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Flagship Help to Buy schemes continue to be popular in UK
More than 185,000 people in the UK have been able to buy a new home using the Government’s flagship set of Help to Buy schemes, the latest quarterly statistics show. Of these over 150,000 or 81% have been first time buyers with the average house price for purchases with support from Help to Buy schemes […] The post Flagship Help to Buy schemes continue to be popular in UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Passing on full interest rate cut would make UK homes more affordable, research points out
First time buyers in London could save up to £518 a year on mortgage payments and up to £244 in England and Wales, if the latest rate cut was passed in fully by lenders, new research has found. A full transfer of the Bank of England’s 0.25% rate cut would bring the mortgage rate down […] The post Passing on full interest rate cut would make UK homes more affordable, research points out appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
UK Property Ombudsman steps in to outlay portal juggling in the residential industry
The Property Ombudsman in the UK has announced it will issue updated versions of all its Codes of Practice in order to address emerging industry issues, in particular the manipulation of internet portals known as portal juggling. The practice involves the manipulation of property portals which misleads consumers by removing and re-listing homes on various […] The post UK Property Ombudsman steps in to outlay portal juggling in the residential industry appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
