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Richard Lowth's views on the current property market

Richard Lowth's views on the current property market

Richard Lowth's views on the current property market

Richard Lowth's views on the current property market.

Richard Lowth's views on the current property market

Richard Lowth's views on the current property market

Richard Lowth's views of the current property market

The X Factor is the “feel good” factor. Richard Lowth's current views on the local property market.

Richard Lowth gives his views on the current property market.

The Government has announced a review which could see it pull back from proposed powers that would make residential landlords liable for their tenants’ unpaid water bills.

More than half of intermediaries expect to do more buy-to-let mortgage business in 2012 than they did last year, Paragon Mortgages claims.

Landlords and lettings agents will capitalise on favourable market conditions and have a good 2012, said Landlord Assist.

Affordability for first-time buyers was at its most favourable level at the end of 2011 since 2003, according to the latest annual Halifax First-Time Buyer Review.

Arrears are set to rise in the buy-to-let market, as more landlords face having to deal with tenants who cannot keep up their rent payments.

Repossessions are set to rise by around 7% in 2012 before falling back in 2013 according to a regional repossession forecast produced by HML, a leading service provider to the mortgage lending industry.

Only 23% of potential first-time buyers will be able to purchase in the next 12 months primarily because of a lack of deposit, research by Rightmove has revealed.

House prices in the UK will experience little change from -2% to 2%, Halifax has predicted in its UK Housing Market Outlook for 2012.

Winter conditions affect everyone and so we felt it might be useful to outline some simple actions that homeowners and tenants should undertake in order to avoid potential problems.

One in three private sector renters is struggling to afford their rent every month, new research claims.

Over a third of landlords say they will increase rents over the next six months due to the strength of demand, research from BDRC Continental revealed.

The Government’s housing strategy will boost the buy-to-let sector and should provoke further debate on tenant rights and the need for a landlord register.

A new strategy to tackle the housing shortage, boost the economy, create jobs and give people the opportunity to get on the housing ladder has been announced by the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister.

The number of mortgage borrowers in arrears falls steadily, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

More than one-third of buy-to-let cases introduced through mortgage brokers in the third quarter of this year were remortgage applications.

 Sales of homes worth £1m or more have reached their highest level since the peak of the housing market in 2007, according to Lloyds TSB.

The number of buy-to-let products available has more than doubled since 2008 from 237 to 483 reveals research by Defaqto.

Around 58% of homeowners have never changed their mortgage outside of moving house according to research from Barclays.

The property market has its challenges but Richard Lowth talks about how he and his team see the way forward

Enquiry levels surge as 2011 get underway.

Managing Director Richard Lowth gives his views on the current housing market.

Richard Lowth talks about the current market conditions and his views for the weeks ahead.

Buy to let specialists Paragon report that prospects for the buy to let market look strong in 2011.