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High Mortgage Rates and Sluggish Sales Process threaten market

Rightmove reports that the average price of property coming to the market for sale drops by £21 this month to £375,110 after reaching a record high in May, as prices in June follow their familiar seasonal pattern of recent years ...

Mortgage market will see off General Election instability – expert’s view

The mortgage market is resilient enough to endure temporary political uncertainty created by next month’s General Election. ...

House Buyers not deterred by General Election – Rightmove data

New data from Rightmove reveals that 95% of people planning to move home say the July General Election will not affect their plans. ...

Wealthier Home Movers Undeterred by General Election

The majority of buyers and sellers in the prime housing market will not be deterred by the upcoming General Election, claims agency Savills. ...
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Leave voting areas witnessed faster-growing house prices

With the outcome of Brexit hanging in the balance, ‘Leave’ voting areas have recorded higher average house price increases than ‘Remain’ voting areas since the EU Referendum in June 2016. ...
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‘Business as usual’ as majority of advisers unmoved by Brexit

It's been quite the year politically. Brexit, Trump's election, the triggering of Article 50, a new French President and now another General Election.  ...
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Third of mortgage advisers think Brexit will have a positive effect

Almost a third of mortgage advisers believe that Britain’s exit from the EU will have a positive or very positive effect on their business. ...
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Total gross mortgage lending to hit £260 billion this year

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has predicted. ...
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March housing supply at lowest point since records began

The number of properties available to buy through estate agents in March was the lowest level recorded for the third month of the year since records began in September 2002. ...
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Northern Ireland sees highest mortgage sales growth in March

Research carried out by Equifax Touchstone, analysing the intermediary marketplace, has revealed that Northern Ireland had the highest regional mortgage sales growth in the UK in March, with a 21% rise on February. ...
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Research reveals strengthening house price sentiment

The latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit has revealed that households throughout the UK perceive that the price of their home increased over the last month. ...
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Businesses partner to offer Sharia-compliant finance

Two businesses have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives. ...
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House prices dipped in May as market ‘holds its breath’

Average house prices dipped by 0.4% between April and May, according to the latest figures from estate agents Your Move and Reeds Rains. ...
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Long-term interest rates hit a further new low

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and required only a modest mortgage to buy it.  ...
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Annual house price growth stable at 9.2%

House prices in the three months to May were 9.2% higher than in the same three months a year earlier, according to the latest Halifax figures. ...

Barclays slashes mortgage rates across 22 products

Barclays has cut mortgage rates across 22 products and by...

Buyers urged to be ready to strike as prices begin to fall

Buyers are being urged to act as falling house prices...

Rightmove says house prices rise again  but north-south divide continues

Rightmove says affordability is widening the north-south property price divide...
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Affordability still a worry as house prices rise

House prices edged higher in June, but affordability continues to...

Fall-through costs increase £21m in a quarter

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30-year high for young adults living at home

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