Rent and mortgage spending increased 1.8 per cent year-on-year last month, the lowest rate of growth since August 2024, according to the latest Barclays Property Insights report. Though encouraging, costs continue to increase, and consumers’ confidence in their ability to afford their rental and mortgage payments dropped to 52 per cent in December (down 3…
Read moreThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released the latest private rent and house price data which shows that private rents increased by 8.7% in the year to October, to an average of £1,307. In England, rent inflation was highest in London at 10.4% and lowest in Yorkshire and The Humber at 5.9%. Whilst the…
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