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February sees house prices r...
A new survey shows that asking prices for properties in England and Wales jumped 3.1 per cent inthe last month, as sellers anticipated a hike in demand with the approach of spring – traditionall...
Emergency talks on housing m...
Stagnant house prices, lenders who are reluctant to agree mortgages and a huge jump in the size of deposit needed to buy have been major barriers to first time buyers over recent months. Now, th...
Home buyers struggle as mort...
Mortgage lending plummeted again in January – by 13% from December to a miserly £9.2billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The lending figure is £1.4 billion do...
Shadow Chancellor’s wa...
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has warned that the governor of the Bank of England shouldbe wary of being drawn into the political arena and allying the Bank too closely to the current gove...