negative equity

This page brings together news, data, and expert opinion on negative equity risks in the UK housing market. Read below to see where vulnerabilities and opportunities may lie.

‘Missed the mark’: Industry reaction to Budget rolls in

Chancellor Healey’s first Budget left much of the mortgage and housing sector wanting more

‘Missed the mark’: Industry reaction to Budget rolls in

Developers’ bill will be key to Your First Home success or failure, experts say

Can the new scheme build a win-win situation for both buyers and builders?

Developers’ bill will be key to Your First Home success or failure, experts say

Your First Home scheme must go further to protect buyers, broker warns

CEO warns Your First Home scheme must include resale risk disclosures and mandatory independent advice as Budget confirms details on the 28th

Your First Home scheme must go further to protect buyers, broker warns

Your First Home price caps could shut out family buyers

Help to Buy's broad regional limits left whole towns with no eligible homes. Repeat them and the new scheme will do the same, says Savills

Your First Home price caps could shut out family buyers

Burnham's Your First Home: the wrong answer to the right question?

Charlie Lamdin warns the scheme could trap first-time buyers in negative equity for years

Burnham's Your First Home: the wrong answer to the right question?

Deposits are pricing out buyers who can already afford a mortgage

Gable Mortgages’ co-CEOs on why Britain's housing crisis demands smarter underwriting and a rethink of deposit logic

Deposits are pricing out buyers who can already afford a mortgage

Low-deposit mortgage lending rises 38% to £24.7 billion

FCA data show the highest 90%-plus LTV share since 2008

Low-deposit mortgage lending rises 38% to £24.7 billion

Helping families bridge the generational wealth gap: insights from LV=

How property wealth can help clients fund a living inheritance through a lifetime mortgage

Helping families bridge the generational wealth gap: insights from LV=

Glasgow commuter towns fuel Scotland's strongest house price growth

Surging demand in Scottish commuter belts is outpacing city centres, with first-time buyers facing the toughest conditions in years

Glasgow commuter towns fuel Scotland's strongest house price growth

Most UK homebuyers fear losing housing equity despite rising property values

New research finds widespread doubts about negative equity, with younger buyers and Londoners most exposed to fear of losses

Most UK homebuyers fear losing housing equity despite rising property values