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House price growth putting homes out of reach of first time buyers
The number of locations in England where first time buyers using the Government’s flagship Help to Buy scheme can afford to get on the housing ladder is falling due to house price growth. A new Help to Buy Isa savings product was launched last year with the aim of helping even more first time buyers […] The post House price growth putting homes out of reach of first time buyers appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
UK sees rise in lending with mortgages up 7% month on month
Lending for homes in the UK reached £22.5 billion in August, up 7% on the previous month and 15% year on year, the latest published figures show. It is also the highest August figure since 2007 when gross lending reached £33.6 billion, according to the data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders which represents the […] The post UK sees rise in lending with mortgages up 7% month on month appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Call for incentives for UK land owners to build affordable homes
Land owners in the UK should be encouraged to build and manage their own affordable housing in the countryside to help solve the housing crisis, it is claimed. At the National Housing Federation conference Ross Murray, president of the Country Landowners Association, said that affordable rural homes need action. Ahead of the debate with other […] The post Call for incentives for UK land owners to build affordable homes appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →