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… Rise in buyer interest for renovation projects
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… High loan-to-income mortgages: new home loans could give borrowers an extra £200k
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… Plans to force buy-to-let owners to pay up to £10,000 to boost energy efficiency
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… Mortgage rates: Get a fixed deal as soon as possible
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… Think tank proposing annual property levy
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… MPs push for proportional property tax
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… House prices see first fall since January as stamp duty holiday ends
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… Grand Designs water tower sold: Grade II-listed London home that cost £2 million to renovate sells after price reduction
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… Property sales at record high
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… Is the London propery market resilient enough to make it through the next year?
