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![Election result already priced-in to housing market, says top analyst](/upload/images/Election%20housing%20.jpg)
The result of the election isn’t likely to be a gamechanger for the housing market, a prominent business consultancy says. An analysis...
02 July 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
![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
![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
![Pity The Poor Renter - analyst says tenants face tough conditions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.png)
An Office of National Statistics survey shows that the top three issues facing the UK are still the cost-of-living crisis (89%),...
16 May 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
![Improving market doesn’t solve underlying problems - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/DamagedProperty-400x310.png)
Promising figures from the latest house price index doesn’t mean underlying problems in the market have been solved, warns Propertymark. UK house...
04 April 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
![HMRC rakes in hundreds of millions more in property-related tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Renters’ resilience dropping - analyst’s warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/DemandDown-400x310.jpg)
Renters are less financially resilient than recent remortgagers according to an analysis by business consultants Hargreaves Lansdown. It says over two thirds...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let lending for older landlords falls off a cliff](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in property tax for HMRC ahead of possible Budget change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short lets tax change this week just the first of many in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...
03 January 2024
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
![Controversial ex-Countrywide boss appointed to new post](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Almost six years after her departure as chief executive of Countrywide, Alison Platt has been appointed to a new senior position. She...
30 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
![Many want to go self-employed - but do the figures add up?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/ManSavingMoney_400x310.png)
At a time when the agency industry is being wooed by new self employed business models, a new survey suggests most...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![More tenants struggling to pay rent - government figures](/upload/images/shutterstock_424330099.jpg)
More people are struggling to pay their rent according to a new government survey. The study, by the Office for National Statistics,...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor confidence rising ahead of tomorrow’s inflation figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 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
![High rents push more first timers into buying - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
The property market could be emerging from the downturn, Zoopla says. Annual house price growth remains just 3.0 per cent according to...
04 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
![Analyst gives bleak warning about housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
A prominent business analyst has given a bleak warning about the prospects for property investors and other home owners in 2023. Sarah...
06 April 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
![Agents’ hopes rise for a soft landing for sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
“Optimism has survived another difficult month” says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown in response to the latest house price index. Indeed, the industry...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants renting longer and paying more - new survey’s findings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tenant_Dispute-400x310.png)
Over the last decade, the proportion of people aged 24 to 64 living in their own home has fallen and the...
19 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
![Warning that renters will have poorer retirement than owner occupiers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Over55Tenant-400x310.png)
There’s a warning that renters are likely to endure a less affluent retirement than owner occupiers. Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown says 16.3...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Millions of tenants expect to rent all their lives - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Angels%20Sales%20%20Lettings%202019%20(360x280).jpg)
A new survey by business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown suggests that out of the 20 per cent of households who now rent...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Renters to suffer badly in cost of living crisis, warns analyst](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/UpsetCouple-400x310.png)
Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned. Sarah...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning over Capital Gains Tax on buy to let sales](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL-CardboardHouses-400x310.jpg)
A business consultancy is warning that buy to let sellers in the current market are likely to be squeezed - and...