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Housing market turmoil in early 2025 – Nationwide’s warning
“This will make it more difficult to discern the underlying strength of the market. “But, providing the economy continues to recover steadily, as we expect, the underlying pace of housing market activity is likely to continue to strengthen gradually as affordability constraints ease through a combination of modestly lower interest rates and earnings outpacing house price …
Stark warning over future of buy to let in 2025 - Introducer Today
Dec 30, 2024 · A stark warning has been issued by Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson – the changes to come in 2025 may stop buy to let even being viable for landlords. In response to new rent increases recorded by official government figures, Emerson says: “The lettings market continues to prove ...
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Let’s Go! Upbeat forecast for 2025 mortgage market from IMLA
Dec 30, 2024 · Other key predictions include an increase in gross mortgage lending from £237.5 billion in 2024 to £275 billion in 2025 (a rise of 16%), growing further to £295bn in 2026 (up 11%), with house purchase lending of £177bn and £190bn respectively, and remortgaging of …
Self-employed mortgage applicants to soar in near future
Lending to self-employed mortgage applicants is set to rise by 67% over the next five years – from £20.9 billion in 2023 to £34.8 billion by 2029 according to specialist lender Together. With the last 20 years seeing the number of self-employed already swelling from 3.2m to 4.3m including a ...
Homes For Sale – listings surge by over 6% in first week of 2025
3 days ago · Online estate agency Yopa says it calculates that almost 26,000 homes have hit the market so far in 2025, with Bristol seeing the biggest boost to for sale stock levels. Yopa analysed current market listings looking at the number of homes listed for sale across England and where has seen the biggest ...
Homes more affordable despite high interest rates
Mortgage costs as a % of income Based on a 5-year fix, 25% deposit, 30-year term, average interest rates: Region: Mortgage cost Q3 2023: Mortgage cost Q3 2024 % change in cost: Cost as % of income Q3 2023: Cost as % of income Q3 2024
Volatile housing market this year despite mortgage resilience ...
5 days ago · Mortgage market activity and house prices proved surprisingly resilient in 2024 given the ongoing affordability challenges facing potential buyers. That’s the view of the Nationwide, in a market snapshot suggesting a strong start to 2025 after …
Brokers want improved understanding of vulnerable clients
New research has highlighted the need for deeper broker knowledge and cross-industry collaboration to help vulnerable borrowers. The research, commissioned by Smart Money People and facilitated by Newcastle for Intermediaries, found that while almost nine in 10 (89.1%) brokers have encountered a vulnerable client in the past year, two fifths (40.7%) never share vulnerability information with ...