February 2018
Weekly Round-Up: 2nd February 2018
Take Interest People with interest-only mortgages are being urged to take action after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that many have still not talked to their lender about their repayment options. Nearly one in [...]
Weekly Round-up: 26th January 2018
Quiet December According to the latest figures from UK Finance, mortgage activity has been building through the year, helped by increasing numbers of first-time buyers. Gross mortgage lending in the month is estimated to [...]
Weekly Round-Up: 19th January 2018
Trending up UK Finance’s mortgage trends updated for November 2017, released this week, revealed steady increases in mortgage lending for first-time buyers and home movers compared to the previous month and the equivalent period in [...]
How The Property You Want To Buy Can Affect Your Mortgage
The property you want to buy will also be a huge factor the lender considers before making a mortgage offer. Not all properties are built equally and not all lenders lend against all properties [...]
Weekly Round-up: 12th January 2018
Off to the races The Gloucestershire town of Cheltenham saw the highest percentage rise in house prices of any major UK town or city in 2017, according to new research by Halifax. The average house [...]
Weekly Round-up: 5th January 2018
Don’t give up TSB have been looking at our New Year’s resolutions and reveal that Brits spend an average of £187 on those that they later give up. The findings show that last New Year [...]
How to Chose an Estate Agent
How to choose an Estate Agent The sheer number of agents out there can make choosing who is best to sell your home a tricky prospect. Fixed fee, percentage fee, high fee, low fee, [...]
December 2017
BTL Portfolio Landlords
Buy to Let mortgages have gone through some recent changes. These changes are causing landlords some concern over what it means for them and the future viability of Buy to Let. Is it still worth [...]
November 2017
Landlords, what further changes could possibly apply to buy to let?
I would like to say a huge thank you to all the landlords and other guests that attended the buy to let seminar on Wednesday night arranged and hosted by Sarah Johnston of Homes4Harrogate. It [...]
December 2016
Weekly Round-up 21st December 2016
Keep on lending The Cohouses-on-coinsuncil of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published its latest mortgage lending forecasts reporting gross lending of £21 billion in November – up by an estimated 3% on October, and also [...]
November 2016
The Key to Staying Safe
One in 10 Millennials admit that they are unsure who else has a set of keys to their home, according to research conducted by Ocean Finance. They asked those surveyed who else had keys to [...]