UK Property News Recap – 13.10.23
Slightly later than planned, last week's UK property news recap, was full of politics, forecasts and spats. Soaps are progressively looking more probable and optimistic against the current drama unfolding in our day to day lives. Welcome to another update on everything UK property related. The Labour Party Conference The labour party
UK Property News Recap – 06.10.23
This week was largely dominated by HS2 and the absence of any real housing policy at the Conservative party conference. House prices took a further tumble along with the number of new homes under construction, leaving “advisory” targets abandoned in earmarked sites. Welcome to another UK property news recap. Average House
Property News Recap – 29.09.23
This week started off sluggish before building to a crescendo of information on interest rates and transaction data. Sensing property news was slow, Halifax, Rightmove and Zoopla competed for coverage by bringing out fresh data on buyers habits and numbers, before the Bank of England top trumped them, with mortgage
UK Property News Recap – 22.09.23
At the start of the week, UK Property News looked set to be fairly predictable but as the week unfolded the country found itself engulfed in economical and political dramas that changed the narrative. From Rightmove’s predictable HPI analysis to better than expected inflation data that swung the MPC vote
UK Property Recap
It was clear that the first full working week, sans les enfants, meant business for UK Property. After 6 weeks of speculation on what the market would do, there was an eagerness to report on how it had fared during the holiday season. To kick start this weeks UK property
UK Property News Recap
Like all good series, a recap is never a bad thing. Welcome to my new weekly UK PROPERTY NEWS RECAP. This will be released every Friday but to kick start this Monday, l thought I'd run through everything property related that was circulating in the news last week to clear
ONS House Price Index – how reliable is it?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) house price index has long been relied upon as the most reliable of the indices when trying to decipher what house prices have actually been doing. This is due to it being the only index that doesn’t discriminate on how buyers paid, and includes
The Political Game Around Homeownership
Both Labour and the Conservatives are sparring over the state of the housing market. As we hit summer next year, expect electoral promises around increasing housing supply and reintroducing schemes designed to kick start the housing market by enabling first time buyers access to the market, in return for your vote.This
RICs observations on the UK housing market
Over the past six months RICS’ monthly UK Residential Market Survey has demonstrated buyers’ and sellers' changing mind-set from complete dejection to mild hope. With many seemingly believing that the market was on course to stabilise, down from its ‘Pandemic High.’ This analysis is based on RICS surveyors’ assessment of the market
Interview with Clifton Private Finance about the mortgage market in 2023
In the first in a series of interviews with industry professionals, I ask Carly-Marie Cheeseman from Clifton Private Finance, a specialist mortgage broker sourcing the most cost-effective and appropriate finance solutions, about the mortgage market in 2023. Clifton Private Finance is credited for it's expertise and experience in high-end property