Estate agent says house prices fell in January
The price of the average home dropped 0.5% in January, with prices dropping by 3.4% over the year, according to...
Property wealth of the over-65s races past £1.1 trillion
Retired homeowners saw their properties gain £7,900 in value on average last year, taking overall property wealth among the over-65s...
Cohabiting couples confusion over what happens to the house if they die
A third of cohabiting couples do not know what their legal rights would be regarding their home if their partner...
Rent controls ‘would leave tenants worse off’
Linking future rent increases to inflation would cost tenants more than the current system, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has...
Number of first-time buyers hits decade high
Around 365,000 people bought their first property in 2017, the largest number of first-time buyers since 2006, according to new...
House prices grew 5.2% in 2017
New figures from the Office for National Statistics have confirmed that house prices grew by an 5.2% in 2017 to...
Property deals targeted by money laundering criminals
Organised criminals are targeting solicitors during property purchases in order to launder money, it has been claimed.
Tracker mortgage numbers drop to lowest level in nine years
The number of tracker rate mortgages, which move up and down in line with the Bank of England’s bank base...
Repossessions and arrears falling
The number of properties being repossessed by mortgage lenders has fallen again, according to new data.
‘January blues’ for housing market
The housing market got off to a poor start in January according to the latest report from the Royal Institution...
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