October 24th, 2013
Mortgage lending continues to gather pace this year, based upon information released by lenders this week, with more ominous news from the Bank of England following a few days later. Contractors may be left a little confus... Read More
October 23rd, 2013
With the air of prosperity continuing unabated in the housing market, surveyors are reporting an in-flux of newly commissioned housing projects across the UK. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has released results... Read More
October 16th, 2013
A preference towards fixed rate options has been consistent in the market for the majority of 2013, and recent research has noted that as many as 9 out of 10 purchasers are now taking this interest rate option. Since the M... Read More
October 9th, 2013
The Bank of England base rate has again been held at 0.5%, as the focus shifts in the Treasury from interest rates towards stimulating the UK housing market via the second part of the Help to Buy scheme.
The scheme,... Read More
October 8th, 2013
Since David Cameron announced just over a week ago that the second phase of the Help to Buy scheme would be brought forward, the market has been buoyant with the potential that this could bring for the mortgage and home bu... Read More
October 1st, 2013
In a week that saw David Cameron proudly announce that the second phase of the Governments Help to Buy scheme would be brought forward to further boost the market, fellow Conservatives have staunchly defended the plan and ... Read More
September 30th, 2013
A government-backed scheme to guarantee homebuyer deposits has been brought forward by three-months, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed.
The Help to Buy scheme, originally due to be launched in January 2014,... Read More
September 26th, 2013
It is now over £800 a year cheaper to purchase a house than to rent, recent research by Halifax has found.
The survey, conducted by the UK’s largest mortgage lender, revealed that the average costs invol... Read More
September 24th, 2013
The latest statistics from the Council of Mortgage Lenders suggests that gross lending did not rise further over the month of August, and in fact decreased marginally. In July, figures were estimated to be as high as &poun... Read More
September 17th, 2013
Demand for property in the UK has sparked a rise in prices that has been unseen since the collapse of the financial markets back in 2008. The unprecedented rise has been so significant that it has pushed current figures pa... Read More
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