News
Property News
-
The Renovation Game 1st February 2012
As the UK faces a housing crisis, property prices fall and the market crashes an exciting new Channel 4 series sees a team of qualified builders and an interior designer attempt to add £15,000 to the value of your home in only 3 days and with a budget of just £3,000. A team of estate agents will... Read More
-
Impact Of Rising Mortgage Fees 26th January 2012
Market Comment - FindaProperty.com On The Impact Of Rising Mortgage Fees Moneyfacts research that reveals mortgage fees have increased 68.5 per cent in the past year. Samantha Baden, property analyst at Findaproperty.com comments: "Mortgage rates fell over the past year as the Bank of England... Read More
-
Post office cuts mortgage rates 22nd June 2011
A new survey by House Exchange, the mutual exchange website for social housing tenants, reveals that nearly twice as many Brits said would rather swap homes and lives with David and Victoria Beckham (13%) than with Kate Middleton and Prince William (7%). Showing that it is in fact the glamorous... Read More
-
Gross mortgage lending recovers lost ground in May 22nd June 2011
Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £11.3 billion in May, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). This represented a 12% increase from the £10.1 billion lent in April and was 1% higher than in May 2010. Gross mortgage lending includes lending for both house... Read More
-
The future of the 'sunshine state' becomes brighter 22nd June 2011
The Floridian housing market may well be heating up according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors, seeing sales of existing homes climbing by 13% in the first quarter this year compared to the same period last year, with 17 of 19 metropolitan areas in the Florida state... Read More
-
Prospects for Retirement Property 2nd June 2011
With leading building societies having announced another fall in average house prices for the month of April, is the retirement market facing the same down turn?It is widely recognised that the timing of the peaks and troughs in the retirement sector of the property market lag behind those in the... Read More
-
First time buyers younger in london 2nd June 2011
An increase in cash deposit contributions for first homes from parents now means the average age of first time buyers in prime areas of London is just 23, 14 years younger than the national average. Leading property consultants Sandfords says this can be attributed to wealthy families, who... Read More
-
Introductory tenancies for all new council tenants 14th April 2011
Homes for Haringey is now requiring introductory tenancies to all new Council tenants to discourage anti-social behaviour and other tenancy breaches. Haringey Council’s Cabinet approved the change in November 2010.From 4 April 2011, Homes for Haringey, the Arms Length Management Organisation... Read More
-
Law society's new home-buying quality mark 7th April 2011
The Law Society reported that more than 700 firms have so far applied to join its Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), and it is still not too late for other conveyancing firms to apply. Firms wishing to achieve CQS accreditation are required to comply with a number of enhanced standards covering... Read More
-
House builders delivering outstanding customer satisfaction! 7th April 2011
The results of the House Builders Federations (HBF) 2011 customer satisfaction survey, show levels of customer satisfaction that match or exceed those in any other industry or sector. Results show that:Nearly 9 out of 10 buyers (88%) are very or fairly satisfied with the overall... Read More
-
More help for first time buyers to understand the property market. 30th March 2011
George Osborne has announced a scheme which will help approximately 10,000 first time buyers get on the property ladder. The Government’s Firstbuy initiative will provide equity loans, jointly funded with house-builders, to help buyers raise the deposit to purchase a new-build property. But with... Read More
-
Call to criminalise squatting 30th March 2011
Landlord Action, an organisation specialising in tenant eviction, has been approached my Mike Weatherley MP, to support an Early Day Motion which calls for squatting to be criminalised. The Early Day Motion has already been backed by 19 additional MPs from both sides of the House. Landlord... Read More