Home Conveyancing customers - Only 28% feel informed, are you one? Or are you part of the 55% frustrated by a lack of communication? Some of the most interesting factors in the technological age are the transitions that have been seen across all sectors, and...
Home Buying
Right time to look for a new home – best mortgage rates for 4 years
The housing market is one that seems to be forever fluctuating. One minute you’re being told that it is a bad time to sell, then a bad time to buy, that it could be better to rent, or just stay put. Well, statistics released this week are actually on a positive note!...
Social housing no longer a priority for councils
3 reasons social housing is at an all-time low In the post-war years, social housing was seen somewhat as a necessity for many. Parts of the country were still in recovery from the bombings of WWII, and it became a priority that there would be housing and education...
Why buy-to-lets are now pushed for first-time buyers
Barclays bank is the first of the big UK lenders to encourage first-time buyers to invest into a buy-to-let scheme. The idea is aimed at those who ‘cannot get onto the property ladder’ in their own area, typically the more southern regions of the country, and means...
Has anything really changed for first-time buyers?
Stamp Duty - Has anything really changed for first-time buyers? Sounds like its’ great news for first-time buyers across the country! Now, instead of paying Stamp Duty for homes valued at £125,000 or above, Philip Hammond recently announced that this threshold has now...
House-buying slows down
House-buying slows down As is typical of the winter months, rates of home-buying across the UK has slowed down. There are some property experts, however, that are beginning to question whether it will pick back up at the rate it has in previous years. Not only this,...
Young people choosing travel as property ladder is too high
For the young people of this generation, or ‘millennials’ as the preferred term by the Media, the notion of investing in a mortgage and grab a rung on the property ladder doesn’t seem achievable. Housing price inflation is at a concerning point, and politically the...