good news on Inflation expected this week](/upload/images/shutterstock_2289278283.jpg)
Inflation is expected to drop sharply in the April figures due out this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility and Bank of...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Gimmick Stamp Duty Cut would trigger evictions - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A stamp duty cut in the run up to a General Election would see house prices go up and evictions soar,...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![RICS: Landlord instructions in short supply as market slows](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/LandlordNews-400x310.png)
The latest RICS UK Residential Survey results suggests that tenant demand continues to lose momentum. Alongside this, landlord instructions remain in short...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rent Ceilings Have Been Reached - agency's stark warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
The chief executive of one of Britain’s largest franchise agency chains is warning that rents may no longer be able to...
18 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Average rent arrears climb as cost of living crisis bites](/upload/images/shutterstock_2141239399.jpg)
Average rent arrears claims climbed to £1,816 in the first quarter of this year. That’s a rise of 27% from £1,435 in...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates to stay high despite this week’s good inflation news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Interest rates are expected to stay high despite good inflation news likely to be announced this week. The Office for Budget Responsibility...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Knight Frank sees it - market update from research guru](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
It feels as though the UK housing market is waiting for something to happen. The prevailing mood is one of anticipation with...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Almost No Reduction in Buy To Let Supply, insists think tank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
There’s been at most a one per cent reduction in landlords in the buy to let sector, a think tank claims...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Massive PropTech boost from Rightmove and finance institutions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest and Rightmove have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This is the first...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Get On With It! - agents say Bank should cut rates now](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MPowered%20Mortgages%20cuts%20rates%20MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Propertymark is telling the Bank of England that now is the perfect time to cut base rate and trigger wider interest...
21 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Crunch Week ahead for interest rates and inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Latest inflation figures are announced on Wednesday and the Bank of England makes its next base rate decision on Thursday. The Office...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Letting agents demand mortgage lenders cut rates to help market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2038493723.jpg)
The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically...
01 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents plead with Bank of England after buy to let mortgage arrears soar](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
Propertymark wants the Bank of England to cut interest rates following data showing soaring mortgage arrears and repossessions. Lenders trade body UK...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Union slams Bank decision as workers face high rents](/upload/images/shutterstock_651677062.jpg)
A trades union has slammed the Bank of England over its decision to keep base rate at 5.25 per cent, saying...
02 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Decision - all eyes on Bank of England](/upload/images/shutterstock_2155405011.jpg)
The Bank of England has kept its base rate at 5.25 per cent but markets forecast this will drop from the summer as...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock figures put interest rate cut on the back burner](/upload/images/shutterstock_2148997377.jpg)
There are growing fears that the hoped-for Bank of England base rate cut this spring - the first off possibly several...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer warns that Summer will be hectic for lettings sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
Summer looks like it’s going to be a hectic period for lettings agents and the private rental sector according to TV...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Savills reveals which buy to let region it tips for best returns](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Residential buy to let in the North West of England, London industrial property and retail warehouses are set to be the...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let investors compete with owner occupiers - Nationwide](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Owner occupiers have been competing with landlords in the battle to purchase smaller properties, new figures show. Smaller properties are often preferred...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![This week’s inflation news may determine a New Year interest rate cut](/upload/images/shutterstock_2164169901.jpg)
All eyes are on HM Treasury this week ahead of the next inflation figures, to be released on Wednesday morning. Analysts suggest...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Mortgage Arrears Double In Just One Year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Cases of buy-to-let arrears have doubled in a single year, according to a new analysis. The research, from Octane Capital, analysed quarterly...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rental growth to slow as supply catches up with demand](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
An agency has issued its rental market forecast for 2024. Chestertons says rents are forecast to have increased by 6.5 per cent...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bad news on interest rates despite this week’s big fall in inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
Inflation figures for the year to October are out this week and are expected to have fallen to 4.8 per cent. That’s...
13 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate optimism fuelled by surprise improvement in inflation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/InterestRatesDecline_400x310.png)
There’s growing optimism that tomorrow’s Bank of England monetary policy committee meeting will see base rate held for another month -...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rate Rise Fears return after “bad news” inflation figure](/upload/images/shutterstock_263591438.jpg)
There are growing fears of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next month following the surprise inflation figure released...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise move by Propertymark, welcoming house price fall](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has cautiously welcomed the Nationwide’s house price index showing a 5.3 per cent fall in the year to September. It says...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Huge number of renters struggle to make payments - Which?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
An estimated seven million UK households are struggling to keep up with their rent or mortgage payments, Which? warns, with millions...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Eyes on Lenders - rates expected to drop sharply this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Mortgage experts are expecting significant falls in the cost of borrowing this week as lenders drop their rates. Following last week’s decision...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let sell off triggers flurry of auction activity](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
The auction house appears to be bucking the downward trend in the wider housing market. And much of it is down to...
22 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise Interest Rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has revealed its latest decision on base rate - which in turn has a strong influence on...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![“Don’t Raise Rates Again!” - Industry figure’s desperate plea to Bank](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
An outspoken property industry figure has urged the Bank of England not to hike interest rates. The National Association of Property Buyers...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England urged to increase interest rates AGAIN](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
The Centre for Economics and Business Research says the Bank of England should increase UK interest rates by another 0.25 per...
19 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![New figures escalate threat of yet another interest rate rise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
The spectre of yet another Bank of England base rate rise next week has been increased by economic figures released in...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market may improve this autumn predicts finance chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
A mortgage expert says it’s likely that the housing market will improve this autumn. Octane Capital studied Property lending mortgage approval trends...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents told to set ‘tracker’ rents that rise with interest rates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
Two letting agents have been quoted in a newspaper report as saying landlord clients have instructed them to create ‘tracker’ rents...
04 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another Interest Rate Rise On The Way - leading expert warns](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesIncrease_400x310.png)
The relatively good news over inflation delivered by the government yesterday will not stop a 15th successive base rate rise from...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Good news (sort of) for tenants wanting a mortgage to buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/mortgage-400x310.png)
Tenants seeking a way to buy a home have been given at least slightly reassuring news by Rightmove. The portal says the...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England reveals latest interest rate decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest rate rise ‘could light a rocket under UK housing market’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
The US central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 22 years - even though inflation in that...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Another interest rate rise likely - but might it be the last for now?](/upload/images/shutterstock_795256498.jpg)
Most economic and housing analysts believe another base rate rise is on the cards for next month - but the sharp...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let mortgages worst hit by rate rises - new figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Buy to let mortgages have seen the largest interest rate increase of any mortgage category according to new research. Barrows and Forrester...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Prime Central London rental supply improving at last - agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
The story of low supply in the prime London lettings market appears to be coming to an end, says Knight Frank. The...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bring back Help To Buy to combat soaring rents - legal call](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A prominent property law consultancy wants Help To Buy, or similar schemes, to be resurrected. Dutton Gregory Solicitors says that with the...
27 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Chancellor’s Crisis Meeting - pleas for rental help mount](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is today charing a crisis meeting of mortgage lenders, as calls mount for him to take action to...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock interest rate decision by Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has announced its latest change in base rate, which is used by most lenders to determine interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff - agent’s claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HouseInspection_400x310.png)
A prominent lettings and sales agency says there are four reasons why house prices won’t fall off a cliff, despite interest...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Survey shows widespread ignorance about interest rates](/upload/images/shutterstock_646163290.jpg)
The results of a new survey show widespread ignorance about how interest rates work and about how the Bank of England’s...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Bank of England reveals latest decision](/upload/images/Bank%20Increase.jpg)
The Bank of England has announced its latest decision on base rate. This has been increased by 0.25 per cent to 4.5...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bank of England base rate to go up again - gloomy forecast by experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_3-400x310.png)
Financial analysts are unanimously warning that Bank of England base rate will rise yet again tomorrow. If they are correct this will...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates to soar further - new warning from leading body](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Housing_Market-400x310.png)
One of the most respected financial organisations says markets are now betting that the Bank of England base rate will hit...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Funding exists for agency takeovers despite soaring rates - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
A consultancy that handles lettings agency acquisition says funding options exist for companies wishing to buy others, despite rising interest rates. Lucy...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents react to Bank of England interest rate decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has raised base rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent - the highest level since...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock inflation figure means rate rise today likely - analysts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_3-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Surprise surge in buy to let mortgage uptake - new survey](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Buy to let investors have created the largest increase in the mortgage market in the past year, it’s being claimed. Octane Capital...
22 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Capital appreciation for rental sector lags behind owner occupation](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
Figures out this morning from high end agency Savills shows a 5.1 per cent increase in capital appreciation on average across...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![More interest rate rises to come, warn experts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
There are more Bank of England base rates to come, a group of property finance industry experts has warned. Personal finance comparison...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates to rise again as top agent warns on sales market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
The chief executive of Propertymark is warning that interest rates are likely to rise at least one more time. The remarks by...
09 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Better-than-expected economic news sugars interest rate pill](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
The headlines from yesterday’s Bank of England announcement are dominated by the base rate rise, but there’s been some unexpected good...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rates could fall by a quarter despite latest rise - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRatesdecrease_400x310.png)
Interest rates may be on the way up right now following the latest Bank of England decision but there’s good news...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates: Bank of England announces latest decision](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased base rate to 4.0 per cent - its 10th rate rise in a row. Nathan Emerson,...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Crystal Balls? Solicitor predicts five trends for buy to let in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A prominent legal firm has given its view on the five key trends facing the private rental sector in 2023. These come...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Market slowdown starting according to latest house price figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
The average house price in Wales reached a new peak of £249,076 at the end of 2022 but cost of living...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sinking mortgage approvals suggest fewer moving out of rentals](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases in November came to 46,075 according to the Bank of England. The 46,075 figure...
05 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![As You Were! Rate rise won’t change market dynamics - Rightmove](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_4-400x310.png)
Rightmove says yesterday’s Bank of England base rate rise to 3.5 per cent - the ninth hike in as many Bank...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rates - Bank of England's latest announcement](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased base rate by 0.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. This is the ninth consecutive base...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Rise - more bad news expected](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets again this week with a further interest rate rise likely if base rate...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![House price fall is “first sight of mini-Budget carnage” - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
A financial expert says the latest house price index, showing the biggest monthly fall for over two years, is the “first...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage experts give gloomy forecasts on buy to let](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/remortgage_400x310.png)
Mortgage experts appearing before a committee of MPs have given an especially gloomy forecast for the buy to let sector in...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Areas furthest from London will fare least badly, predicts Savills](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
Savills, which at the end of last week released a gloomy forecast predicting a 10 per cent price drop for average...
07 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Enough Is Enough - should next interest rate rises be delayed?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
A senior lettings industry figure says the Bank of England should delay future base rate rises to allow the housing market...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Savills adds to gloom with forecast of major price falls next year](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Savills is the latest agency to suggest significant house price falls next year - although in its long-range forecast it says...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rates up as agent warns public to “wake up and smell the coffee”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
The Bank of England has increased its base rate from 2.25 per cent to 3.0 per cent. This is the largest hike...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate Rise - lettings sector braced for bad news](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageRates1_400x310.png)
There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets tomorrow, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sunak in No 10 - Sigh of relief from agents and industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Rishi%20Sunak%2003_400x310.png)
There seems to be an industry-wide sigh of relief that Rishi Sunak has become Prime Minister. His coronation marks the end of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents welcome Hunt tax change - but who knows what’s coming?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxCoins-400x310.png)
Propertymark’s chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed the dramatic government U-turn on taxes - but most importantly has retained the stamp...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Truss confirms Corporation Tax U-turn](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/LizzTrussPM-400x310.png)
As expected there has been another substantial U-turn by Prime Minister Liz Truss. A few minutes after sacking her former Chancellor Kwasi...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Arrears likely to rise as debt intensifies - Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England is warning that many households will struggle to meet their rent or mortgage commitments if interest rates...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Cuts take effect immediately](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate rise announced by the Bank of England](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BankofEngland-400x310.png)
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Interest rate set for another big rise - eventually](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTax-Wide-InArticle.jpg)
The next meeting of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has been delayed by a week. A tweet from the BoE...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Double-whammy interest rate rise this month, predicts analyst](/upload/images/library/interest-rate-warning-24715.png)
A leading business consultancy says the Bank of England will once again increase interest rates by twice the minimum permitted. CMC Markets...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Corporate investors side-stepping tax set to move into rental sector](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-Newspaper-400x310.jpg)
A leading market analysis suggests that the private rental sector may be set to benefit from large scale corporate investors seeking...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour MP calls for rent controls to help combat cost of living crisis](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A Labour MP says the government should introduce emergency rent controls as part of a package of measures to combat the...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shock for lettings and sales markets as big interest rate rise announced](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_345890261.jpeg)
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has announced that base rate is rising from 1.25 to 1.75 per cent. The rate is now...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove shows how interest rate rises may indirectly boost rental sector](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Data from Rightmove shows how an interest rate rise today, when the Bank of England meets, might effectively boost demand in...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - how much interest rate rises add to mortgage payments](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Mortgage-image400x310.png)
With the next Bank of England interest rate decision timed for tomorrow, it’s just been revealed that rate increases so far...