What next for house prices and is it harder to buy a home now vs 1974?

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🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

House price predictions for next year have started to roll in, so where do the experts think they are headed next?

Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Lee Boyce discuss the property market - and delve into figures that attempt to tackle the tricky question: is it harder to buy a home now versus 50 years ago.

And sticking with property, Halifax has launched a highly unusual fixed-rate mortgage - should borrowers be tempted?

With the weather turning colder, we talk how to stay warm this winter without breaking the bank and whether it is worth getting a fixed tariff with your energy firm.

We reveal the amount you should have saved in your pension in every decade of your life to guarantee a golden retirement - and how much notice you should pay to these formulas.

And lastly, Lee reveals his top tips for avoiding the out of contract rip-off trap - and how he's saving more than £400 in the next 12 months by doing so.

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0:00.0	Welcome to This Is Money Podcast sponsored by Charles Stanley Direct.
0:05.0	I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and Lee Boyce today is Helen Crane.
0:10.0	And coming up, house price predictions for next year have started to roll in.
0:15.0	So where do the experts think they're headed next?
0:18.0	Is it really harder to buy a home now than in the past? And Halifax launches a highly
0:22.8	unusual fixed rate mortgage should borrowers be tempted. Also today, how to stay warm this
0:28.2	winter without breaking the bank. We reveal the amount you should have saved in your pension
0:32.7	in every decade of your life to guarantee a golden retirement. and my new Sim-only mobile deal is free.
0:40.3	Kind of, says Lee Boyce. Just make sure you don't stumble into the out-of-contract trap.
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1:25.3	Investment involves risk.
1:27.3	But first, property experts from both Sopla and Knight Frank have come out with their
1:32.1	predictions for house prices in 2025. But will they, Lee Boyce, prove to be right. What are they
1:39.5	predicting? Welcome to you both. Hi, Georgie. Yeah, so we've had a number of property reports coming out in
1:47.4	recent weeks, more so a flurry, I would say, even more so than usual. So this week we've had Zupla
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