With house price growth easing and mortgage rates rising, the economic factors that influence the decision to buy or sell are hard to read. After the lockdown slowdown of 2020 and the home-buying rush of 2021, the housing market has steadied somewhat in 2022. Yet,...
Why are rising interest rates bad news for mortgage holders? And what role does inflation play in pushing repayments higher? Inflationary effect The pace of inflation has been well ahead of the Bank of England’s (BoE’s) target of 2% throughout 2022. In September, the...
It now takes five months, on average, to complete the process of buying a house1, a rise of nearly a quarter since 2019. In the last six months, the average time taken to complete the home buying process stands at 153 days, up from the 124 days recorded in 2019....
Fewer than one in four people has a life insurance policy that would support their family in the event of their death, a new study1 has found. As the cost-of-living burden worsens, experts fear that the protection gap could continue to widen. Indeed, a tenth of...
Buying a house is a major achievement and milestone. Recent changes to Stamp Duty aim to boost the number of people getting onto or moving up the property ladder. Under the new system, in England and Northern Ireland, the first £250,000 of a property’s value is exempt...
