Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more
Asking prices for homes up for sale across Britain have once again reached new record highs in the past month, fresh figures from Rightmove suggest. The average asking price jumped by over £5,700, or 1.8 per cent, to a new ‘all-time high’ of £333,564 in a single month as buyers rushed to snap up homes … Read more
With house prices at record highs, thousands of families are unable to find a new home that suits them at a price they can afford. But a growing number are hitting on an unusual solution: giving up part of their garden to build a home for a family member. More than a third of homeowners … Read more
My neighbour’s tree is blocking the sunlight in my garden. With every year the tree grows taller, the problem worsens. I have made a number of polite requests to my neighbour to either prune or cut down the tree, which he has rebuffed. We now get almost no sunlight in our back garden, but he … Read more
First-time buyers are more likely to be rejected for a mortgage than they were before the pandemic, a new study has found. Only one in five prospective first-time buyers were able to get a mortgage on their first attempt, according to Aldermore Bank’s annual survey of people who have got on the housing ladder. This … Read more
We would like to change our front garden into an off-street parking space, partly for our own convenience and partly because we hear it is a good way to add value to an urban property. Do we need planning permission from the council, and will they take responsibility for dropping the kerb? Also, will it … Read more
HSBC handed out more mortgages in March than any other month in its HISTORY and cuts rates on a number of home loans Bank handed out more mortgages in March than any month in its 40-year history This included providing home loans to more than 3,000 first-time buyers It has also cut rates on several … Read more
We went to view a house for sale that seemed to offer lots of potential as someone had done the building work for an extension and not finished off the inside, but we then discovered it had no planning permission. The estate agent advertised it as having been extended over time but work was incomplete … Read more
Borrowers applying for new 95% mortgages will need ‘squeaky clean’ credit histories, brokers warn By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 27 April 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 27 April 2021 Borrowers applying for a raft of new 95 per cent mortgages will need ‘squeaky clean’ credit histories, brokers warn. Dozens of … Read more
Nationwide offers £500 cashback on mortgages for buyers of energy efficient homes By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 27 April 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 27 April 2021 Buyers of energy efficient homes can earn £500 cashback with a Nationwide mortgage. Most homes sold in the UK need an Energy Performance … Read more