Interest Rates

Iwona Hovenko, Senior Real Estate Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, comments on the finding of BI's latest Housing Pulse report that UK housing activity may climb as chunky declines in mortgage rates follow the first Bank of England policy cut.

Ben Nichols, managing director of specialist mortgage investment company RAW Capital Partners, responds to today's decision by the European Central Bank to reduce its key deposit Rate by 25 Basis Points to 3.5 per cent.

Senior commentators from the property sector comment on data showing inflation remained steady at the Bank of England's target rate of 2 per cent in June.

The latest Housing Insight Report from Propertymark, the UK's largest professional body for estate and lettings agents, indicates the residential housing market is beginning to stabilise as rent arrears decrease.

Total output across the UK construction industry is set to fall this year as the economy stagnates according to a forecast from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS).

David Hannah, Group Chairman of Cornerstone Tax, explains why the UK's Buy-to-Let mortgage market isn't working for tenants or landlords. According to the latest data from Cornerstone Tax, 15 per cent of landlords are considering selling up due to rising costs associated wit

Tom Brown, Managing Director of Real Estate at finance provider Ingenious, comments on Halifax data showing falling UK house prices for a sixth consecutive month,

Cornerstone Tax chairman David Hannah comments on data from Knight Frank suggesting UK rents could rise by 22 per cent over the next five years.

Cornerstone Tax chairman David Hannah comments on new forecasts for the UK's housing market from estate agency Hamptons.

Shahram Shaida, CEO of home buying and investment platform Allbricks, considers the longer term implications of rapidly rising rents for aspiring homeowners in the United Kingdom.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced a 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates, bringing the benchmark rate to 5.25%. This marks the fourteenth consecutive rise in an effort to control stubbornly high inflation, which currently stands at 7.9% - four tim

Leading commentators have told Facilities Management Magazine the UK's residential property sector is showing remarkable signs of resilience despite a continuing backdrop of economic challenges.

Iwona Hovenko comments on a new Bloomberg Intelligence survey of prospective UK house purchasers seeking to complete within the next two years.

Jatin Ondhia, CEO of real estate investment platform Shojin, comments on the impact of the Bank of England (BoE) decision to increase interest rates to a 15

The hit to UK homebuyer confidence from upheavals in the mortgage market is likely to drag on house prices during the second half of 2023 as the pool of available buyers shrinks with some homeowners deciding to sell, leading commentators tell Facilities Management Magazine.

Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) housing, real estate and construction analyst Iwona Hovenko, and senior equity research analyst Philip Richards, comment on tomorrow's anticipated increase in interest rates by the Bank of England.