The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) reports that in October, a third (32 per cent) of total sales made were to First Time Buyers – a nine per cent rise from September and the highest number since records began 16 years ago in 2000. The last time the...
Investment levels in the ever popular buy-to-let market have started to pick up once again following the slight slowdown that happened after the UK Government decided to implement a higher rate of tax on landlord buyers. In April this year landlords faced a new reality being...
Love it or loathe it, official figures released recently indicate that house building nationwide is still on the rise. A lack of investment from both within the UK and overseas was expected to stall construction across the country in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, but...
According to This is Money: "First-time buyers were handed more loans to buy a home than at any other time since before the financial crisis, new figures suggest. The number of loans issued leaped by 24 per cent in June when compared with the previous month, to 34,300. ...
A survey by specialist broker Mortgages for Business reports that there has been a substantial increase in lending in the past six months to buy to let investors who have incorporated. Transactional data reveals that the number of buy to let mortgage applications completed by...
Letting Referencing firm Homelet report that rents across the UK still continue to rise but at a slightly decreasing rate. Rents agreed on new tenancies over 3 months to the end of May 2016 were up by 4.4% compared to an annual rate of 7.6% in May last year. Landlords and Agents&...