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Getting on the Housing Ladder

Recent research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors suggests that during the Blair decade, it has become almost three and a half times as difficult for young people to get onto the housing ladder. This means that parents of school aged children need to start thinking about strategies that can help them prepare for the “inevitable” plea for help later. Read more

Your home is at risk …

… if you do not keep up the repayments on your mortgage. A statement that is reinforced by news from the Council of Mortgage Lenders that the number of repossessions rose by almost a third to 14,000 during the first half of 2007, compared with the same period in 2006. Read more

Remortgaging

The basic rules that could save you thousands
Remortgaging your home can save hundreds, if not thousands of pounds over the term of your mortgage Read more

Property developer profits spared

Controversial levy may now be scrapped
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently confirmed that a controversial levy that would have seen property developer profits taxed by the government may now be scrapped. Read more

Landlords who fail to declare investment earnings will face new initiative

Honesty is the best policy
The Government recently announced that it is turning its attention towards buy-to-let landlords who fail to declare earnings from their property investment. Read more

Stamp duty land tax

Know the facts
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is the tax you pay when you buy property Read more

House purchase plans

Innovative employer’s help staff get on the property ladder
Employers are coming to the rescue of their cash-strapped graduate recruits by introducing new schemes Read more

Return to a buyers market

Increased market supply as sellers look to realise gains
Property commentators are predicting a return to a buyers’ market following recent interest rate rises Read more

Fixed rate mortgages

Your questions answered
The interest payable on a fixed-rate mortgage is guaranteed not to change for a specified period Read more

Financing long term lending

Fixed-rate mortgages to bring more stability to the housing market!
Government proposals to help banks to finance long term lending will only cut the cost of 25-year Read more

First-time buyers

15 year high in proportion to income spent on mortgage interest payments
First-time buyers are spending a higher proportion of their income on mortgage interest payments Read more

Buy-to-let

Some investors don’t plan to fail but they do fail to plan
If you are considering entering the buy-to-let market - planning is the key. Here are some of the key points to consider Read more

Highest base rate in over six years

Are you exposed to the elements?
Thousands of borrowers who have been enjoying the shelter and certainty of a short-term fixed rate Read more

Eco-towns…

The government recognises the first official zero-carbon home
Plans to create eco-towns across the UK have moved a step closer as the government recognised Read more

Buy-to-let…

Lending on the increase by almost 50% on last year
The number of mortgages taken out by landlords shot up by almost 50 per cent last year. Read more

New housing agency…

Objectives to locate surplus public land and the development of brownfield sites
Gordon Brown’s plan to build new homes at a rate of 240,000 per year by 2016, has been attacked by some leading economists as lacking ambition. Read more

Funding your investment…

The points to consider
Buy-to-let mortgages have become much more competitive in recent years. Now you almost have the same choice available as you have with ordinary mortgages. Read more

Drop in rate of growth for recent house building…

New targets could still leave a shortfall
Gordon Brown has been accused of “spin”... Read more

3 million additional houses pledged…

Housing now at the top of the political agenda!
Gordon Brown has pledged to build 3 million additional houses by 2020.Unveiling a blueprint for his first year in power, the prime minister has put housing at the top of the political agenda Read more

Buy-to-let

Parents eager to give their children a foothold on the property ladder are among the biggest factors fuelling the buy-to-let boom, according to latest research. Read more

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