Merryn Talks Money: How to Buy a House in the UK Right Now

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Management, Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 64 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Today's show features a special episode from Bloomberg's Merryn Talks Your Money mini-series on how to navigate the UK housing market. Professor Yolande Barnes at University College London joins host Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss the market as a whole: what’s the outlook for home prices, what’s the best strategy when purchasing your first property and why the UK is at risk of an oversupply in houses.

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