Hunter Biden painting buyers want access to the White House and Joe Biden, Bush ethics chief claims

Hunter Biden’s painting buyers have no interest in art and the White House should wait until Joe leaves office because his son has already made enough money from Ukrainian business deals, George W. Bush’s ethics chief claims A former White House ethics chief is doubting the Biden administration’s assertion that Hunter Biden will not know … Read more

What Sydney’s latest lockdown restrictions mean for first-time buyers about to purchase their home

Public auctions and open homes will be banned in Sydney this weekend as part of an even stricter lockdown. With Australia’s biggest city recording 44 new cases, Health Minister Brad Hazzard declared the traditional Saturday morning bidding in the backyard would be off. ‘Certainly in greater Sydney, there are no open houses for real estate,’ … Read more

Housing giant ‘forces buyers to use its own broadband’

Housing giant ‘forces buyers to use its own broadband’: Persimmon boosts profits with its in-house internet service Families moving on to new estates found only one Internet network they can use It is called FibreNest and is owned by the developer, Persimmon Internet provider’s customers have doubled from 6,000 to 14,000 in past year Critics … Read more

Why there’s still hope for first-time buyers

Soaring house prices have left many first-time buyers struggling to get on the property ladder.  The cost of the average home has jumped by 10.9 per cent to £242,832 in only 12 months, according to Nationwide.  It means that even with generous tax breaks and rock-bottom mortgage rates, the reality of home ownership is slipping … Read more

Government First Homes plan offers HALF PRICE properties to first-time buyers –

First-time buyers in England could get a home for up to half price after the Government launched a new affordable housing scheme. The scheme is known as First Homes, and the first properties built under it went on the market in the East Midlands market town of Bolsover today. With house prices having surged by … Read more

Cashed-up Chinese buyers swarm Australia’s housing market with buyers rocketing by 50 per cent

Cashed-up Chinese buyers swarm Australia’s housing market with their sights set on major east coast suburbs Chinese buyers are returning to Australia to invest in the country’s property Investment website Juwai says interest skyrocketed 51 per cent in the last year  They say Melbourne is most desirable market followed by Sydney and Brisbane  By Sam … Read more

Top 10 areas for hunting home buyers revealed with Didsbury top

A posh and leafy Manchester suburb has been named as the most popular place for buyers actively looking for their new home. Didsbury, on the north bank of the River Mersey, is 4.5 miles south of Manchester’s city centre. It is an attractive suburb with plenty of pubs and executive homes. It has been identified … Read more

Nationwide lets first-time buyers borrow 20% MORE – if they lock mortgage rate for five years 

Nationwide lets first-time buyers borrow 20% MORE as it raises mortgage limit to 5.5 times salary – but they must lock in for five years  UK’s second-largest mortgage lender changes loan-to-income calculation – but only for first-time buyers fixing their rate for between five and 10 years They will be able to borrow 5.5 times … Read more

First-time buyers can get on the property ladder with just a 5% deposit under a new scheme

95% mortgage deals backed by the state: First-time buyers can get on the property ladder with just a 5% deposit under a new scheme launching today High street banks including Lloyds, Santander and Barclays will start offering state-backed mortgages under a government scheme launching today Both first-time buyers and current homeowners will be able to … Read more

Location, Location, Location viewers slam ‘pretentious’ first-time buyers

Viewers branded it ‘karma’ after a couple missed out on their dream first property together after squabbling over paying an extra £5,000 to secure the final deal on Location, Location, Location – despite it being £30,000 under their £750,000 budget.  In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, professional dancer Georgie and insurance underwriter … Read more