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The task of arranging self-build mortgages is simple in theory but in practice there are a number of issues you need to be aware of. All parts of the self-build process through pla...
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Aside from home improvements, debt consolidation is the most common reason for increasing the size of a personal mortgage. Consolidating debts into a mortgage is often the most eff...
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At this moment in time UK house prices are holding up relatively well compared to the doomsday predictions of 18 months ago. The only market which is showing real concern is London...
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Quite how the largest economy in the world can be brought to its knees by political bickering resulting in the closing down of government while politicians come to their senses jus...
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A report by the Principality Building Society has confirmed what many experts have been suggesting for some time now. Welsh house prices have been increasing faster than the UK ave...
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As the bitter infighting between the European Union and the UK continues perhaps it is now time to look further afield for property investment? South Africa is a country which has ...
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The property market, like any other investment market, tends to attract an array of myths, rumours and untruths. If you read the general press you would be forgiven for assuming th...
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As the UK housing market looks set for a period of subdued growth in the short to medium term, can the sector still deliver growing tax revenues to the UK government? This is a que...
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As we approach the end of 2017 there are an array of differing opinions about the worldwide real estate sector and specific country markets. On one hand there were high hopes that ...
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A report by the Guardian has cast a very interesting light of the London property market and the growing number of people moving to other parts of the UK. During the 12 month perio...
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There is no doubt that 2017 has been a dramatic year for housing markets around the world. The UK is under pressure in light of Brexit, the performance of European housing markets ...
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For some time now the Scottish housing market has been under pressure amid concerns about a possible second independence referendum and the worsening relationship with Westminster....
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It is fair to say that the media can manipulate many areas of everyday life and business. They play a significant role in politics, as seen by the Brexit debacle, and they play a s...
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UK housebuilding giant Persimmon is centre stage at the moment after two executives resigned amid concerns that a £500 million plus directors long-term incentive scheme benefited ...
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The UK housing market is set for a mixed performance in 2018 according to the Rightmove house price index. Analysts are expecting the emergence of a “two tier” housing market i...
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Despite the fact that the UK government induced the house price buying frenzy back in the 1980s with the “right to buy” on council property, it seems those days are over. A rep...
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If you looked at the mortgage industry in 2008, just after the 2007 recession, lenders catering to clients with poor credit had almost completely disappeared. Some lenders moved to...
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There has been much talk about introducing an array of new property taxes such as a tax on undeveloped land. The idea is that not only will this provide additional tax income for g...
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A report by the Halifax has cast a very interesting light on the UK housing market suggesting that total UK housing stock is now worth around £6 trillion. This represents a jump f...
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The UK government has been waxing lyrical about plans to increase the number of new households per annum to 300,000. The idea is to increase the number of new build houses, make th...