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Mortgage market in UK could be subdued in 2017 with Brexit and potential rate rise
Gross mortgage lending in the UK reached £20.4 billion in December, down 4% from the previous month but 4% higher year on year, the latest figures show. It brings the estimated total for the year to £246 billion, a 12% increase on 2015’s £220 billion and the highest annual gross lending figure since 2008, according […] The post Mortgage market in UK could be subdued in 2017 with Brexit and potential rate rise appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests
Hundreds of thousands of new homes could be built on car parks in the UK without losing parking facilities and helping to boost the number of properties being built, new research suggests. Some 400,000 new homes could be built on 10,500 ‘surface’ car parks in towns and cities around the country, enough to house around […] The post Car parks across UK could be used to build new homes, research suggests appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Landlords and tenants leaving the lettings market in central London as costs rise
Tenant demand in the residential lettings market in central London is showing signs of slowing and landlords are looking outside the city for higher yielding investment, new research suggests. The number landlords reporting a rise in tenant demand in the fourth quarter of 2016 fell by almost 30% points when compared to the same quarter […] The post Landlords and tenants leaving the lettings market in central London as costs rise appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →