{"id":16052,"date":"2018-04-27T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T11:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2018-04-27T12:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T11:15:53","slug":"top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-27-apr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2018\/04\/27\/top-7-stories-this-week-in-housing-and-property-investment-27-apr\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 7 stories this week in housing and property investment: 27 Apr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our weekly update giving you the key stories, breaking news and topical analysis from the past week up to today, 27 April 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As mortgage rates begin to creep up, the number of people taking out borrowing has peaked, and lenders are responding with more products and deals. This week we also saw how house price growth in the north is supporting the market, while Brexit continues to have minimal effect on the sector. Here are seven stories you might have missed this week…<\/p>\n

1. A busy month for mortgages: homebuyers and movers hit record 50,000<\/h4>\n

Both new mortgages and remortgages are up year-on-year after a busy start to 2018, with the highest levels of homebuyer lending seen in more than a decade. To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2. Leeds South Bank area to be revitalised with \u00a3350m development plan<\/h4>\n

A once downtrodden industrial area of Leeds city centre, Holbeck, is about to get a major facelift after regeneration plans were approved by Leeds City Council who hailed it one of the largest redevelopments in Europe.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3. Leave or remain? This is how UK landlords voted on Brexit<\/h4>\n

The majority of buy-to-let landlords voted to remain in the EU in the June 2016 referendum, it has emerged, while many see Brexit as a threat to the industry.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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4. First-time buyers have a lot to learn about buying property\u2026<\/h4>\n

Surprising statistics have revealed a major lack of knowledge among a lot of today\u2019s first-time buyers, which could result in confusion and unexpected bills for many unless they do their research first.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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5. Looking to buy a new-build? There\u2019s a new mortgage for you<\/h4>\n

Following in the footsteps of Barclays\u2019 new \u201cgreen\u201d mortgage, Virgin has announced a new range of fixed rate mortgages for new-build homes.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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6. House price growth being held up by Northern Powerhouse<\/h4>\n

House prices in cities across the UK have risen by an average of 5.5% over the past 12 months, with the northern regions supporting much of the growth while parts of London and the south continue to struggle.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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7. North-west construction market hots up giving Brexit the cold shoulder<\/h4>\n

New findings from professional services firm Turner & Townsend confirm that in contrast to London, where construction output declined by 5.7% impacted by Brexit uncertainty, the north-west is up by 30.7%.\u00a0To read the full story, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to our weekly update giving you the key stories, breaking news and topical analysis from the past week up to today, 27 April 2018. As mortgage rates begin to creep up, the number of people taking out borrowing has peaked, and lenders are responding with more products and deals. This week we also saw… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":12594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[341,342],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}