{"id":158335,"date":"2025-07-29T06:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-mortgage-affordability-rules-help-uk-housing-market-avoid-summer-lull\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T06:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:59:44","slug":"new-mortgage-affordability-rules-help-uk-housing-market-avoid-summer-lull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-mortgage-affordability-rules-help-uk-housing-market-avoid-summer-lull\/","title":{"rendered":"New mortgage affordability rules help UK housing market avoid summer lull"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRecord number of homes for sale has created \u2018buyer\u2019s market\u2019 and kept price rises in check, Zoopla report saysThe typical summer lull in Britain\u2019s housing market has been avoided amid the availability of bigger home loans fuelling a \u201cbuyer\u2019s market\u201d, according to a property website.Despite the signs of a bustling market, Zoopla said it had halved its house price forecast for 2025 as buyers were taking into account increased stamp duty costs in their offers in England and Northern Ireland. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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