{"id":21748,"date":"2018-10-26T11:57:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=21748"},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T10:57:37","slug":"top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-26-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/news\/top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-26-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 stories this week in housing and property investment: 26 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s our round-up of some of the top stories that we’ve posted on BuyAssociation\u00a0recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s speculation on what could happen in the 2018 Budget (to be revealed on Monday 29 October, and we’ll have reaction to it here…), we look at a couple of the UK’s fastest-growing markets,\u00a0 (both here in the north-west), how millennials feel about getting a mortgage, a rogue landlord database is opened up to the public after a government U-turn, and more…<\/p>\n

1. Rumours circulate about the 2018 Budget<\/strong><\/p>\n

What measures will Chancellor Philip Hammond announce for the property industry in the Budget? We speculate and round up the latest rumours.<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0The UK property market\u2019s fastest growing city is\u2026 Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite being the most affordable city on the index, Liverpool produced the highest annual price growth at 7.5%, making it the fastest growing city in the UK. Take a look at the story.<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Manchester claims its place as one of Europe\u2019s fastest growing cities and property hotspot<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchester City Council<\/i>\u00a0has published\u00a0The State of the City R<\/i>eport<\/i>\u00a0and its figures confirm that Manchester not only has one of the UK\u2019s fastest growing economies, but\u00a0is also outperforming many other leading European cities.\u00a0 Find out more about the report.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Millennials rate getting a mortgage in their top three fears<\/strong><\/p>\n

A survey by\u00a0online mortgage broker Habito has revealed that\u00a0millennials\u00a0(25\u201334-year-olds) are\u00a0the most fearful of getting a mortgage.\u00a0Discover more about how young people feel about the property world.<\/a><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Rogue landlord database to be opened up to tenants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenants will now be able to inspect a national blacklist of rogue landlords that was previously closed to the public following a change of direction from the Government. Full details and reaction from key industry figures.<\/a><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0House prices reach all time high in Wales<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Principality Building Society has released data confirming that Welsh house prices have reached an all-time high. The recent lender index puts the average house price in Wales at \u00a3184,722. Also discover how the Welsh commuter belt is widening.<\/a><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0New \u2018Green Mortgage\u2019 to incentivise energy-conscious homeowners<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new Green Mortgage\u00a0product\u00a0is\u00a0being developed\u00a0by energy giant Eon in partnership with BNP Paribas Personal Finances.\u00a0Full details here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s our round-up of some of the top stories that we’ve posted on BuyAssociation\u00a0recently. There’s speculation on what could happen in the 2018 Budget (to be revealed on Monday 29 October, and we’ll have reaction to it here…), we look at a couple of the UK’s fastest-growing markets,\u00a0 (both here in the north-west), how millennials… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3875,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[341,342],"class_list":["post-21748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-housing-market","tag-newsletter","tag-roundup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}