With travel starting to tentatively open up, holiday rentals in green list countries are in high demand for this summer. But for those wanting to make a more long-term investment and commitment, buying an overseas holiday home could also seem like a tempting option. One of the winners of Covid-era tourism is set to be … Read more
The average UK property price soared 10.2 per cent in the year to March, official figures revealed today – a rate not witnessed since before the financial crisis. The average home is now worth £24,000 more than it was in March last year, a period in which the national appetite for purchasing a new property, … Read more
The average UK property price soared 10.2 per cent in the year to March, official figures revealed today – a rate not witnessed since before the financial crisis. The average home is now worth £24,000 more than it was in March last year, a period in which the national appetite for purchasing a new property, … Read more
Nationwide Building Society has become the latest lender to offer mortgages with 5 per cent deposits, and is offering the lowest interest rate yet. It is the largest bank or building society to bring back a 5 per cent product, and the is doing so at the lowest rate available, 3.49 per cent. Nationwide is … Read more
Homeowners locked in disputes with neighbours over misplaced fences are being offered a new solution which could save them hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly court battles, This is Money can reveal. Property lawyers told of cases where neighbours had spent more than a quarter of a million pounds trying to address boundary issues, … Read more
Homebuyers hoping to benefit from the stamp duty holiday are facing a race against the clock. With less than seven weeks left until the stamp duty threshold is lowered at the end of June, some councils are taking months to return local searches, with potentially thousands of pounds at stake for prospective homeowners. Under the … Read more
Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more
Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more
Most economic textbooks I read many moons ago at university talked about an intrinsic link between a country’s economy and house prices. In simple terms, when an economy is in growth mode, house prices rise. Conversely, when an economy goes into shrink mode, they fall. It’s a rule that until last year had stood the … Read more
First-time buyers who watched in dismay last year as high loan-to-value mortgages all but disappeared now have something to celebrate By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 15 May 2021 Wannabe first-time buyers who watched in dismay last year as high loan-to-value mortgages all but … Read more