Britain’s housing market suffered a fifth month of “subdued” growth in the face of continued Brexit uncertainty, but first-time buyers showed signs of life, Nationwide reported. House prices were just 0.9pc higher in April than the same month last year, although this was an improvement on the 0.7pc annual growth seen in March. April marked the fifth month in a row that growth […]
London property rents fell for the first time in six years in July, a major U.K. estate agency said on Monday, with landlords opting to rent out rather than sell houses in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union (EU). Rents in the capital city fell by 0.5 percent over the […]
Rising house prices and increasing consumer confidence had driven mortgage lending to a seven-year high, causing a new dilemma for policymakers. Banks handed out more money through loans and overdrafts in October than they had in almost a decade, The Times reports. The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney recently sounded a warning […]
