Young homeowners and first-time buyers face being locked out of the mortgage market after banks announced major restrictions on lending to customers with small deposits. More than 1,500 mortgages have been pulled from sale in the last fortnight. Mortgage lenders...
Read moreUK housing market analysts have a problem. There is currently very little relevant data to analyse. Land Registry and ONS data sets, which offer the most comprehensive and reliable picture of the nation’s residential market, have a two-month lag. The last available...
Read moreRemortgage deals are available with rates lower than 1% The coronavirus outbreak may have caused chaos in the property market, but it has also given existing homeowners an opportunity to save thousands of pounds by remortgaging. While hundreds of house purchase...
Read moreRaffle House is running competition to win a two-bed flat in Whitechapel Says it will give away property to a winner no matter how many tickets are sold The company has come under fire for only giving away money – instead of the promised home A property raffle...
Read moreAn inadvertent tax incentive means investors are converting rental stock into holiday lets, and the supply of homes is getting slowly worse Nearly half a million privately rented homes could be taken away from tenants and moved into the holiday lettings sector,...
Read moreThis government guidance applies to people buying or selling private residential homes where they intend to live. Buying and Selling Homes during this stay-at-home period Given the situation in the UK with regard to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), we urge...
Read moreWill Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? If the Scottish National Party gets its way, he will be. The prospect of the Union’s break-up is the biggest post-Brexit constitutional issue facing the country in the next five years. Mr Johnson...
Read moreAcross Britain, buy-to-let landlords are cutting down their portfolios, selling up in the wake of reductions in tax relief on their mortgages. But despite the government’s crackdown on investors, holding a portfolio is still profitable – or it is for 84% of...
Read moreWorrying new figures released by Halifax have highlighted the struggle first-time-buyers in the UK are facing as they attempt to get their first foot on the property ladder. According to the lender, the cost challenge facing first-time buyers increased significantly...
Read moreGovernment plans to offer local first-time-buyers homes at a discount at least 30% have left property experts scratching their heads. While the property industry cautiously welcomed Boris Johnson’s proposal to offer cheap first homes to local people, questions...
Read moreOften overlooked by both landlords and brokers, taking out life insurance to protect your buy-to-let portfolio is essential and without the necessary protection in place you are potentially putting your entire portfolio in jeopardy. Despite what you may think,...
Read moreThe internet giant is making tens of millions promoting scam firms, and now it’s charging the financial watchdog to help keep us safe. Google’s failure to stop scammers promoting rogue investment schemes has forced Britain’s top financial watchdog to spend...
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