General property news about mortgages and interest rates. Discussion about adverse credit and self cert mortgages for business people.
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 …
Looks like the doom and gloom merchants are out in force again. But who to believe?
Consumers now have instant access to their credit reports after an agreement was struck between the Government and the credit reference industry.
As a result of the new agreement, people can now access their statutory credit report online for a nominal fee of only £2 from all three major UK credit reference agencies: Experian, Equifax, and Callcredit. Previously, statutory credit reports for £2 were only available by post, which could take seven days to arrive.
A property developer has won a High Court case against property investors forcing one to pay £133,000 after they backed out of an agreement to purchase flats “off plan”. The High Court, in Bristol, has ordered the person to pay a whopping £133,282 in damages, costs and interest to Plymouth’s Prestige Homes South West Ltd, …