Thursday, 20 October 2016

Valuations Rise As Help To Buy Mortgage Guarantee End Looms

First time buyers in the UK are racing to beat the end of year deadline for the Government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, before it closes at the end of December, with more valuations being carried out. In September the number of valuations for first time buyers rose by 18.7% on an annual basis. Data also show that remortgaging valuation activity rose 14.7% year on year and despite huge turmoil in the buy to let market over the last 12 months, there has been such a large increase in activity in this segment of the market over the last two months that valuations are 0.4% up on last year. Read more on Property Wire.

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