04th April 2008
As a first time buyer you form the foundations of the UK housing market. It’s called the property ladder for a reason. You start on the bottom rung and as you start to build equity in your property and your salary increases to enable you to afford a l...
25th February 2008
One of the primary reasons why you’re likely to be looking for new housemates is to share the financial burden or running a house. Therefore, it is vitally important to find people for your house share who are able and reliable enough to ensure that th...
23rd January 2008
There is much talk of a slump in the housing market, but should home owners worry and will renters be in a rush to take up bargains?
After the property boom of the last ten years, first time buyers were finding the cost of housing increasingly difficul...
18th January 2008
With Christmas behind us the reality of paying for it may now be setting in. You might be regretting all of the presents that you bought and your new drinking clothes for the office Christmas Party that are now available in the shops at half of what you ...
11th October 2007
5 top tips for house share and flatshare mates to lead to more harmonious living.1. Find the right housematesFinding the right people for your house share.or flatshare is critical. Don’t be tempted just to go for convenience – i.e. a room is availabl...
10th September 2007
You’re under thirty and you’re in debt. You keep hearing on the news about rising house prices and you know that you’ll never be able to afford one yourself, because you can’t break even financially, let alone think about putting a deposit togeth...
19th April 2007
The world of becoming a home owner is becoming an increasingly distant prospect for those not yet on the housing market.
As reported in one of my previous articles the average house price has risen from 4.81 times the average national salary in 1997 to...
07th March 2007
When I was a student, I wouldn’t say that finding good quality accommodation was easy, because, although properties to rent in the right area were plentiful, very few of them could be described as good quality.
However, one of the things that made th...
19th February 2007
Today, Tuesday 8th February 2007, the Bank of England announced that there would not be a further increase in interest rates for this month. This must come as a welcome relief to home owners, many with large mortgages – a necessary evil of today’s wo...
19th February 2007
There has been no secret made of the fact that UK house prices have risen over recent years, and many home owners have benefited significantly from this. The rise in home values has meant many people have been able to free up cash tied up in their proper...
19th February 2007
We are now well into 2007 and many people have set off with the intention of making some positive changes to their lifestyles. This can mean any number of things. Nearly everybody has at some New Year or another promised themselves that they will lose w...
