Housing
Looking, but not buying – yet
Interest from potential homebuyers rose for the fifth month in a row in March but housing transactions remained at record lows as first-time buyers struggled to obtain mortgages.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reports today that 31% more chartered surveyors reported a rise rather than a fall in new buyer inquiries, up from 21% [...]
BrightSale Urges Zero Cost Solution for Housing Crisis
Calls on Government to allow SIPPs to Invest in Residential UK Property to Boost the Housing Market
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling are under enormous pressure to relieve some of the downwards pressure on the UK housing market. But their options appear to be severely limited. Sir James Crosby’s recent report pretty much killed the idea [...]
