A shortage of homes for sale last month sent house price growth spiralling for the seventh consecutive month to 12.6%, prompting concerns that property values…
View More Average UK house price exceeds £260,000 for first timeTag: First-time buyers
Asking prices for UK homes show record rise, as demand exceeds supply
Asking prices for homes coming on to the market in Britain rose by a record 2.3% in February, according to the property website Rightmove. The…
View More Asking prices for UK homes show record rise, as demand exceeds supplyAverage UK first-time buyer is now older than 30, says Halifax
The average age for joining the property ladder in Britain has risen to above 30 in every region of the country, as surging house prices…
View More Average UK first-time buyer is now older than 30, says HalifaxLittle-known deadline threatens to scupper homebuyers’ dreams
Sam Walker was looking forward to moving into his new home with his family once all the construction work was done. But then his plans…
View More Little-known deadline threatens to scupper homebuyers’ dreamsFirst-time buyers in England offered new homes at up to 50% off
First-time buyers in England will be able to apply for a discount of up to 50% on a new-build home under a government scheme. The…
View More First-time buyers in England offered new homes at up to 50% offNationwide predicts UK house prices will continue to rise
The UK’s second largest mortgage lender, Nationwide Building Society, said house prices would continue to rise this year beyond the stamp duty holiday but warned…
View More Nationwide predicts UK house prices will continue to riseHomebuyers struggle: ‘Sellers just add the stamp duty saving to the price’
The housing market has defied expectations over the past year, fuelled by people’s desire to move to properties with gardens and space to work from…
View More Homebuyers struggle: ‘Sellers just add the stamp duty saving to the price’Will 95% mortgage scheme give generation rent a foot in the door?
It was billed as a way to give prospective homeowners access to the housing market. When the chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a mortgage guarantee scheme…
View More Will 95% mortgage scheme give generation rent a foot in the door?Nationwide increases amount it will lend to first-time buyers
The UK’s biggest building society is increasing the sums it is willing to lend first-time buyers in a move it said would enable homeownership for…
View More Nationwide increases amount it will lend to first-time buyersHome ownership unaffordable despite 95% mortgages, analysis shows
The government’s scheme to turn generation rent into generation buy will not help single thirtysomethings get on the property ladder in much of England and…
View More Home ownership unaffordable despite 95% mortgages, analysis shows