Category Archives: House Prices

Hi everyone Are there any BTL lenders that lend against the property valuation rather than the lower purchase price? For example, if the valuation is £100K and the price paid is £90K, will any...

Unlike the press DON’T PANIC, the economic news is good but not that good in the Bank of England Inflation report. Reports of imminent Bank Base Rate rises next year are wildly exaggerated and...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) want a 5% annual price rise cap for houses that triggers restrictions on mortgage  income multipliers or maximum Loan to Value. Although Rics did...

Rightmove House Price Index sees asking prices rebound post-Olympics this month by 3.5% an average of £8,310. This reported increase partially reverses the poor summer of monthly falls totaling 4.6%...

Whilst a bungalow isn’t likely to provide you with the highest possible rental yield, bungalows should not be overlooked as property investment opportunities, especially by investors with with...

Plush Kensington and Chelsea is the streets ahead as the most expensive place to buy a home in Britain – with average house prices of nearly £2 million. Buying a house in Kensington costs...

Homes selling at auction in May sold for around 80% of the price of an average home. The latest figures from auction monitor EI Group show 2,034 properties changed hands for an average price of...

Falling prices and relaxed buy to let finance lending has let landlords swoop to add properties to their portfolios. The average professional property business portfolio increased to 14.1 during the...

House prices are stagnating and are expected to stay the same for the rest of the year, according to one of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders. May house prices increased 0.5% after a 2.3% drop in...

Most lenders insist that a term of at least 35 years must exist on a lease in addition to the required mortgage term. Therefore, if a borrower requests a 25 year mortgage term the remaining lease term...