by Alan Lowery | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s over 80 years since Victor Watson acquired the rights to the UK version of Monopoly, and while many of the place names on the board remain familiar to Londoners, property prices bear increasingly little resemblance to those in the real world. A new...
by Alan Lowery | Jan 12, 2017 | first time buyers, Housing, Latest News
Thousands of new homes to help first-time buyers on to the property ladder will be built on brownfield land, Theresa May will announce on Tuesday. In her second big housing pledge in as many days, the Prime Minister will announce support for people aged between 23 and...
by Alan Lowery | Dec 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
UK’s private housing worth more than the fortunes of ALL the world’s billionaires Homeowners are sitting on a record property fortune of £5.6tn after house prices jumped by more than 50% during the past 10 years, according to Halifax. That’s greater than the...
by Alan Lowery | Dec 12, 2016 | Housing, Latest News
House prices rise for first time since March House prices have picked up speed for the first time since March, but will slow in the next year as the market loses momentum. Halifax’s price index recorded a 6pc annual increase in house prices in the three months...
by Alan Lowery | Dec 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nationwide has increased the rates on some of its 10-year fixed mortgages by 0.3 percentage points as mortgage rates across the board seem likely to rise. Last week Skipton Building Society increased rates on some mortgages by 0.37 percentage points, while another...