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