{"id":22275,"date":"2018-12-07T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=22275"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:28:31","slug":"top-seven-recent-stories-in-housing-and-property-investment-7-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/top-seven-recent-stories-in-housing-and-property-investment-7-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Top seven recent stories in housing and property investment: 7 December"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Here\u2019s our round-up of some of the best stories that we\u2019ve posted on\u00a0BuyAssociation\u00a0recently.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Flat house prices to end the year, predictions for 2019, technology advances, and much more&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>1.\u00a0Halifax data shows house price growth at lowest rate since 2012<\/h4>\n<p>New data from the Halifax shows that house prices in the year to November rose by just 0.3%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/07\/halifax-data-shows-house-price-growth-at-lowest-rate-since-2012\/\">the lowest rate of growth since December 2012.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/For-sale-sign-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2.Three out of four first-time buyers benefit from stamp duty relief<\/h4>\n<p>Since\u00a0the Stamp Duty Land Tax relief started in November 2017,\u00a0180,500\u00a0first-time buyers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/07\/three-of-four-first-time-buyers-benefit-from-stamp-duty-relief\/\">saved a collective of\u00a0\u00a3426 million.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/iStock-625192506-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"budget\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>3.Property market predictions for 2019<\/h4>\n<p>The UK property market is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/03\/property-market-predictions-for-2019-resilience-and-technology-will-be-key\/\">expected to continue to be resilient<\/a> with the north forecasted to lead the way and technology predicted to transform the sector.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/new_year_sand-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Happy new year written in the sand on a beach\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>4.Tenant deposits to be cut to five weeks after u-turn<\/h4>\n<p>Government plans to cut tenancy deposit caps from six weeks of rent to five in the forthcoming Tenant Fees Bill have provoked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/04\/tenant-deposits-to-be-cut-to-five-weeks-after-u-turn\/\">a strong reaction from within the industry.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-17341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/money-pounds-and-pennies-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>5.New homes numbers in England still on the rise<\/h4>\n<p>Homes England recently published its official housing statistics showing the figures behind the building projects the organisation has managed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/05\/new-homes-numbers-in-england-still-on-the-rise\/\">during the first six months of the 2018-19 financial year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-21966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/new_builds_uk_november-_2018-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bew build houses in the United Kingdom\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>6.Haves and have-nots at the Bank of Mum and Dad<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s increasingly likely that the Bank of Mum &amp; dad is only open to those who have wealthy parents with plenty of property value of their own, and it&#8217;s likely to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/04\/bank-of-mum-and-dad-not-open-to-all\/\">implications for the UK property scene.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/bank_mum_dad-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bank of mum and dad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>7.Property sector set to take a technology to a new level<\/h4>\n<p>Holoportation, AI, tech-savvy homes, blockchain technology &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/12\/06\/property-sector-set-to-take-a-technology-to-a-new-level\/\">all will become much more high-profile on the UK property market in 2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-22230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/VR_headset_lady-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"VR headset\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s our round-up of some of the best stories that we\u2019ve posted on\u00a0BuyAssociation\u00a0recently. 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