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The Bank of England voted to keep rates at 5% in the September meeting, having cut them in August, stating more cuts are on the cards if inflation stays low. The latest consensus forecast for the Bank rate is to be 4.7% in Q4 2024, suggesting econ... read more »

  July data just released by the Bank of England saw a pick-up in mortgage approvals to just shy of 62,000, the highest monthly rate since the Truss mini budget in September 2022.   This July mortgage data precedes the Bank of England's ... read more »

High mortgage rates and rising prices have led more buyers to seek alternative financial support to enter the market or move up the housing ladder.   The latest Survey of English Housing shows that in 2022/23, 1 in 10 homeowners relied on fina... read more »

Households in England own 4.3 million second homes, according to the 2022/23 English Housing Survey, up from 3.3 million a year earlier. Second properties can be owned or rented.The greatest increase has been in those rented out which form the majori... read more »

With the confirmation of Labour’s plans to require all rented properties in England to have a minimum EPC rating of C by 2030, we look at what this means for the rental sector. In the last 12 months, just 56% of property rentals were in homes ... read more »

After starting the year with a moderation of -1.7%, annual house price growth has recovered to 2.7% in June, bringing the average price of a property to £287,927. This is the first month since April 2023 that all UK regions are recording posit... read more »