Mortgages

How to make a competitive offer as a first time buyer
Are you looking to buy your first home? Nick Manson, Director of Mansons, in Jesmond, Newcastle, talks us through how best to prepare before making an offer
Are you looking to buy your first home? Nick Manson, Director of Mansons, in Jesmond, Newcastle, talks us through how best to prepare before making an offer
Although most properties in the UK are not at risk of flooding, millions are, even in areas that are not immediately waterside.
It may seem like a Herculean task, but it is possible to buy a house if you are on your own.
The property world is full of words and expressions that may be unfamiliar to anyone who is not regularly buying, selling, letting or renting a home.
Would-be homeowners looking to get on the property ladder for the first time will soon be able to apply for the new Help to Buy scheme.
The announcement of a second national coronavirus lockdown has left the housing market largely untouched.
The new 2020/21 tax year started on 6 April, bringing in several new tax changes that affect buy-to-let landlords.
Boris Johnson made headlines with his announcement to the virtual Conservative Party conference of a Government-backed 5% deposit mortgage scheme.
It might not seem the ideal way of getting on the property ladder but for more and more young people, it is the only way to make the move.
In one sense all affordable housing is relative – what is affordable for one person will not be for another.