JamesQuinton

Co-Buying – Unconventional, but a great solution.

It may not be an ideal solution, but for some the unconventional alternative of co-buying a property and sharing the cost, sometimes with a stranger, is the only solution currently available to get onto the property ladder. But it is essential to know the... Read >

Looking For An Investment?

With the UK property market booming you may think that now is not the best time to invest in property, unless you're a commercial buy-to-let investor that is. However, there are a few areas in the country that are still affordable and will certainly see g... Read >

In A Fix

20/04/2006 With high expectations that the Bank of England are poised to raise the rate of interest, many lenders are beginning to withdraw their fixed-rate mortgage packages in anticipation, with critics saying that lenders are giving homeowners with ... Read >

To Get A Loan, Or Not To Get A Loan? (That Is The Question).

We have all seen or heard the adverts on the television or radio for debt consolation, and home owner loans, in fact these adverts seem to be rotating more regularly, especially during daytime programmes. Unsurprisingly, and no doubt due to the money spen... Read >

You’ll Be Feeling The Hump If Get Gazumpted

I speak from experience. Once upon a time, a few years ago, my partner and I had an offer accepted on lovely top floor apartment over looking a park in Liverpool. But just as we were sorting things out with solicitors etc, we were told by the Estate Agent... Read >

Taking the Costa Brava Plane

It has never been a better time to buy a second home, or invest in the buy-to-let property market. The UK's booming buy-to-let market is being boosted by immigration and the difficulty of first-time buyers to find suitably priced property. The UK is secon... Read >

Equity Is Released

UK homeowners are, despite higher interest rates, choosing to unlock money tied up in their property. In 2006 homeowners released £49.7bn of equity from their properties, mainly due to the continued rise of house values. Most commonly the mortgage equity... Read >

A First Time Buyer Reports

It was with a great sense of trepidation that my partner and I decided to, at last, start looking for our first home. My partner, always the more finically acute, was wary of paying for a property that had an inflated value due to the continued rise of ho... Read >

UK House Prices Still Rising

Despite widespread feeling that house prices were, at last, slowing, new figures released by the country's biggest mortgage lender Halifax, suggest that house prices, are in fact, still rising on the back of a strong economy and shortage of homes for sale... Read >