“Impossibly unaffordable”. That’s how international researchers describe Australia’s housing market. Australia’s major cities keep beating other global cities as one of the most unaffordable places in the world to buy a home. The 2025 Demographia International Housing Affordability report released each year examines markets in Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom
Glasgow has been named the best place to sell a property in the UK, with Edinburgh coming in third place. Properties in Scotland’s biggest city typically spend just 30 days on the market, whilst homes in Edinburgh are typically taken off the market after 47 days, according to new figures from property investment firm Quick Move
There’s no question that fixed rate mortgages are the product of choice among the majority of borrowers. It’s not just the case in the residential space either, where UK Finance says 81% of mortgages – or nearly 7 million – are on a fixed rate. It’s true for the buy-to-let space too, where 66% of