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Mr Property predicts 15 year UK house price boom as US and Chinese investors pile into market

UK property prices have risen sharply since the Conservative election victory. Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk

Confidence in the UK property market takes a dip

In April, over 63 per cent of people expected the average house price to be higher in 12 months time. This is ‘significantly lower’ than the 67 per cent who said this in March, according to Halifax. Source: www.thisismoney.co.uk

The tech-savvy Londoners finding innovative ways to solve the capital’s housing crisis

ALL IN THE APPKrishan Pattni and Robert Luck Source: www.homesandproperty.co.uk

OPP.Today – Overseas investors snap up £1m-plus London ex-council houses

Former council houses in prime central London are making their owners millionaires when sold – and housing association properties could soon do the same, agents predict. ‘Blinged up’ ex-council properties with Candy & Candy-style interiors in London’s best addresses can be privately rented for around £30,000 a year or sold for six or seven-figure sums…

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Martin Lewis: 10 steps to save £1,000s on your mortgage

The money-saving expert has a particular system for cutting the cost of buying a home at what in 20 years could be seen as the “best time in history to remortgage” Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions

Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions Source: www.theguardian.com

Tony Benn’s inheritance tax dodge: how it works (and how you can use it too) – Telegraph

The former Labour minister left an estate worth £5m to his children, but official documents suggest he used legitimate tax planning strategies to reduce death duties. We explain how Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mortgage costs fall £1,700 in just four weeks – Telegraph

A mortgage rate war is underway, with rates and fees tumbling at Britain’s biggest banks Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Over 55s boost property equity release in UK to record high | Europe | News

Source: www.propertywire.com

‘Self-cert’ mortgage borrowers stuck on high rates – Telegraph

More than 476,000 people with self-cert loans could be unable to remortgage or move Source: www.telegraph.co.uk