Two years after the launch of George Osborne's flagship Help to Buy scheme, more than half of all English postcode are yet to see a single mortgage completion under Help to Buy. A brand new interactive map, compiled by TotallyMoney.com (using the latest statistics from HM Treasury), has revealed that Help to Buy is yet to reach 60% of postcode areas in England. These Help to Buy...
Buying Property
The search for a new home today most often begins on the internet, as it allows one to have instant results and much faster results than how things used to be in the past. All you really need is easy access to the web and you will easily find a lot of properties without too much effort involved. You may easily find virtual tours above all things, as well as interior photos, information on the neighborhood,...
I’ll start right out by saying that the answer is usually “no”. But there are exceptions. Retirement accounts are like . . . I don’t know . . . delicious pork barbeque. Once you’ve put all the necessary ingredients on to cook, you don’t have to mess with it a great deal. Time and heat do the rest. Replace “pork” with “money” and “heat”...
The Little House Company chatted with their home sellers to find out the differences between men and women when they are finding a new home, in an attempt to find out what's really going on in the minds of buyers when house hunting. The results where surprising so let’s have look in this super...
Investing in commercial property can be extremely lucrative if you get it right. However, like any other investment, there are costly pitfalls that can make you wish you’d kept your money in the bank. Here are some tips from Paramount Investments, a commercial property estate agents on keeping the following mistakes as a checklist of what to avoid when investing in commercial property. Choosing the...
A house is a family’s major investment, so it is important to check every corner and surface of a house you are planning to buy before closing a deal. Home inspections should also include garages, especially if you have multiple cars or are planning to convert the area into a workspace. When buying a house, get as much information of material importance from the owners or the real estate agent as you...
According to housing charity Shelter, nearly two million 20-34 year olds are stilling living at home with their parents. This “Peter Pan generation” are unable to afford to put down a deposit on their own home, and even more worryingly, many of them are unable to afford to rent a property. Parents of many young people are having to lend them money for a housing deposit and this has...
Searching for a new property can be an intensely exciting experience, as there are plenty of high quality homes currently on the market. The criteria you use to select your new home will be entirely personal to you and your family, but there are plenty of tried and tested methods to help you find somewhere comfortable, practical and aesthetically pleasing. There’s no reason why you should view the...
Reports are now showing that house buyers in England and Wales are now paying the largest proportion of asking prices in well over a decade. Not since September of 2002 has the average percentage been at this level. Other promising figures suggest that the UK’s housing market overall may be on the mend, although London’s my not be quite as strong as it has been. The past two months have seen...
Money is getting harder and harder to come by these days and banks aren’t as willing to lend as they used to be. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider owning a home if you don’t already. The market may be a little down, but the inventory is great; there are thousands of homes up for sale at competitive prices. Understand what you’re getting into. Before you take the leap...