General property news about mortgages and interest rates. Discussion about adverse credit and self cert mortgages for business people.
Over the last few weeks there has been the usual flurry of reports about the state of the property market in England. Here’s a quick round up of the land registry’s take compared with the Nationwide and Halifax reports. Land registry index Apparently London was the only area to see property values increase last year, …
Some recent statistics show that the lending situation is starting to recover. The Council of Mortgage Lenders has released figures that show a 20% increase in lending from February to March, and although the lending figures are down from a year previously. Throughout the recession house prices and mortgage lending dropped consistently over a number …
Some Confusion over the state of the housing market in England. This is not really news, after all anyone actually involved in either buying or refinancing property recently will instinctively know that the situation has not improved (or got worse) in the last few months. It’s to early to say whether the governments latest attempts …
According to the latest Rightmove House Price Index for May 2011, the UK property Market is remaining in a state of limbo. A lack of proceedable buyers is not helping, and a it would appear that most new sellers are marketing under forced sale conditions, sometimes holding out for unrealistic asking prices. Although there is …
According to the latest Rightmove House Price Index for May 2011, the UK property Market is remaining in a state of limbo. A lack of proceedable buyers is not helping, and a it would appear that most new sellers are marketing under forced sale conditions, sometimes holding out for unrealistic asking prices. Although there is …
The Second Reading of the Energy Bill was delivered on 10 May, and it contains some interesting bits for landlords, and yes, even small landlords. The Energy Bill is intended to be a change in the provision of energy efficiency measures to homes, and to encourage improvements to enable low carbon energy supplies. In the …