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Affordable Property

UK housing affordability set to improve for a fourth consecutive year as income to house price ratio forecast to fall to 8.2

The latest research from London estate agent Benham and Reeves has found that the UK's house price to income affordability ratio is forecast to fall to 8.2 in 2026, marking the fourth consecutive year of improving affordability for homebuyers, following a peak of 9.5 in 2022, when house price growth significantly outpaced earnings.

Benham and Reeves analysed the latest figures on...

WFH - Increased appliance usage ticking time bomb

WFH Increased appliance usage ticking time bomb for household finances and environment

Research by property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix , has revealed that the new normal of working from home could be costly for the nation, as increased use of household appliances reduces their lifespan, leading to a strain on household finances to replaces them, as well as the cost to...