The Government has proposed reform of the leasehold laws with the new rules possibly rolled out within two years. There are three major changes being...
Buyers and sellers of property are staying at home, causing problems for people desperate to move. As activity in the housing market hits a Covid-19...
Rightmove reports that bottlenecks at every stage in the process of moving are causing house sales to take far longer than usual. In the latest...
14 February 2024 – A new option for home financing may finally be more accessible via a Dutch-style mortgage. April Mortgages, the company behind the...
Real estate agent Savills has published a report indicating that UK property prices could rise over the period from 2020 to 2024. Research conducted by...
While house prices are still rising, the Halifax has announced a slowdown in house price increases. According to the latest Halifax House Price Index, property...
The Government has laid out plans to restart England’s housing market which has been frozen effectively since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. Housing Secretary...
According to the latest House Price Index by Halifax, house prices have fallen by 0.1% in September, signalling a continued housing market slowdown. Halifax has...
According to the newest House Price Index by Rightmove, it takes on average 150 days to complete a purchase due to a conveyancing log-jam. With...
Housebuilder Persimmon and insurer Aviva are to refund leaseholders after a UK ground rent inquiry by the watchdog uncovered evidence of overcharging. Thousands of leaseholders...
Mortgage demand spiked and consumer borrowing rose for the first time in five months as the UK came out of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Bank...
As many as 12.5m households across the UK have regrets about the property they have chosen to buy or rent, according to newly released data...
If you want to know what you can do when you get a mortgage valuation that is lower than the agreed property purchase price, then...
Lenders have punished desperate homeowners who took loan repayment holidays from their bank at the peak of the pandemic with higher mortgage rates and rejections...
New planning regulations enabling unused commercial buildings to be converted into homes risk damaging the ‘fabric’ of local communities and threatening the prosperity of high...
Everyone will be liable for a capital gains tax bill should they make a profit – or gain – when selling a property or second...
