Freddie Mac to shift some portfolio risk
The US government-controlled financier is set to tap investors in effort to induce the return of private capital to housing market
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UK mortgage market faces tough 2012, CML says
Mortgage lending increased for the fifth month running in December but the housing market faces a weak first half of 2012 as demand from buyers wanes and lenders raise rates, a leading trade body has warned.
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Housing market ‘to stay subdued’
There is no sign of the UK property market picking up in the coming months, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.
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UK housing market to dip in 2012
Estate agency groups forecast declines across mainstream property market next year, as would-be buyers are forced to rent
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Two-speed housing market hides falls
Falling prices nationally are masked by the ‘London effect’, where prime property has surged in value
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House prices create 27,000 more property millionaires in 2011
Britain’s two-tier housing market has been laid bare by figures showing that 27,000 new property millionaires were created in 2011 despite prices overall falling by 3pc.
Read More: The Telegraph – Mortgages
‘House prices will fall and mortgage rates will rise’
Can we expect favourable conditions to continue in the housing market in the year ahead?
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House prices: What will 2012 mean for the housing market?
Inflation and the eurozone debt crisis will have a negative effect on house prices next year.
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Ask the experts: What will 2012 mean for the housing market?
Inflation and the eurozone crisis will have a negative effect on house prices next year.
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Economic outlook ‘key to housing’
A growing proportion of surveyors believe that economic uncertainty is holding back housing market activity.
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Housing market shows glimmer of uplift
For the third month in a row, a majority of those surveyed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors are reporting a rise in new buyer inquiries
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Berkeley builds profits as rich look to London
Housebuilder provides further evidence of the UK’s two-tier housing market as it reports a rise in first-half profits driven by foreign buyers
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Housing market ‘pick-up in 2013′
UK housing market activity will surge in 2013 after a stagnant few years, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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First-time buyers ‘rarely seen’
First-time buyers are “rarely seen”, estate agents say, with their share of the UK housing market falling to a three-year low.
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Gloom on housing market recovery
MPC member says average age at which people buy their first home is likely to rise into the mid-40s
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Coalition vows to unlock housing problem
People buying newly built houses will need a deposit of only 5 per cent under measures aimed at helping to ‘unstick’ the housing market
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We’ll get Britain building – PM
David Cameron vows to “restart the housing market” as he unveils a range of plans including help for first-time buyers of new homes.
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Cameron to launch housing market initiative
Homebuilding boost will see millions of pounds of mortgages being underwritten and developers eligible for loans and grants
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Taxpayer to take on mortgage risks of first-time buyers
Taxpayers will underwrite mortgages totalling hundreds of millions of pounds under plans to “unblock” the housing market.
Read More: The Telegraph – Mortgages
House market activity ‘picks up’
Activity in the UK housing market showed some signs of picking up in October, according to the latest poll of surveyors.
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