Buying agency Stacks Property Search is reporting g rising buyer demand for wrecks requiring significant levels of renovation. The agency says that in the current market, where demand for property outstrips supply, more buyers struggling…
Eligible homebuyers could get a mortgage worth seven times their salary for the first time in over a decade. The new product from online mortgage lender Habito comes after the Bank of England separately announced plans to relax…
Campaigners are calling for plans to charge landlords up to £10k to be scrapped Plans are for all new rental homes to have an energy rating of C or above Campaigners are urging the Government…
The Scrooges at Threadneedle Street are preparing to deliver an unwelcome Christmas present for millions of borrowers and wannabe home buyers: the first Bank of England interest rate rise for more than three years and only the third…
Council tax should be scrapped and replaced with annual payment equivalent to 0.5% of homeowner’s property, says think-tank Labour-leaning think-tank suggests council tax should be replaced by annual levy The Institute for Public Policy Research…
A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a bid to fund the growing cost of social care.The idea has come from the…
The average house price dipped for the first time since January, falling by 0.5% in June, according to the latest Halifax house price index. As a result, annual house price inflation eased to 8.8%, compared…
Grand Design fans may recognise the water tower home which cost its former owners nearly £2 million to transform. The Grand Designs water tower in Kennington, that once supplied the workhouse that Charlie Chaplin lived…
The UK is experiencing “one of the busiest markets in years” as the number of buyers enquiring about each home for sale hit a record high. Prospective buyer numbers are 34 per cent higher\ than…
London property market predictions for 2021: six major threats identified from Brexit to a third wave of Covid It’s hard to remember the last time London’s property market was poised quite so delicately on a…
