Tag: Interest Rates

Region with the best house price growth in Britain revealed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2024, 2 years ago | 0

One region has outperformed all other regions of Britain in terms of house price growth since the Bank of England...

High interest rates and inflation hit first-time buyers in 2023

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd January 2024, 2 years ago | 0

The number of people buying their first home with a mortgage dropped to its lowest level in 10 years in...

Halifax predicts UK house prices will fall 2-4% in 2024

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th December 2023, 2 years ago | 0

Halifax, the UK’s leading mortgage lender, is forecasting a steeper drop in house prices for 2024 than was seen this...

Rents will rise and house prices will fall in 2024 prediction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th November 2023, 2 years ago | 4

A market forecast for the sales and lettings markets for the next two years reveals that tenants will see rents...

Landlords slash borrowing amid rising interest rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords have cut down their mortgage debt by almost 20% in a year of economic turmoil, according...

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BTL landlords in mortgage arrears rockets by 29%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th November 2023, 2 years ago | 4

The number of BTL landlords who are behind on their mortgage payments has rocketed by 29% in the last quarter,...

No crash in sight: UK house prices defy expectations of a fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th November 2023, 2 years ago | 4

Economists have revised their forecasts for UK house prices, saying they will not fall this year as the property market...

Landlords split on selling property amid rising costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2023, 2 years ago | 4

Landlords in the UK have different plans for their portfolios in the next 12 months, with two-thirds (66%) of landlords...

BoE leaves interest rate unchanged – property sector reacts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2023, 2 years ago | 3

UK interest rates have been left unchanged at 5.25% by the Bank of England in a move economists had expected....

UK house prices rise in October – but see an annual fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2023, 2 years ago | 0

UK house prices rose by 0.9% in October – but the annual rate of house price growth remained negative at...

Lloyds predicts house prices will keep falling until 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th October 2023, 2 years ago | 2

Lloyds has warned that the UK’s house prices will continue to fall until 2025 as the economy faces higher interest...

Housing market shows resilience amid high interest rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th October 2023, 3 years ago | 1

The UK housing market is proving resilient in the face of high interest rates, according to Nicky Stevenson, the managing...

How rising interest rates could hit BTL landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Since most buy-to-let landlords are heavily reliant on mortgages, there is a potential regional impact should interest rates rise again,...

House prices slip again – interest rates to remain high

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2023, 3 years ago | 0

House prices have fallen by 3.4% in the year to May – which is a bigger decline than the drop...

Difficulties remortgaging due to higher interest rates affecting lenders affordability criteria

Author: Mark Alexander

28th May 2023, 3 years ago | 14

Many landlords are reporting that it has become increasingly difficult to remortgage as a result of higher interest rates affecting...

How to increase the profit from your property portfolio

Author: Simon Zutshi

22nd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

As we all know, thanks to the current high-interest rates, purchases of single-let properties don’t really stack up for many...

Rocketing interest rates will scupper the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd May 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Landlords will increasingly look to sell up if interest rates continue rising, a round table discussion reveals. The host Phil...

Shock poll finds 44% of landlords will sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2023, 3 years ago | 16

If interest rates rise to 4.5% next month, 45% of landlords say they will sell up, a survey reveals. The...

Renters worry about how interest rate rises will affect them

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Two-thirds of tenants say they worry about the impact of rising interest rates on their rent – and whether they...

Section 13 Notice advice?

Author: Readers Question

9th February 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Hello forum, I would like some advice on section 13 notices and the correct procedure. I have 2 flats rented to...