TPP525: April Market Update

It’s Market Update week – this is your chance to catch up on all the essential news from the property market. 

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In today’s Market Update episode, you can expect: 

3:30 – Bank of England - no recession (hurrah!)   6:18 – Bank failures: is it a sign? Is a crash coming? What’s the data saying?  9:50 – Mortgage payments: where are they most stretched?   11:40 – Rental yields: what’s happening?   16:37 – Mortgage approvals and consumer confidence  19:05 – The Rental Reform Bill – an update

Links mentioned: 

Interest rate rise: Bank of England more hopeful on UK economy  Nationwide shows 0.8% decline in last month  Zoopla shows rents up 20% in 3 years, and no immediate sign of slowdown  50% of rented properties have had a rent increase in the last year, compared to 36% the previous year. Highest in London (66%)  The number of mortgage approvals increased last month for the first time since August  The Rental Reform Bill will finally start its journey through parliament in a couple of months 

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