Households across the UK expect increase in home values over the next 12 months: Knight Frank

Households across the UK perceive that the value of their home has risen over the last month, according to the latest House Price Sentiment Index (HPSI) from Knight Frank and IHS Markit. February’s reading was the seventh consecutive month that the index has been in positive territory and now stands at a new post-referendum high. …

86% of renters in UK have less than a quarter of the deposit for average first home : Equality Trust

An astonishing 86% of people renting property (over 6 million households) has less than a quarter of the deposit needed for an average first home, according to new analysis by the Equality Trust. Analysis of official Government statistics (Office for National Statistics) found that the vast majority of renters are locked out of home ownership …