Housing market
Housing market
UK house prices rose by 0.6% in February, a 9.4% increase on the same month in 2013, according to Nationwide Building Society.
28 February 2014
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Tax Planning
It is "not unreasonable" for investors to anticipate a 2% base rate as early as 2016, but increasing rates is still considered a last resort to tame the housing market, according to Bank of England policymaker David Miles.
18 February 2014
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Housing market
Mutuals and building societies have doubled their net mortgage lending over the last year, figures from the Building Societies Association (BSA) show.
03 January 2014
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Housing market
There is a 77% chance UK houses are over-valued, an economist has warned, as the threat of a bubble looms.
12 December 2013
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Housing market
The mortgage market is experiencing "strong upwards momentum" and gross lending may top £200bn for the first time in seven years in 2015, but there is little evidence of a housing boom developing, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
10 December 2013
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First time buyers
The mortgage aspect of the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) is to be discontinued in light of improved market conditions.
28 November 2013
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Housing market
The Welsh government has announced it will launch its £170m Help to Buy equity loan scheme in January.
25 November 2013
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Economics / Markets
The UK economy is heading in the right direction but there are a "number of years to go" before a full-blown recovery can be called, Bank of England (BoE) chief economist Spencer Dale has said.
22 November 2013
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