Buying 16 per cent cheaper than renting
Buying a home in the UK is over a £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to research by Halifax. ...
Tag: first time buyer
A person who is buying a property for the first time.
Reminder on Stamp Duty holiday
Estate agents have issued a reminder to first time buyers that the Government's holiday on Stamp Duty Land Tax will ...
Mortgage lending continues to grow
Gross mortgage lending in December was an estimated £11.7 billion, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This represents a ...
Base rate held
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has voted this month to keep the base rate on hold ...
Organise your finances to help get you on to the property ladder
At the peak of the banking crisis mortgages requiring a 10% deposit or less virtually disappeared leaving little option for ...
Mortgages in 2011 most affordable on record
Lenders offering some of their cheapest mortgage deals last year helped make homeowners' monthly mortgage payments in 2011 the most ...
Location will be key for property investors this year
Property investors should be very selective about the areas they choose to buy in during 2012, warns buy to let ...
Transaction levels hold up
Sales activity remained relatively firm during December and an increasing amount of new stock came onto the housing market, according ...
Woking top price performer in 2011
Woking in Surrey recorded the biggest rise in house prices among major UK towns and cities over the past year, ...
November house prices up 0.3 per cent
The November data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows an annual price decrease of 1.9 per cent, which takes ...
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