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High interest rates blamed for year-on-year fall with price of average home £14,500 lower than September 2022.UK house prices fell by 5.3% in the year to September, with drops in price in every region of the country as rising interest rates squeeze the…
Britons are raiding savings or cutting pension contributions, KPMG study findsMortgage holders are making big changes to their finances – from cutting pension contributions to downsizing – to cope with dramatically higher monthly payments, a new survey…
Lender says homes needing renovation are most in demand as people seek cheaper propertiesThe number of first-time buyers in the UK has fallen by more than a fifth, while homes in need of renovation are most in demand as buyers look for cheaper properti…
People who lost money for care home fees and others facing rocketing mortgage costs after Truss’s gambit share their storiesThe chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech at the Commons dispatch box on 23 September last year, and his refusal to publish the Of…
Kingfisher says people are staying put as mortgage interest rates and household bills soarBritish consumers are continuing to spend on improving their homes and gardens as an alternative to moving home amid soaring mortgage rates and a surge in househo…
More than 36% of properties have had asking price cut at least once — the highest figure since 2011UK house sellers are cutting their asking prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade, after high interest rates dampened demand for property this s…
Brokers say borrower confidence likely to lift after the first below 5% deal surfaces since June with more offers likely soonA fixed-rate mortgage priced at below 5% has gone on sale for the first time since June as leading lenders announced a fresh wa…
Rent cap limited to 3%, but landlords can go higher when drawing up new tenancy agreementA loophole in Scotland’s temporary rent controls has seen private landlords raise rents for new tenancies more than anywhere else in the UK, data reveals.In an eff…
Households could save £400 a year on energy bills via means-tested insulation schemeHouseholds could save up to £400 a year on energy bills under a new means-tested scheme to insulate more than 300,000 of Great Britain’s draughtiest homes.The governmen…
Jump in borrowers unable to make payments with landlords particularly hit and ‘worse to come’ Analysis: will the Bank listen to business and halt rate rises?Mortgage arrears jumped by 13% in the second quarter of the year to the highest level since 201…