Reintroduction of stamp duty...

March 29, 2012

As had been predicted, the stamp duty deadline resulted in lower house prices as first-time buyers lost incentive to buy homes. Since there is now a 1% stamp duty, the surge in home sales has come to...

Huge Number of Homeowners Ha...

August 27, 2011

Although house prices have been slowly rising in the South West of England, they are rapidly falling in the North East and East with more than 800,000 mortgage borrowers in the UK now having negative...

More and more lenders re-ent...

August 01, 2011

Over the last few years it has been tough for first time buyers to get on the property ladder.  Banks have been cautious about who they lend to and have often required deposits of over 15 per cent â€...

95% mortgage deals on the in...

July 29, 2011

As banks continue to relax their lending criteria it has been revealed that the number of 95 per cent loan to value mortgage deals has reached its highest level in over two years. ...