Articles by Shane Croucher

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UK Housing: Buy-to-let surge driving up house prices ahead of stamp duty hike for landlords

Rics says supply increasing but intensifying demand from landlords putting pressure on house prices.

Feb 11, 2016

UK Housing George Osborne

Who said it: Bernie Sanders or Jeremy Corbyn?

Do you know your democratic socialists from your socialist Democrats? Take the test.

Feb 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders Jeremy Corbyn Hillary Clinton

Lending by British banks in November grew at its fastest rate in more than eight years

Bank of England fueling house price rises and making UK wealth inequality worse says S&P

S&P report concludes low interest rates and QE will widen wealth inequality in the UK.

Feb 10, 2016

UK Housing Bank of England

right to buy council housing associations

Right to Buy: Practice of selling high-value council houses is \'extremely questionable\' say MPs

Extending Right to Buy scheme to housing associations is to be funded by sale of expensive council houses.

Feb 10, 2016

UK Housing

London rents approach \'affordability ceiling\' as growth slows to near two-year low

HomeLet says average London rent hit £1,510 in January 2016 after rising 6.2%.

Feb 10, 2016

UK Housing London

UK housing: First-time buyer policies would \'see fewer homes delivered for affordable rent\'

Help to Buy, starter homes and shared ownership all serve same part of housing market, says Savills.

Feb 9, 2016

UK Housing George Osborne

UK house prices: Average home will cost £1m by 2032 claim Liberal Democrats

Tim Farron is right to highlight the housing crisis but wrong to use such ridiculous claims about prices.

Feb 9, 2016

UK Housing Tim Farron London

The Bishops Avenue Billionaires Row London

The Bishops Avenue: London\'s notorious Billionaires Row is returning from the dead

The Bishops Avenue has gained infamy for its derelict luxury properties left to rot by wealthy foreign investors.

Feb 8, 2016

London

London property: Chelsea garage up for auction at £180,000 guide price

Savills auction single garage - an \'increasingly rare commodity in central London\' - off exclusive Brompton Road.

Feb 5, 2016

London Chelsea FC

UK house prices: Affordability crunch looms as first-time buyers stretched to limit

Halifax house price index shows faster growth in three months to January 2016.

Feb 4, 2016

UK Housing

London house prices: Majority of city\'s postcodes are now \'half-a-million zones\'

Stirling Ackroyd says 51% of London postcodes have average house price over £500,000.

Feb 4, 2016

UK Housing London

London property: Parents fear soaring house prices and rents will force their children from city

Shelter poll of comes as London\'s average house price hits £537,000.

Feb 3, 2016

UK Housing

London property: Falling oil price will fuel prime central housing market

Estate agents Knight Frank highlights oil as property market driver in its Prime Central London Sales Index.

Feb 3, 2016

UK Housing OPEC

UK-EU deal: How David Cameron Bloomberg speech demands compare with Donald Tusk offer

As the EU referendum nears, is the Tusk deal enough for Cameron to convince British voters to stay in the EU?

Feb 3, 2016

David Cameron

Hampstead London Underground property house prices

London property: Cool Tube map shows the average house price for each Underground station

Property website eMoov charted the average house price for every tube station and made a map.

Feb 2, 2016

UK Housing

UK housing: Landlords report \'crisis in confidence\' amid George Osborne\'s war on buy-to-let

National Landlords Association says morale weakening as buy-to-let targeted with tax hikes.

Feb 2, 2016

UK Housing George Osborne

London mayoral election 2016: Builders attack Sadiq Khan\'s \'unrealistic\' affordable housing target

Spiralling London house prices and rents front and centre of 2016 mayoral election.

Feb 2, 2016

UK Housing London London Mayor Election 2016 London Mayoral Election 2016

Right to rent creating \'hostile environment for good landlords and legitimate tenants\'

Nearly three-quarters of landlords say they do not understanding new right to rent rules.

Feb 1, 2016

UK Housing

Help to Buy London housing property mortgages

Help to Buy scheme for London set for launch amid city\'s house price surge

Treasury rolling out London-focused Help to Buy equity loan to support city\'s struggling homebuyers.

Jan 30, 2016

UK Housing London George Osborne

UK housing: London renters facing financial squeeze as rents run far ahead of pay

ONS data shows rents rising much quicker than full-time pay on average in rest of England and Wales.

Jan 29, 2016

London UK Housing

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