The Halifax has published its November House Price update. Key finidings are: · House prices rose by 1.7% in November. There are some signs, however, of a likely cooling in housing market activity over the next few months. The market continues to be supported by strong fundamentals underpinned by a UK economy that has now […]
Category: RICS survey
Interest rates beging to temper buy-to-let market according to latest RICS survey
Instructions to let property rose at the slowest pace since Q2 2005, says the latest RICS Lettings Survey for Great Britain. The slowdown was skewed primarily towards flats as buy-to-let investors expressing caution in the market, reflecting a fall in landlords’ profit margins as a result of rising interest rates. 6% more Chartered Surveyors reported […]