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27th March 2009
The current economic crisis has had a profound affect on UK property developers and landlords alike. A causal relationship between the two means that whilst prospective landlords are not eager to buy property at a time of low lending and credit, companies... Read >
Author: MarkeD06th March 2009
For Buy to Let market, the last few months have been difficult for the landlords with the credit crunch came increase on arrears, lack of buy to let mortgages and tougher lender's criteria. But it is not all bad news, the houses are cheaper to buy, the re... Read >
Author: G M12th February 2009
The surprise rise of 1.9% goes against the 10 consecutive monthly falls of UK house prices, these falls have knocked off the best part of £35,000 from the average house price. This news will be welcome relief for the millions of home owners who have been... Read >
Author: Sarkin08th January 2009
Latest figures have revealed more bad news, a double whammy - UK house prices have suffered the biggest drop in 25 years as well as the number of mortgages being issued is also at a record low.
Official figures show a month-on-month drop of 2.2% in Dec... Read >
Author: cborthwick930th October 2008
Reuters have conducted a poll amongst analysts from different banks, consultancies and investment firms and the results forecast an obscure future for the residential property market in the UK, compared to the indicators obtained last year from similar st... Read >
Author: tugsearch17th July 2008
Recent research from the British Bankers Association revealed that mortgage approvals hit their lowest level since their records began in 1997, with less than 28,000 mortgages for homebuyers approved in May 2008 - a figure nearly 60 per cent lower than th... Read >
Author: Daniel Collins27th June 2008
UK house prices are predicted to drop by a massive 35% this year, according to the latest forecasts from a leading mortgage body.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders [CML] say that property market in England and Wales has already recorded a 7% fall this ye... Read >
Author: Mildred27th May 2008
According to research published by TDX Group, “problem” unsecured consumer debt is currently at approximately £25billion in the UK. The company further reports that one million people have problem unsecured debt in the country, each of whom owes an a... Read >
Author: Monica15th May 2008
This month the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling has said he aims to get the damaged money markets back into shape with the help of financial experts in Washington. He has made announcements that he intends to do everything within his po... Read >
Author: Sarah Othman13th April 2008
It's official: Scotland is now the most resilient property market in the UK. The latest quarterly survey of UK house prices showed that while the national rate of annual house price inflation is 2.2 per cent, Scotland is speeding ahead at nearly three tim... Read >
Author: Assetz UK25th March 2008
Letting agents are seeing booming demand for rental property as first time buyers and foreign workers defer buying homes amid continued uncertainty over UK house prices.
Letting agents around London and the south east in particular are seeing up to 25%... Read >
Author: Propertyhawk25th March 2008
Letting agents are seeing booming demand for rental property as first time buyers and foreign workers defer buying homes amid continued uncertainty over UK house prices.
Letting agents around London and the south east in particular are seeing up to 25%... Read >
Author: Propertyhawk26th February 2008
Some pundits are predicting that UK house prices will fall and the real estate market will slow down, but the exclusive central London property market continues to operate on its own rules. No matter how the market turns, one prediction is sure – it pay... Read >
Author: Alistair Boscawen13th February 2008
Those looking at the possibilities of investing in property in UK will be concerned with many issues. One will be the economy as a whole, with some doom-mongers still predicting that Britain will catch America's cold and plunge into recession. Others may ... Read >
Author: Assetz UK31st January 2008
Proof, were it needed, that the property market has slowed has come in the shape of falling UK house prices. Survey after survey has shown small monthly drops in house prices, leaving values still well above where they were in the past, but moderating a m... Read >
Author: Assetz UK09th November 2007
The value of the UK secured loans market looks set to pass the £10 billion mark in the next five years as more Britons look to consolidate their unsecured debt, according to a recent report issued by Datamonitor. The current estimated value of the UK sec... Read >
Author: Elisha Burberry02nd May 2007
The UK has a unique property market. With prices rising at amazing rates over the last decade, it presents a fantastic investment opportunity but how do you go about getting into the market? Help is at hand!
So firstly, let's look at what sort of inves... Read >
Author: Keith Barrett19th 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... Read >
Author: Lee Unsworth09th January 2007
In a December article in "This is Money", they conducted a poll in which 55% of people expected prices to rise in 2007, and of these they expected the rise to be 6% or more.
This was compared to the previous year when 43% of those polled expected price... Read >
Author: Ray Prince15th November 2006
100% Shared Ownership Mortgages
As UK house prices have escalated out of the reach of the first time buyer many people have had to resort to moving into rented accommodation to get a roof over their heads. An Englishman's home is his castle and with th... Read >
Author: Joe Kocsis10th November 2006
According to the Nationwide building society house prices cooled slightly in October; the trend over the past quarter demonstrated by the Halifax also shows a slow down in UK house prices from June through to August. However, Nationwide believes that t... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan01st September 2006
Halifax plc part of the HBOS Group, the UK's largest provider of residential mortgages and saving accounts is advising that due to rising utility and council tax bills, the householders have been more restricted. In April, May and June the average raise i... Read >
Author: Alison White12th August 2006
UK Mortgages: Buy before it's to late
Has the saying the "Englishman's home is his castle" come to an end? Since the days of Maggie Thatcher, the British public have slowly become householders and at the last census, as much as 65% of people lived in t... Read >
Author: Joe Kocsis19th July 2006
Summary of news:
Markets still looking mainly at the Middle East for direction, with talk of a possible cease-fire
between Israel and Hezbollah overnight prompting a downturn in safe-haven gold and oil prices
at one stage.
Meanwhile, US Treasu... Read >
Author: Debbie Forward19th July 2006
For the majority of people interested in personal finance - and those who claim not to be - the biggest investment they will ever make is in their home. It's one of the most talked about investments there is, and yet many don't look at it that way: homebu... Read >
Author: Andrew Regan
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