UK Housing
UK mortgage approvals fall to five-month low ahead of budget
[LONDON] UK demand for home loans dipped to the lowest level in five months, as aspiring buyers sat on the sidelines in the run-up to Labour’s tax-raising budget.
Britain's housing crisis is hitting new depths
[LONDON] Crisis is a charity known for supporting the homeless at Christmas, and with homelessness in England spiraling to an unconscionable hundreds of thousands of people, its name has never been mo...
UK housing demand seen recovering on clearer post-Budget outlook
Analysts expect pent-up demand to bolster the traditional spring selling season as buyers return to the market
Budget fears slam brakes on UK housing market
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its index of homes put up for sale deteriorated to minus 20 in October
UK house prices rise by most since January: Halifax
House prices increased by 0.6% in monthly terms in October after a 0.3% fall in September
UK house prices rise in October, defying pre-budget nerves
The house price index increased by a monthly 0.3% after rising by 0.5% in September
Britain forgot subsidised housing needs a subsidy
[LONDON] There’s no shortage of explanations for Britain’s affordable-housing emergency – overregulation, environmental worries, planning bottlenecks, labour shortfalls or a toxic combination of them ...
Villagers win race to save UK pub, as thousands close
UK pubs, a quintessential cornerstone of community life, are increasingly under threat
UK builders to pay £100 million to housing programmes after competition probe
They agreed to refrain from sharing information except in limited circumstances
UK house prices stagnate as tax rise takes toll
Values rose 2.5% from a year earlier, the slowest annual growth since July last year
