Archive for the tag 'housing market'

Oct 18 2007

Edinburgh Market Up or Down

Published by sholto under Mortgages, Scottish Property

There are mixed signals on Edinburgh property market: the Edinburgh Evening News and ESPC puffing like mad and Jo Citizen saying it is nothing but propaganda – read the comments on The Scotsman.
Edinburgh, like London has a mind of its own as “buy to letters” pour in to buy quality and supposedly high rental incomes.
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Oct 12 2007

We seek them here, we seek them there!

Published by sholto under Mortgages

No surprises to hear that first-time housebuyers are becoming another endangered species in the UK housing market both sides of the border even though house prices in Scotland continue to lag England (except Auld Reekie).

The number of people describing themselves as first-time homeowners dropped between March 2007 and September 2007, from 20% of the UK [...]

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