Category: 5 Fact Friday

Five Facts for Frustrated First-Time Buyers

5 Fact Friday 1 March 2024 99% taxpayer backed mortgages scrapped https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/29/hunt-scraps-99pc-mortgages-backlash-banks/ HPI Clown show Continues: Feb Zoopla DOWN and Nationwide UP https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/property-news/house-price-index/ https://www.nationwidehousepriceindex.co.uk/resources/qmn1j-hqwj8-ti2s7-y4bq3-rlicr Public HPI Spreadsheet: Up v Down: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tm4EzSBXTifKIRjPAoTUGW7td62SrPKee4jELjUxgzk/edit?usp=sharing January Mortgage Approvals up on Dec, but still -30% below long term norms https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/money-and-credit/2024/january-2024 https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/tables#:~:text=Number%20of%20approvals%20(NSA) 8 New House-builders being investigated by CMA for Price… Continue reading Five Facts for Frustrated First-Time Buyers

The Week in Housing: Up, 99, Up, Nothing, Boom.

5FF Feb 23 2024 Rightmove’s “Asking Price” Index Up: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/content/uploads/2024/02/Rightmove-HPI-19th-February-Final-.pdf Hunt mulling 99% taxpayer-guaranteed mortgage lending https://www.ft.com/content/ce643bfa-d4a9-4d85-b28c-6cc0fceba62f Lenders Raise Rates https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68374500 Bank of England nothing burger makes big headlines https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bank-englands-bailey-sees-signs-uk-economy-upturn-2024-02-20/ BestAgent “People’s” open source House Price Index targets overvaluing culprits and beats hackers https://bestagent.property/hpi

The Week It All Changed.

5 Fact Friday – 16 Feb 2024 ONS December House Price Index continues to be confuseless.  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-house-price-index-for-december-2023/uk-house-price-index-summary-december-2023 January Inflation Unchanged Again at 4.2%: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/january2024 GDP – We’re officially in Recession: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/octobertodecember2023 GDP Per Capita – We’ve been in recession for 2 years already: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/octobertodecember2023#:~:text=%2D0.2-,Source%3A%20GDP%20first%20quarterly%20estimate%20from%20the%20Office%20for%20National%20Statistics,-Notes Commercial Property Debt Time-bomb close to detonating: https://www.businessinsider.nl/commercial-real-estate-is-in-big-trouble-and-the-problems-may-have-major-financial-fallout/ Bonus fact, for… Continue reading The Week It All Changed.

Everything’s Fine! No. No it’s not.

please no not again

Five Fact Friday –  9 Feb 2024 House Prices Up! *NOT* https://www.halifax.co.uk/media-centre/house-price-index.html RICS – “The worst is over!” *NOT* https://www.rics.org/content/dam/ricsglobal/documents/market-surveys/uk-residential-market-survey/January-2024_RICS-UK-Residential-Market-Survey.pdf Mortgage Rates UP. https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/mortgages/2024/02/08/mortgage-updates/ Mortgage Arrears UP. https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/press-release/mortgage-arrears-and-possessions-figures-q4-2023 Valuation Requests Record High https://www.rightmove.co.uk/news/articles/property-news/home-valuations-hit-new-record/

Festive Final Five Fact Friday of 2023

5FF 1 Dec 2023 Fact 1: Bank of England October Mortgage approvals up. (They couldn’t have got much lower).  https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/money-and-credit/2023/october-2023 Zoopla Nov HPI. – 6 year supply high. £18,000 average discounts from asking price. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/discover/property-news/house-price-index/ Used car market crashing 4.2% in one month  https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/used-car-price-crash-continues-with-trade-values-falling-4-2-again-in-november/293687 Government botches leasehold reform legislation.  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bill-to-ban-leaseholds-doesnt-ban-leaseholds-ministers-admit-g9mvh27dw New legislation for property listings announced … Continue reading Festive Final Five Fact Friday of 2023