The property market winners and losers of 2014
Rightmove’s director and housing analyst Miles Shipside looks the property ladder and who likely to win and lose as the year unfolds.
first-time buyers
Debate to reduce Help to Buy limit to £300,000 is ‘futile sideshow’, says Rightmove
There has been debate that a reduction in the upper limit is required to reduce buyer demand, especially in the London market.
Help to Buy Wales – Helping you get on or up the Property Ladder
The Help to Buy Wales Equity Loan scheme launched the 2nd January 2014 helping you buy a new build property with as a little as a 5% deposit!
Three friends become neighbours with help from Morris Homes
Three school friends have become next door neighbours at Morris Homes’ Edgewater Park development in Warrington.
First buyers get keys to new homes with Help to Buy
Dave Hesson, managing director of Morris Homes, reviews the popularity of Help to Buy.
Key to Help to Buy success is unlocking trapped sellers to boost supply
August’s 1.8% (-£4,459) drop in new sellers’ asking prices is the first monthly fall recorded in 2013.
Help to Buy – helping home-hunters find their dream home
A few examples of how the government-backed scheme, Help to Buy, is already helping home-hunters in the UK.
Could Help to Buy offer Generation Rent motivation and hope?
Only two in five (42%) ‘trapped renters’ are currently actively saving for a deposit to get them onto the housing ladder.