Category Archives: Interest Rates

16Apr/18

Capital gains:cutting taxes on buy-to-lets could free up houses for first-timers and families

16th April 2018First Time Buyers, House Prices, Housing Market, Interest Rates, Investment, Property InvestmentRed Brick Team

Prime Minister Theresa May doesn’t need to bother building hundreds of thousands of new homes. She should just give landlords who are sitting on properties that they no longer want a taxRead More…

04Apr/18

What if interest rates rose to 2pc ?

4th April 2018First Time Buyers, House Prices, Housing Market, Interest RatesInterest Rates, landlordsRed Brick Team

British families would struggle if interest rates rose to 2pc or more, as soaring mortgage debts have accumulated during years of rock-bottom borrowing costs, the Bank of England has warned. The vast majorityRead More…

14Jul/16

Interest Rates Cut Put On Hold

14th July 2016Housing Market, Interest Rates, News, PropertiesBank of England, Brexit, Housing Market, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy, RICSRed Brick Team

The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent, despite many analysts expecting it would be cut to 0.25 per cent in what would have been the firstRead More…