{"id":10661,"date":"2018-01-26T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2018-01-26T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:15:17","slug":"week-renters-leaving-london-affordable-homes-oap-mortgages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2018\/01\/26\/week-renters-leaving-london-affordable-homes-oap-mortgages\/","title":{"rendered":"This week: Renters leaving London, affordable homes and OAP mortgages"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week it emerged that more private tenants are leaving the capital in search of cheaper homes, while rents in the UK have edged up only slightly in the past year. Affordable housing is still a prevalent issue in the property market, and while office conversions are adding to the housing stock, none of them are creating affordable homes. Meanwhile, mortgage options for both first-time buyers and the older generation mean it’s a great time to borrow. Here are seven things you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n
Last year, Countrywide recorded a 10-year high of 65,000 renters quitting the capital<\/a>. But they\u2019re no longer leaving to become first-time buyers\u2026<\/p>\n