Confidence in the performance of the UK property market continues to be affected by concerns over the weak economic outlook and Brexit uncertainty, however people in Scotland are apparently a bit more optimistic about the future outlook than they were a year ago.
Scotland’s Help to Buy scheme, which assists people to buy a new-build home without needing to provide a large deposit, is to be extended beyond 2019, the Scottish Government has announced.
Owners of family-run businesses are concerned about their companies’ future, new research has revealed, with 29% of those operating a family business worried their company will die out when they retire.
There has been a slowdown in annual house price growth across the UK in recent months, with prices in the three months to February only 1.8% higher than the same three months last year, compared to the annual growth of 2.2% recorded in January.