We might finally be able to have our cake and eat it when it comes to housing
Many of the problems associated with growth were solved by integrating transport planning with land use planning, something we are...
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Lenders gear up for ‘mortgage January sale’ as inflation falls below 4pc
Following the inflation drop, swap rates – the main pricing mechanism for fixed rate mortgages – have fallen. Swap rates...
Everything you need to know about buying a holiday home
No one else will care about the property as much as you do. It’s your money, your house, so you...
Ryan Reynolds turns Welsh city into a property investment hotspot
Last year Wrexham became a city as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which has further raised its profile.Mr...
No house price crash next year, banks say
House prices will only fall marginally next year or not at all thanks to first time buyers and falling mortgages,...
‘Can your mum guarantee the rent?’
Landlords are increasingly asking tenants earning even as much as £100,000 a year if their parents can guarantee the rent.Requests...
Mortgages fall ahead of Bank of England’s rate decision
Aaron Strutt, of broker Trinity Financial, said lenders were passing on their falling borrowing costs – which are influenced by...
Buying your ‘forever home’? Read this first
From what the weather is going to be like tomorrow to how the housing market will perform next year, life is full of challenges that are difficult to predict.But an unpalatable truth about the future is that, as we age, we are likely to get poorer and less active – and the kind of home we need will change accordingly.Smart homebuyers don’t wait until their living arrangements reach crisis point to make a move. Instead, they are investing in properties which work from them today and – they hope –...
the top 10 UK cities for house price growth
While Hyde Park, Headingley, Burley, Woodhouse or the city centre remain sought-for lets to students, first-time buyers are more likely to...
‘The house was a complete wreck when we moved in – half the ceilings had fallen down’
In the summer of 1935, the poet TS Eliot stumbled upon Burnt Norton, a charming manor house near Chipping Campden...
