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30th September 2009
According to Spain’s national institute of Statistics (INE) the collapse in property sales may be coming to an end. Based on the latest figures from July (link below), there were a total of 37,079 property transactions in the month, of which 33,694 were... Read >
Author: Andrew Belles20th August 2009
A mutual house exchange scheme provides a service for renters of local authorities and some housing organization tenants to look for swapping homes. At a time you’re exchanging homes with another tenant you must first obtain written permission from Read... Read >
Author: Admin18th August 2009
A mutual house exchange scheme provides a service for renters of local authorities and some housing organization tenants to look for swapping homes. At a time you’re exchanging homes with another tenant you must first obtain written permission from Read... Read >
Author: Admin03rd August 2009
Council house exchange is used simply as a suitable term for exchange of housing association. Council house exchange is a form of public sector housing that is also known as social housing or council homes. The purpose of this is to build affordable homes... Read >
Author: Admin31st July 2009
According to recent reports social housing is one of the top ten recession-proof sectors to work in. With a growing need for new homes, the social housing sector is buoyant and has become a credible and attractive career choice.
The government aims ... Read >
Author: Don REV30th July 2009
Researches have found that many Londoners struggle to get themselves contents insured due to the financial problems. This increases the concerns of Associations of British Insurers (ABI) to promote insurance among homeowners.
Associations of British In... Read >
Author: kath24th July 2009
Barbro Zeineh, family lawyer with Franklins Solicitors LLP based in Milton Keynes and Northampton, has personal experience of the conveyancing procedure in the UK and abroad. Barbro writes :
“I have recently sold a two bedroomed property in Sweden w... Read >
Author: Franklins Solicitors LLP01st July 2009
Maintenance jobs might sound pretty ordinary; however, almost every area of the work place requires some kind of maintenance in terms of health and safety, general upkeep, specialist technical support, energy management and much more. It’s a fact that m... Read >
Author: Laura room18th June 2009
What is the LIFT scheme and how does it work?
LIFT stands for Low-cost initiative for First Time Buyers and is a government scheme to help those people buy their first home that wouldn’t be able to afford the house on their own and need help to overc... Read >
Author: cborthwick912th May 2009
Experts are warning that many will be disappointed with the UK Government's initiative to help first-time buyers on to the property ladder. The Open Market Homebuy Scheme allows those who qualify to buy from private sellers, as opposed to a housing associ... Read >
Author: michael challiner05th May 2009
I was asked a few weeks ago about whether there is any mortgage help available in Spain. One of the problems of having a mortgage in Spain is that your Mortgage Rate is usually only adjusted in line with Falling Euribor Rates just once a year and this is ... Read >
Author: K Dawson09th April 2009
The Evening Star reported today of confirmed plans to build a huge winter sports and amusement park in Suffolk by autumn. The complex will include ski and rock climbing facilities, residential accommodation, 36 ponds, bars and restaurants, a convenience ... Read >
Author: MarkeD28th January 2009
With unemployment on the increase the need for DSS housing and social housing is on the rise. There has been a dramatic rise in the number of enquiries to local councils and this is only set to rise further as the recession and economic downturn worsen. ... Read >
Author: rig00108th January 2009
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) delivered recently could herald a new era of co-operation between the Government and the construction industry. The PBR announced that £3billion worth of investme... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer12th December 2008
The Energy Performance Certificate is essential by law when a building is constructed, sold or put up for rent. It is said that every home that is marketed for sale must have an EPC Energy Performance Certificate as part of a HIP (Home Information Pack), ... Read >
Author: Kirthy Shetty01st December 2008
In its efforts to help people become home owners the Scottish Government is promoting its LIFT shared equity scheme. LIFT stands for Low-cost Initiative for First-Time Buyers, and the New Supply Shared Equity scheme is part of the scheme. It is separate f... Read >
Author: cborthwick917th October 2008
The Decent Homes programme is a 10-12-year £40bn government initiative to modernise all the UK’s social housing.
CityWest Homes, an arms-length management organisation (ALMO), which spun off from Westminster City Council five years ago, is spending ... Read >
Author: Clive Sexton05th September 2008
Maintaining the balance between the buzz of noisy urban life with its pubs and clubs, industrial plant and transport, and the reasonable protection of the health and well-being of people within their homes in densely populated urban environments, is the c... Read >
Author: Mike Legon25th July 2008
For a lender to provide the residential or commercial development finance, there must be an appropriate planning permission. Lenders for development finance UK requires detailed planning permission. Some will fund schemes to purchase a site at 100% develo... Read >
Author: Cherry B11th July 2008
Debt advice experts have seen an increase in the numbers of middle class people wanting financial help rise by up to 500 per cent, as middle Britain suffers an overwhelming debt crisis.
Many UK households have seen their budgets being pushed to breaki... Read >
Author: Phil 01st July 2008
Community Money Advice, a charity offering debt advice across the country has reported an 85% rise in the number of people seeking debt advice in the past year.
And the biggest rise has been seen among the middle classes. Transact is a national compan... Read >
Author: Carys Robshaw01st July 2008
Transact, a national debt advice organisation, has said that the credit squeeze is leaving many professional people and homeowners struggling to cope with their debts.
The organisation, which represents over 1,200 debt advice centres, said its branch... Read >
Author: Ruth20th May 2008
Those investing in the property market will wonder what, if anything, the government can do to help people get on the property ladder. A reduction in house prices is clearly not helping, partly because the cause of it is the same factor - the credit crunc... Read >
Author: Assetz UK06th April 2008
The current state of the UK housing market makes finding investment property in the UK rather difficult as the market has taken a downward turn.
However, there are still many thousands of properties for sale, either in local estate agents or on the in... Read >
Author: Damian09th November 2007
Finding the right Real Estate Niche is the key to making lots of money. You might be reading this thinking we are complete idiots but since your still reading why not finish hearing what we have to say (technically reading still but owe well). Using Niche... Read >
Author: Michael_Keen01st September 2006
The fastest growing sector of home loans market is what we class as specialist mortgages. Specialist mortgages have developed to serve the mortgage needs of people who don't fit into the more conventional model buyer.
In the case of self-employed buy... Read >
Author: michael challiner02nd February 2006
Copyright 2006 Vincent Wilmot
The need for affordable housing for the relatively poor.
In many countries, including the UK and USA, acceptable housing cannot be afforded by lower-income families unless subsidised rent 'affordable housing' or 'social... Read >
Author: Vincent Wilmot08th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Vincent Wilmot
Misgoverning the poor.
The poor in developed countries like the USA and UK, honest and dishonest alike, are handled only by the non-street-wise middle class who run government departments and other bodies - ensuring tha... Read >
Author: Vincent Wilmot
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