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Home lending declined in UK in July but too early to blame Brexit
Home owners in the UK borrowed £10.6 billion for house purchases in July, down 13% month on month and 12% year on year, the latest data from lenders shows. They took out 58,100 loans, down 14% on June and 13% on July 2015, according to the data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders which is […] The post Home lending declined in UK in July but too early to blame Brexit appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading
New house building in UK up 5.6% year on year
New house building in the UK increased in July, up 5.6% compared to the same month in 2015, according to the latest construction figures to be published. Overall output in the construction industry was flat month on month but new home building prevented the headline figure from going into negative territory, the data from the […] The post New house building in UK up 5.6% year on year appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading
UK to speed up planning for new homes
Measures in the UK’s new Neighbourhood Planning Bill will support more house building and provide more local say over housing developments, it is claimed. According to Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell it will speed up and strengthen the popular neighbourhood planning process by simplifying how plans can be revised as local circumstances change and […] The post UK to speed up planning for new homes appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading




