First-Time Buyer Figures Hit Highest Levels Since 2006
Latest industry figures, from UK Finance, have indicated that 370,000 home owners acquired a mortgage for the first time in 2018. This figure is the highest number of first-time buyers entering the market since 2006, over a year before the financial crash and 1.9% higher than the figures for 2017. Additionally, new lending also increased […]
Buy To Rent Market Increases By 39% In 2018
The housing market has been privy to a 39% increase in the number of buy-to-rent (BTR) properties being built in the UK between Quarter 4 of 2017 and Quarter 4 of 2018. According to latest research figures, carried out by the British Property Federation, at the end of 2017, 31,250 homes were built for BTR […]