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January 16th, 2014

The number of houses sold in the last quarter has now matched levels last seen in 2008, according to a survey conducted by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The amount of property transactions per chartere... Read More

January 14th, 2014

Natwest Bank has this week extended their Help to Buy proposition to allow business transactions from the intermediary market. Although the bank were the first to announce their support for the second phase of the scheme i... Read More

January 10th, 2014

The annual housing price index figures from Halifax have arrived this week, and the results suggest a positive outlook for those looking to sell a property over the coming year. Property prices dropped by 0.6 per cent duri... Read More

January 9th, 2014

The Bank of England has again held the base rate at 0.5%, as the clock ticks down towards 2015 when a new era of rate increases will commence, so say top UK economists.

A recent BBC poll of the top 28 economists, wh... Read More

January 8th, 2014

Recent figures from Nationwide Building Society revealed an 8.4% rise in house prices in 2013, indicating a monthly rise of £1,131 in the value of the average property.

The report, which has prompted further c... Read More

January 2nd, 2014

As memories of the festive period excesses begin to recede, many contractors will start to plan for moving home or improving existing homes in 2014. Others will simply be looking to tidy up personal finances by using stead... Read More

January 2nd, 2014

Downing Street has advised that the Help to Buy Mortgage Guarantee scheme had aided almost 750 house purchases since it was introduced in October 2013.

The scheme, which is available across the whole of the UK, was ... Read More

December 17th, 2013

While giving his view on the Help to Buy scheme to the Treasury select committee today, Paul Smee, director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, proclaimed concern that if the Government waivered from ending the sch... Read More

December 12th, 2013

James Mitchell, professor of economic forecasting for Warwick Business School, has taken data held by Halifax Bank on national earnings and property prices to calculate the risks of a housing bubble developing across the U... Read More

December 10th, 2013

At a time when property prices are on the increase and mortgage rates are predicted to follow suit, is now the time to look at longer term fixed rates? Several ‘contractor-friendly’ lenders have reacted to demand and s... Read More