A leading business analyst is firmly blaming interest rates for the see-saw in house prices seen in recent indices. The latest, from...
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The average house prices in England was £290,000 last year, some 8.3 times average annual earnings. This was actually down from 8.5...
26 March 2024
From: Breaking News
23 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase....
09 March 2024
From: The Big Issues
Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing...
02 March 2024
From: Tax & Finance
New figures from lenders trade body UK Finance show a massive fall in buy to let loans for those aged 55...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a...
17 February 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with...
27 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. The...
20 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
A prominent analyst says the threat of rising inflation caused by the Red Sea shipping attacks - on top of this...
18 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysts have warned landlords and others interested in the housing market from celebrating too much following the latest Halifax index figures. The...
08 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A business consultancy claims the HMNRC Self-Assessment helpline - set up to assist those compiling and filing tax returns as the...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell 1.2 per cent in the past year, according to a new Zoopla report out today, with average discounts...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Inflation for the year to October has fallen to 4.6 per cent. That’s a big fall from 6.7 per cent in September...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. Data analysed by business consultancy...
14 October 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A prominent analyst says her reading of the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot makes her believe more house...
15 September 2023
From: Breaking News
House prices fell 1.9 per cent in August and are down 4.6 per cent over the year, according to Halifax. It’s the...
08 September 2023
From: Breaking News
New data from Zoopla this morning makes grim reading for landlords, especially those reliant on capital appreciation and with investment properties...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New housing affordability figures provide one underlying reason why many potential buyers cannot make the move and instead rely increasingly on...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A mortgage expert is warning that a housing market crash now looks ”inevitable” as expectations run high of what many be...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Halifax says house prices were flat in May, but fell 1.0 per cent in a year - the first annual...
10 June 2023
From: The Big Issues
The latest lettings and sales market snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has prompted a warning from a leading...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading analyst says the most recent house price index - released just before the weekend - is a sign that...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s uncertainty over whether the latest inflation figure - showing an annualised drop from 10.1 per cent last month to 8.7...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent business analyst says the great rental sell-off leaves remaining landlords in a powerful position. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
HMRC says UK residential transactions in March totalled 89,560 - that’s a chunky 19 per cent lower than the same month a...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Over two million more people are likely to be higher rate taxpayers by 2028 – thanks to the freezing of the...
01 April 2023
From: Tax & Finance
A senior financial analyst says “runaway rents” are destroying the financial resilience of tenants. Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at business...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Many indices suggest house prices have already dipped, at least slightly, but “forward-looking indication don’t look brilliant either” according to one...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...
18 March 2023
From: Tax & Finance
Landlords making self-assessment tax returns may already be starting to sweat - the deadline is midnight on January 31. Overall - landlords...
21 January 2023
From: Tax & Finance
The Hargreaves Lansdown business consultancy is forecasting a 10.4 per cent drop in house prices from their peak, to take place...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A business analyst has given a colourful assessment of the shortfall of homes to let, describing the current rental market as...
12 December 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s been a slowdown in the annual growth rate of house prices - a movement described as “modest” by the Nationwide. The...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
On the face of it the latest government figures for house price growth makes comforting reading for investors. ONS data shows that...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent personal finance analyst says renters in the private sector are amongst the most badly hit by the cost of...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Startling new housing market data has been interpreted as “torment for tenants” according to a business analyst. The latest Halifax house price...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent financial analyst says the fast-rising costs of renting mean tenants are becoming less financially resilient - and this applies...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Down-sizing, once the preserve of retired home owners, is now a phenomenon in the rental market too. That’s the claim of Sarah...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A business analyst at a prominent consultancy says landlords who resist the temptation to quit the sector are “in a position...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A business analyst has given an interesting interpretation of the soaring rental market - and says it keeps the wider sales...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Renters are amongst the three groups likely to suffer worst as the cost of living crisis unfolds, an analyst has warned. Sarah...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Official government data suggests that rents are rising by 1.8 per cent a year - but a prominent analyst has gone...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, writes: The government has announced extra breathing space for anyone who hasn’t...
08 January 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Bulb Energy, which has 1.7m customers - including, it is thought, many thousands of landlords - is to be put into...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A business analyst is warning owners of older properties that the value of their assets may be cut if energy efficiency...