Finances

Repossessions to rise in 2011 lenders forecast

Posted by on 16/12/2010 at 4:35 pm

Published by Property Community on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 by Ray Clancy   Mortgage arrears and repossessions will rise modestly next year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) predicts. Its annual forecast for the UK property market paints a picture of continued stagnation, with the current low level of sales persisting, and prices falling modestly […]

Quality matters as the UK property market slows

Posted by on 17/11/2010 at 7:37 pm

Published by Property Wire on Tuesday, 16 November 2010   As the UK residential real estate market begins to slow down the value gap between the best properties on the market and the rest is widening, according to a new analysis. Best in class properties have fallen an average of just 1.4% over the past […]

Alternatives to double glazing

Posted by on 04/11/2010 at 9:04 am

Nice solution if properly fitted. However, … there is one small flow; no day light if you want to keep warmth inside. Published by Telegraph Sarah Lonsdale on Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010   Katy Duke and her husband Richard Swann live in a converted Victorian school house in Frome, Somerset. A beautiful historic building made […]

Social housing and the Comprehensive Spending Review

Posted by on 22/10/2010 at 4:24 pm

Published by 24 Dash by Jon Land on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010   On the eve of the private sector, there’s a sense of disbelief across the social housing sector. Can this really be happening? Like a boxer clinging onto the ropes, we are desperately hoping for the final bell. The problem is we haven’t […]

Low Rates for Steadier Property Market

Posted by on 15/10/2010 at 3:23 pm

Published by Bloomberg By Jennifer Ryan on Wednesday 13 October 2010   Britain needs interest rates to stay low for as long as possible to help its property market become “steadier” without swings in prices that make homes unaffordable, Housing Minister Grant Shapps said. “It’s really important that we keep interest rates low for as […]

Fear of House Price Crash as Figures Show largest Fall in 27 Years

Posted by on 14/10/2010 at 12:20 pm

Published by Mortgage Rates by by Mark Johnston on Tuesday, 9 October 2010   Fears are still growing of a property price crash as house prices continue to fall. Last month figures dropped by an average of £6,000 for a house in the UK. The figures published by Halifax showed further decline in the UK […]

UK mortgage lending down again

Posted by on 28/09/2010 at 3:24 pm

Published by Financial Advice on Thursday 23rd September 2010   UK mortgage lending for August was down 22.3% against the corresponding period last year with just under 32,000 approvals. In total £11.4 million was injected into the UK housing arena although this was well down on the £13.3 billion just a month earlier. So what […]