Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
UK house prices increased by 9.8% between January and December 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) latest House Price Index published yesterday. The new figures represent a slight decrease on those from the previous month, which showed house...
Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
Swapping lunch out for a packed lunch is the most common sacrifice made by prospective home buyers when saving for a deposit, research has found. The study, carried out by Housing Association Family Mosaic, surveyed 2,000 people who are currently saving for a house...
Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
A group of pensioners claim they have been “ripped off” by Severn Trent after paying an ‘unnecessary’ water charge for decades. Residents in the Rectory Close estate in Crick have been paying the water company to channel surface water to the sewers for a number of...
Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
Landlords, we have some good news – you can now take advantage of the lowest Buy To Let mortgage rates in history. Research from Moneyfacts.co.uk has confirmed that the average cost of both fixed and variable borrowing is falling, with the average fixed rate BTL deal...
Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
The number of repossessions fell to 21,000 in 2014 – 26% fewer than the 28,900 in 2013, and the lowest number since 2006, according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.At 0.19%, the repossession rate was also lower in 2014 than at any time since 2006. Out of...
Feb 19, 2015 | Blog
Sometimes cliches get repeated so frequently that we no longer question their relevance. “An Englishman’s home is his castle” – the idea that an obsession with home ownership is somehow in our national DNA – is one of them. In fact, there is no age-old British...
