January 7th, 2015
The Mayor of London has announced two new schemes to help individuals in London get on to the property ladder and become home owners, funded by the Greater London Authority (GLA).
The first scheme, The Mayor’s... Read More
January 5th, 2015
UK house prices grew by 7.2% during 2014, according to Nationwide’s final monthly House Price Index, taking the average UK home to £188,559.
Overall yearly growth was tempered by a poor fourth-quarte... Read More
January 2nd, 2015
A total of £500 was raised for the local charity, Naomi House, as a result of our Christmas Jumper Charity day.
Employees donated money in order to wear their jumper in to work and there were also cakes and mi... Read More
December 23rd, 2014
After completing research on the terminology and descriptions used by lenders to justify mortgage application fees, the consumer group Which? and the Council of Mortgage Lenders have been backed by the Treasury to formulat... Read More
December 18th, 2014
During the Easter period of 2014 the return of valuation delays became a significant issue for the house buying process. The problem was first highlighted in the summer of 2013, when the sudden spike in purchasing activity... Read More
December 17th, 2014
The Bank of England has this week announced a reform in the way that it announces and conducts interest rate changes.
The changes, which could include potentially reducing the number of meetings of the Monetary ... Read More
December 11th, 2014
A premature rate increase by the Bank of England could post a significant risk to the British economy, the British Chambers of Commerce has suggested.
This comes in direct contrast to the Bank of England’s predict... Read More
December 10th, 2014
The Bank of England confirmed yesterday in their regular Mortgage Lenders Statistical Release document that fixed interest rate options were vastly preferred by borrowers during the third quarter of the year. The figur... Read More
December 9th, 2014
The Bank of England has this week released their Quarterly Bulletin, dramatically changing their public stance on interest rates.
According to the Bank, if interest rates rose by 2 percentage points from its cur... Read More
December 4th, 2014
The chancellor, George Osborne, addressed the commons yesterday to outline the Conservative Government's Autumn Statement. The chancellor revealed the state of the UK’s financial security, and set out proposals f... Read More
