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...Donnell expects the most notable fallout of 6 per cent-plus interest rates will be that fewer people move house....
...Brexit and mortgage regulatory changes also played a role, according to Richard Donnell, executive director at property consultancy Houseful....
...Only a rapid and sustained expansion in rented housing will start to improve affordability for UK renters,” said Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla....
...Breakthrough Energy Ventures, founded by Bill Gates and backed by several fellow billionaires, added to its stake in Rondo’s new funding round, and has also invested in Antora....
...Such evictions will be restricted under a renter’s reform bill that is going through parliament but the tougher rules have made slow progress since they were pledged in 2019....
...“We’ve been in a golden age for borrowers for years, at the expense of savers,” said Bill O’Donnell, an interest rates strategist at Citi. “It now feels like the tables have turned....
...Critics of the bill say it will add another reason for prospective landlords to not rent out their properties....
...“House price falls have been modest over 2023, compared with a 20 per cent reduction in buying power [if they kept their mortgage repayments the same],” says Richard Donnell, Zoopla’s executive director...
...Rising rents and utility bills are boosting interest in smaller, cheaper rental properties at the expense of larger, more expensive houses in the UK, according to research from the property portal Zoopla...
...Richard Donnell, Zoopla research director, says: “It’s a product that works in lower capital value markets in the north of England and Scotland . . ....
...Richard Donnell, research director of Zoopla, argues that affordability constraints mean the pace of rental growth is close to its peak....
...“I think it’s actually going to get better,” said Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla....
...His party has also shown it can pass serious bills even in a 50:50 Senate. But Trump’s greediness for attention outweighs all else. Finally, Republican selection has been abysmal....
...asked Gus O’Donnell, former head of the civil service. “We should make it much more explicit.”...
...“News that Russia would keep the Nord Stream pipeline shut (was slated to resume deliveries tomorrow) due to ‘mechanical issues’ helped to pull [stocks] back into the red,” wrote Citi strategist Bill O’Donnell...
...Richard Donnell, research director at property website Zoopla, says that if mortgage rates were to fall to 4 per cent next year, the market would be relatively unaffected....
...“We know the charitable sector is much stronger in richer areas,” said Lord Gus O’Donnell, a former cabinet secretary and chair of Pro Bono Economics....
...“I don’t think there are going to be big price falls,” says Richard Donnell, research head at property portal Zoopla....
...Prospective buyers who have not already agreed their mortgage deal are facing significantly higher bills than they had anticipated....
...It added that low-quality homes with poor insulation lead to higher energy bills, piling pressure on low-income renters....
...Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla, said higher living costs would hit all households and affect those on lower incomes more so....
...“Farmer changed the way healthcare is delivered,” former president Bill Clinton tweeted this week. This alone makes Farmer’s life worth celebrating....
...Minutes later, however, as I’m settling the bill I encounter him again, making another booking for a future dinner....
...“A spike in sales of higher-value homes has impacted the levels of price growth recorded by the indices,” says Richard Donnell, insight director at Zoopla....
...That itself was sharper (I am told) than when Jimmy Carter yielded to Ronald Reagan, or even when George HW Bush made generational way for Bill Clinton....
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