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Most people helped onto housing ladder by UK govt schemes are first time buyers
The majority of those helped by the UK Government’s flagship Help to Buy schemes have been first time buyers, the latest statistics show. When they were first launched there were warnings that they would be used by people who didn’t really need help to buy a home and not the first time buyers they were […] The post Most people helped onto housing ladder by UK govt schemes are first time buyers appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Buy to let landlords facing rising costs due to change in 2017 unlikely to raise rents
Individual landlords in the UK’s private rented sector, including those with a buy to let mortgage are adopting an even keel mentality in the face of considerable change. New research based on the largest survey to date of UK landlords commissioned by the Council of Mortgage Lenders and carried out by Kath Scanlon and Christine […] The post Buy to let landlords facing rising costs due to change in 2017 unlikely to raise rents appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
UK house prices set to grow 2% in 2017, half what was predicted before Brexit vote
House prices in the UK are set to rise by 2% in 2017 as growth is held back by uncertainty around Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, according to a poll of housing analysts. However, prices in London are set to see a small decline of 0.5% before recovering in 2018, says the results […] The post UK house prices set to grow 2% in 2017, half what was predicted before Brexit vote appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →