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...But 1.5mn homeowners will need to remortgage, meaning that even if in aggregate voters are better off, it won’t feel like that for many....
...Rising interest rates have increased costs for owners of offices, shops and warehouses, just as they have homeowners looking to secure mortgages....
...That is very much baked in, save a further escalation in energy prices or a fall in sterling....
...It is also a missed opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once through investment in a green new deal that could target much-needed home energy efficiency and renewable retrofits and green transport infrastructure...
...This will give little financial space for homeowners who are seeing loan-to-value ratios back to pre-crisis levels and unprecedentedly high loan-to-income ratios....
...The privatisation and weakening of the mission of the Green Investment Bank is deeply concerning in this regard....
...They are therefore a subsidy to existing homeowners, not new buyers”....
...Established homeowners from the UK might also sell up and convert their euros to sterling at an attractive rate....
...But as sterling has fallen a great deal recently, homeowners will have to make a call on whether they lock into today’s rate if they think sterling could weaken further, or wait for an improvement....
...energy demand through efficiency and switch to green power sources....
...Sterling is flat at $1.6107....
...Mr Carrick points to falling mortgage rates for existing homeowners, lower energy prices, sterling’s weakness and an improvement in the global economy as factors that will support growth....
...Renters, it transpired, saved less alongside homeowners because both groups were optimistic about their future incomes....
...Warm but understated accent colours will include bronze, lavender and sea greens. “Colours are comfortable rather than very bold or bright,” confirms David Oliver....
...Where the agency does issue advice, and recommends not to go ahead, this is unenforceable, and local authorities can still give projects the green light....
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