New app promises to sort your mortgage by iPhone as home buying … – Telegraph.co.uk

This is an app which will help you with your home mortgage. Getting and then keeping track of these can be tricky so having help is always good. It is an iPhone app specifically and can help you make sense of your mortgage as far as the different things you owe go. You pay one […]

Money Saving Tips People Hate: Buy a House That’s Under Your Price Cap – Equities.com

A writer for a website that covers the mortgage and homeowner field advises buyers to get a house that is lower than their target goal. The writer states that buying a house for less than this goal can save a substantial amount of money over a thirty year period. He states that the real estate […]

Majority of aspiring first-time buyers ‘confident’ – Financial Reporter

Warren Lewis explains how the landscape of home-ownership has changed. For many brits who aspire to own a home, they have admitted that their personal vision does not exactly match up with the current economic environment. Even so, an analysis completed by My Home Move has shown that many potential homeowners are optimistic about their […]

House price rises across England outpace London for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis – Homes and Property

A British website covering news in the property industry reports that the average price for a house in England actually increased at a bigger margin – 7.7 per cent – than the 7.5 per cent hike recorded for houses in London. Nevertheless, the mean price for a home in London, at 483,000 pounds, is twice […]

Zero house price inflation is to be welcomed not feared – The Guardian

The market for new houses experiences a boom immediately following Easter. There is some hesitancy from realtors this year as house prices are no longer rising. British citizens look at housing as a great investment and there is normally a great desire to own a home. This year the enthusiasm has waned and one possibility […]

MS Wired : BTL Britain: ‘Finding the New Normal’ – On demand – Mortgage Strategy

Fewer houses are being repossessed which is a good thing for the economy and for the individual homeowners. This is happening in part because the rates are lower. This means payments are cheaper so people can make them in full and on time. If rates go up those who have an adjustable rate have a […]

Floored by the big buy-to-let profit sump: Experts advise on cost cuts as tax changes hit hard – This is Money

The United Kingdom is restructuring their taxation for landlords which will increase costs for them and in turn make mortgage financing more important and a crucial aspect of making deals. The taxation will be reflective of the size of the mortgage and the mortgage interest that is calculated. So it will be important for landlords […]

First-time buyers build up housing demand – The Times (subscription)

The average two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage rate fell to 2.76 per cent in February – lower than the 2.82 per cent recorded in January. The latest figures from the Bank of England show February’s average is also the lowest rate seen in the past year – and the lowest rate since January 2012 when […]

No, We Can’t Turn Water Into Wine. But How About Seawater Into … – Civilized

There is a new way to obtain drinkable water thanks to a group of scientists that have created a filter with extremely small pores, made from graphene. This filter was used to desalinize, which means to remove salt, sea water which in turn converted this sea water into a water that can be used for […]

Mortgage rates static in 2017: Mortgage Brain – Mortgage Strategy

The rates for mortgages change a lot because of interest and other factors. Keeping track of that shows what’s going on each year. Right now they are static. This means they aren’t changing. If you are interested in getting a mortgage this info will help you. It could also help those who are looking to […]