Tag: mortgages

Interest only mortgages are homeowner loans where repayments only consist of interest charged on the total amount of capital borrowed. The Mortgage Market Review (MMR) of 2014 made changes to mortgage lending rules in response…

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The UK property market is likely to resume ‘business as usual’ now that the uncertainty over the General Election result has been removed. Buyers and sellers who were waiting to see the policies that would…

Recent excitement in the media about self-build properties has focused on the latest construction material to be used successfully – namely straw. The first straw houses to be offered on the open market in the…

In July 2009 the UK economy was in a very different state than it is today. We were still trying to come to terms with the shock of the base rate dropping to 0.50% and…

One of our clients recommended that their colleagues speak to us about their mortgage. The couple lived on site at the private school where one of them worked. As a senior member of the staff…

The mortgage market is on the move again. Gross mortgage lending increased to £17.6bn in October 2013, an increase of 37% from £12.9bn in October 2012. This figure is the highest since October 2008, when…

The Nationwide Building Society’s latest house price index data shows that the cost of an average home in the UK has increased to £168,941, which is up by 4% since the beginning of this year.…

Help to Buy is the new government scheme, announced in the March 2013 Budget, for the UK mortgage and property market. It is aimed at helping first time buyers - or those moving up the…