UK housing market is past its ‘peak pain’, declares Savills

Upmarket estate agent says prices will start to bottom out in 2024 as interest rates fall and will return to growth in 2025 Julia Kollewe Britain’s housing market is past “peak pain” and prices look likely to bottom out by next summer, according to the estate agency Savills. The average UK house price is projected to […]

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Bank of England raises UK interest rates

Image copyrightREUTERS The Bank of England has raised the interest rate for only the second time in a decade. The rate has risen by a quarter of a percentage point, from 0.5% to 0.75% – the highest level since March 2009. While the decision means that the 3.5 million people with variable or tracker mortgages […]

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