Debtors are getting wealthier
An increasing number of wealthier homeowners are seeking debt help as the rise in unemployment and falling property prices puts pressure on household budgets, the Consumer Credit Counselling Service said.…
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Lloyds breaks first time buyer mortgage deadlock
Lloyds is offering a new deal for first-time buyers that allows parents or friends to use their savings as a guarantee against a default. The bank is offering to lend…
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A date for the diary?
The Daily Telegraph newspaper has picked 16 September 2026 as the perfect day to buy your next house. The paper asked a number of property experts to estimate the date…
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Banks fail the âstress testâ
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published details of its âstress testâ for banks, which assumes that house prices will halve and unemployment will peak at 12 per cent. The…
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Asking prices up for fourth month
Asking prices for properties in England and Wales have risen for the fourth month in a row to a six-year high, according to property website Rightmove. The average price has…
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The cost of registering property is going up
The Land Registry is planning to increase its fees by nearly a third to boost its income in the face of falling property transactions. The Registry said that the steep…
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Rents remain stable
Typical rents in the UK remained unchanged in May, after nine consecutive months of falls, findaproperty.com has found, as the average rent remained at £819 a month. This was 5.5…
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Home ownership out of reach for a third
Despite falling house prices research from Circle Anglia has found that a third of Britons believe that home ownership is still out of reach to them. People living in the…
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Tokyo is world’s most expensive expat city
The decline in property values and a drop in sterling has sent London tumbling down the list of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates, according to the Mercer survey.…
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Analysts warn against latest âgreen shootsâ
Economists have been quick to dampen speculation that the housing market has hit the bottom after yesterdayâs figures from Halifax showing house prices had increased 2.6 per cent in May.…