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UK financial watchdog to see if current mortgage market can be improved for buyers
The UK’s financial watchdog has launched a market study to consider whether competition in the housing mortgage sector can be improved to benefit consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it wants to understand whether consumers are empowered to choose on an informed basis between products and services and are in a position to understand […] The post UK financial watchdog to see if current mortgage market can be improved for buyers appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Family homes to rent in London increasingly unaffordable, new research shows
Properties in London are now so expensive that couples looking for a family home pay more than half of their combined monthly salary to rent a typical three bedroom home, new research has found. They would need to fork out 55.6% or £2,460 of their combined average monthly salary to rent an average property, some […] The post Family homes to rent in London increasingly unaffordable, new research shows appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Research reveals the costs of setting up as a buy to let landlords
More than one in five, some 21% of UK landlords have to wait longer than four months before signing up their first tenants, according to new research into buy to let purchasing. But 53% of landlords have paying tenants within a couple of months of completing their first buy to let but for other delays […] The post Research reveals the costs of setting up as a buy to let landlords appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →