Street price premiums: ‘Square’ commands 117% above average

The latest research by property finance specialists, One77 Mortgages, has looked at what road type commands the highest property prices across the nation. Using Land Registry data, One77 analysed thousands of property records over the last year to find the average sold price across the likes of Road, Hill, Avenue and more, to see which…

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Housing affordability lowest level in a decade in 2018

Forget the good old days – Housing affordability was at its highest in 2016 but 2018 brought the lowest level in a decade  The latest research from property finance specialists, One77 Mortgages, has looked at how house price affordability has really changed over the years and when homeownership was at its most obtainable, based not…

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Help to Buy house prices have overheated by £63k

Help to Buy house prices have overheated by £63k & could leave FTBs in Government induced negative equity! The latest research by for sale by owner website, www.OkayLah.com, has revealed how the Government’s Help to Buy scheme has hugely overheated and while the big house builders that have taken advantage of the scheme have made…

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Brexit brings bitter taste for famous food property prices

Areas of the UK famous for their culinary exports have seen house price growth slow behind that of the UK with an increase of just 6%, compared to 7% nationally since the Brexit vote. The worst hit has been Aberdeen, although it’s likely that the declining oil industry has had the largest impact, not the…

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Mortgage approvals up in January 2019

Mortgage approvals were up in January 2019 from the previous month (38.8k & 40.6k). The U.K. Finance Mortgage Approvals, previously reported by the British Bankers’ Association, reports the number of new mortgages approved by high street banks during the prior month. It comprises more than half of the total U.K. mortgage market and thus provides…

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The nation’s most lucrative property postcodes revealed

The latest research by for sale by owner empowerment portal, OkayLah.co.uk, has looked at where across England and Wales is home to the most lucrative property postcodes, based on the amount of property sold there over the last year. The data shows that despite slower market conditions caused by political and economic uncertainty, over £250bn…

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