5.5 percent could be the ‘peak’ rate
Bank of Ireland’s Chief Economist, Dr. Dan McLaughlin has said he expects the Bank...
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Interest rates must go up
The Bank of England must raise interest rates to 5.75% by June in order...
Home Information Packs And The Farms And Estates Market
The spectre of Home Information Packs (Hips) is looming over the UK property market,...
Mayor launches consultation on wheelchair accessible housing
New guidance for London boroughs, planners, developers and designers on how to provide wheelchair...
Tenants to be informed of their rights
From 1 October this year tenants in England must be provided with specific details...
HIPs could wipe out ‘see what happens’ sellers
Nearly 20% of homeowners have said they would be tempted to put their house...
Irish stamp duty issues slowing down market
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said he believes confusion over what will happen to...
Buy-to-let home owners to double
Market research organisation Mintel has said that the number of buy-to-let home owners may...
Attempts to scraps HIPS described as ‘feeble’
Mike Ockenden Director General for the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has...
Woolwich focus on simplicity for first time buyers
In the face of increasing SWAP rates which are pushing fixed rate mortgage deals...
House price growth continues upwards
House price growth continued to grow during April, the latest figures from Nationwide building...
The calm before the storm
Figures released by The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) from its March housing...
Portman approves merger with Nationwide
Portman Building Society savers and borrowers overwhelmingly have approved the merger of the Portman...
Woolwich launches new buy to let mortgage
Woolwich has launched a lifetime tracker, guaranteed to stay at just 0.49 per cent...
Bank of England notes ‘significant’ growth
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has said that the strength...
HIPS interest gathers pace
With less than 30 working days until Home Information Packs (HIPs) become a reality...
House price gap between NI and ROI to narrow
Differential in house prices between Northern Ireland and the Republic set to narrow according...
Scottish house price inflation over UK average
The annual rate of house price inflation in Scotland is now 22.4%, above the...
Mortgage demand may be moderating
Net mortgage lending rose by an underlying £5.1bn. This was unchanged from the slightly...
Homeowner trends to change by 2026
The reported demographic shift to a low mortality/low fertility society is leading to the...
March record for mortgage lending
Gross mortgage lending reached a March record of £31.3 billion according to the latest...
100k an average price in all towns
Every town in the UK now has an average house price above £100,000 for...
Nationwide updates its mortgage products
Nationwide Building Society has announces changes to its range of fixed and tracker rate...
Brighton leads property price growth
Properties in Brighton have experienced the largest gain in prices per square metre over...
Third Stamp duty pledge for the Irish
A third political party and a co-partner in the Irish Government has promised to...