Items tagged with: house prices
Quiet mortgage market 'pushing up rents'
25 May 2012
More people are being forced to remain tenants - at a higher cost - because of the relative difficulty of obtaining a mortgage, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Could solar panels stop you getting a mortgage?
11 April 2012
Concerns that 'free solar panels' could prove to be an expensive mistake for homebuyers look likely to increase, following new claims that some banks and building societies are rejecting mortgage applications for some properties installed with the panels.
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360,000 first-time buyers 'trapped in their first homes'
16 November 2011
Up to 360,000 first-time buyers (FTBs) who got their foot on the property ladder in 2007 are likely to be 'trapped' in their first homes, due to the subsequent fall in house prices, new research from HSBC has revealed.
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Recession Britain: who's been hit hardest?
11 November 2011
Britain's 'North-South divide' has become even wider since the recession began - and this gap is only expected to grow, according to the new 'Regional household exposure to financial stress' index from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
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Private rents 'unaffordable' in 55% of England
13 October 2011
Average private rents are too costly for normal working families in 55% of local authorities in England, according to new research from housing and homelessness charity Shelter.... read more »
Home loans: 'equity injection' continuing
5 July 2011
As this year got underway, homeowners in the UK kept up the trend of 'equity injection', according to Bank of England figures. An article on the BBC website tells the story.... read more »
Average house price rises for sixth month
20 June 2011
The average house price increased for the sixth consecutive month in June, according to the latest figures from the Rightmove House Price Index (HPI).... read more »
`Roller coaster` ride for UK house prices continues
4 May 2011
Figures released by the Nationwide Building Society have revealed that UK house prices `continued their roller coaster route` in April, recording a 0.2% fall following a 0.5% rise in March, the Guardian reports.... read more »
A recession of surprises
22 February 2010
The 2008-2009 recession wasn`t the first - and it won`t, unfortunately, be the last. A lot of bad things have happened, from rising unemployment to record levels of personal insolvency, but it hasn`t been all bad news.... read more »
Could we see a `double-dip` in house prices?
5 November 2009
By many economists` accounts, the future is looking positive for the housing market. But there is another theory: that house prices will only continue to rise for a short amount of time and may fall again. So what are the reasons behind this?... read more »
Mortgages: house prices reach 2008 levels
5 October 2009
The latest figures from Nationwide have shown that house prices are now back at the level they were at in September 2008.... read more »
New figures show 0.2% increase in house prices
29 September 2009
New figures from Hometrack have shown a 0.2% rise in house prices during September, compared with the previous month, according to Mortgage Strategy.... read more »
Quarter of `pensioners` must work or face debt problems
16 September 2009
A new report has suggested that one in four people of retirement age cannot afford to quit work, but will have to continue working indefinitely, according to The Guardian.... read more »
Mortgages: housing market `will return to growth in 2011`
6 August 2009
The National Housing Federation (NHF) has said that house prices could rise by 20% between 2012 and 2014, but gave a less positive forecast for the more immediate future.... read more »
Average house price up by 0.9%
3 July 2009
The latest survey from mortgage lender Nationwide has shown a 0.9% rise in average house prices in June, compared with the previous month.... read more »
Mortgages: gap between asking and selling prices `narrowing`
16 June 2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has claimed that the gap between asking prices from sellers and the price homes are actually sold at may be narrowing.... read more »
Mortgages: biggest house price jump in almost seven years
11 June 2009
The latest figures from major mortgage lender Halifax have shown the biggest monthly jump in house prices for almost seven years.... read more »
Mortgage approvals rise, but house prices still falling
5 June 2009
The latest figures from the Bank of England show a third consecutive monthly rise in the number of mortgage approvals for homebuyers.... read more »
Mortgage provider: house prices rise 1.2% in May
29 May 2009
The average house price has risen by 1.2% since April this year, according to Nationwide, making May the second month in three months in which it has risen.... read more »
Mortgage debt in Scotland - good news for FTBs
28 May 2009
First-time buyers (FTBs) in Scotland are finding they need to take on smaller mortgage debts to buy their first home, the Bank of Scotland reports.... read more »