News Nearly a third of landlords increase rental income Author admin Date March 30, 2011 Nearly a third of landlords have increased rents during the first quarter of the...
RICS Can the UK counter house price bubbles? Author admin Date March 30, 2011 Over the past couple of decades the UK housing market has seen sharp swings...
Buy to Let, Skipton Skipton responds to burgeoning demand by re-entering buy-to-let market Author admin Date March 30, 2011 Having temporarily ceased buy-to-let lending in 2009, Skipton Building Society is returning to this...
BSABSA, Mortgage Lending, MortgagesMortgages Mortgage approvals by mutuals increase in February Author admin Date March 30, 2011 Mortgages to the value of £1.7 billion were approved by mutual lenders in February,...
Affordability, House Prices, Land Registry February house prices down 0.8 per cent since January Author admin Date March 29, 2011 The February data from Land Registry’s flagship House Price Index shows an annual price...
ARLA, Buy to Let ARLA’s Top Tips for ‘buying-to-let’ Author admin Date March 27, 2011 The buy-to-let concept was coined by ARLA during the 1990s and has now become...
Insurance Home insurance premiums build up Author admin Date March 23, 2011 Inflation is on the rise, petrol prices are increasing and now new analysis from...
Developments British Property Federation welcomes call to end “bombsite Britain” tax Author admin Date March 22, 2011 The British Property Federation has welcomed the publication of an independent report calling for...
Affordability A rebuilt mobile home for William and Kate! Author admin Date March 17, 2011 A ‘rebuilt mobile home’ in Windsor, a three-bedroom semi in St Andrews, or a...
Affordability, Selling Sellers return to housing market Author admin Date March 17, 2011 The UK housing market in February saw a jump in the number of people...
first time buyers, Lloyds TSB Lloyds TSB acts on call for first time buyer innovation Author admin Date March 16, 2011 Lloyds TSB today introduces Local Lend a Hand – a new concept designed to...
Affordability 17,000 people needlessly lost their homes due to reckless lending, Shelter reveals Author admin Date March 15, 2011 More than 17,000 homeowners would have been saved from the nightmare of repossession if...
News Leeds Building Society launches unique 3 year fixed rate mortgage Author admin Date March 15, 2011 Leeds Building Society has launched the only 3-year non-locked in fixed rate mortgage in...
Insurance, Landlords Landlords warned as Aviva reports increase in cannabis claims Author admin Date March 15, 2011 Residential cannabis farming continues to boom and Aviva is warning landlords to be extra...
House Prices, Lloyds TSB Spa town living comes with a premium Author admin Date March 14, 2011 House prices in spa towns across England and Wales are on average £38,000 (or...
CML, Mortgage Lending Mortgage lending fell during January Author admin Date March 14, 2011 An unusual combination of factors led to a 26% fall in house purchase lending...
Gardens, Insurance Thefts from gardens increase when the clocks go forward Author admin Date March 10, 2011 After months of darkness and the iciest winter in years many of us are...
Affordability Rate rise could take one in four homeowners by surprise, Shelter warns Author admin Date March 10, 2011 One in four mortgage holders is not aware interest rates are at a historic...
Affordability, House Prices John Charcol denounces the Lies, damn lies and seasonally adjusted house price statistics Author admin Date March 7, 2011 Ray Boulger of leading independent mortgage adviser John Charcol comments on the disagreements between...
Investing Property industry faces greater regulation Author admin Date March 7, 2011 Greater regulation from Europe and increasingly empowered and well informed occupiers as a result...
RICS Strong tenant demand and falling supply pushes rent prices higher Author admin Date March 4, 2011 Rents rose at a rapid pace in the three months to the end of...
Affordability Yorkshire to reduce mortgage protection insurance rates Author admin Date March 2, 2011 Yorkshire Building Society has announced that it will be reducing its Mortgage Protection Insurance...
House Prices, Nationwide House prices increase by 0.3% in February Author admin Date March 2, 2011 House prices increased by 0.3% in February according to the latest data from the...
Bank Of England Bank of England Lending data shows increase Author admin Date March 1, 2011 Total lending to individuals rose £1.5 billion in January compared to the previous six-month...
Affordability, Barclays, Mortgage Lending Homeowners urged against complacency Author admin Date March 1, 2011 Mortgage affordability has hit its best level for 10 years, according to new research...