Here’s our guide to finding the best property buying and selling deals – Daily Mail

There are six factors to consider when investing in property in 2017. These are that: • Asking prices will be ‘soft’ — and open to negotiation: • London prices are set to fall: • We’re entering a prolonged period of stagnation • Most Londoners move to within commuting distance of the capital, so popular locations […]

How I got my dream home: 7 Step-by-step plan to help you own your dream home – The Standard (press release)

According to two female Kenyan homeowners, there are 7 steps to owning your own home. These are: 1. Working positively with what you have 2. Not hurrying- there are lots of houses to find 3. Take advantage of the drop in interest on loans 4. Save at least 5% of the value of your dream […]

Taking out a 10-year fixed rate mortgage could save you over £3500 – What Mortgage

Borrowers can shave thousands off their mortgages by taking advantage of low rates on long term fixed loans. Rates have nosedived over the last year resulting in a mortgage with a fixed rate for the first ten years being £3595 cheaper. Long term loans are cheaper now than two or three year loans were just […]

Bank branches, unemployment, mortgages and savings – Spectator.co.uk (blog)

UK bank branches are rapidly disappearing from our streets, with more than 1000 having been closed over the last two years. Meanwhile, unemployment fell slightly, and Brits are paying more to travel overseas for a combination of reasons. In the mortgage market, fixed rate loans are increasing in cost by hundreds of pounds a year […]

Barclays offers to pay stamp duty with mortgage cashback – Daily Mail – Daily Mail

Buy a house and have your stamp duty paid for you by your lender. Barclays are offering up to £2,500 cashback with one of their mortgages, enough to cover the duty on a £250,000 house. But there are cheaper alternatives on the market than the Barclays offering of 2.69% fixed for five years, so buyers […]

‘This will change her life’: Family remortgage home to get daughter to America for surgery to help her walk – Scottish Daily Record

A family from Scotland have remortgaged their home in a bid to fund surgery in America to help their daughter walk. Holly McLeod, born with cerebral palsy, will now travel across the Atlantic for the life changing surgery after her parents did everything they could to fund and raise the money required. Key Takeaways: Family […]

First-time buyers ‘£860 a year better off’ than renters – Scottish Housing News

Bank of Scotland research has shown that first time buyers are £860 a year better off than people who rent in Scotland. Average monthly costs associated with buying a house are £522, which is £72 less than the £593 paid for renting the same property type. This is the biggest difference in the UK, standing […]

Regional prime property prices in UK slowed at end of 2016 – Property Wire

Prime regional property showed growth of just 1.6% at the end of 2016. In fact, growth was just 0.1% in the final quarter of 2016. One reason for this is that stamp duty reforms are being felt far and wide across the country, and savvy buyers are now willing to look further afield for a […]

Asking prices surged by more than 6% in some parts of the UK in the year to January, but Rightmove says first-time … – This is Money

People selling their home over the new year have added £1,000 to the price of their houses, and housing prices are up an average 3.2% annually, but Right Move says a decrease in buy to let properties will help first time buyers this year. They say those buying a home in 2017 face a far […]

There are now two distinct classes in Britain: Those who own property and those who are getting poorer – Business Insider UK

In 1998, workers had a shot at owning their own home. Now, stagnant wages and rising house prices has created two distinct groups in Britain, those who own property and those who never will. The ones who do not are of course, paying rent to the rich. This shows the rich are getting richer and […]