Our pick of two- and three-bedroom homes to rent in Buckingham
The pretty town of Buckingham is home to around 12,000 people. A traditional market town, Buckingham is dotted with stunning Georgian buildings, specialist shops and cosy pubs and restaurants. The town...
View ArticleMortgage blog: 2013’s mortgage year in review
According to Money Marketing, "the past 12 months have brought the kind of buoyant housing market few would have expected this time last year".At the end of 2012 the UK economy was facing a triple-dip...
View ArticleFamily homes available to buy now in Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay in North Wales is the perfect place to purchase your ideal family home. With picturesque scenery, three miles of beaches, plenty to keep explorers busy and close proximity to the Victorian...
View ArticlePopular Ayrshire provides a great choice of new-build homes
Scenic coastlines and beaches, world-renowned sporting facilities and easy access to Glasgow all combine to make Ayrshire a popular part of Scotland to live in. Buyers looking to find a new home in...
View ArticleFive of the best homes available to buy now in Stourbridge
The town of Stourbridge in the West Midlands is the ideal place for homebuyers who want to be close to both the city and the countryside. With peaceful canalside walks and a town centre dotted with...
View ArticleIdeal properties for students in the city of Edinburgh
A new study into the cost of living at British universities suggests that students looking to get the most for their money would do well to head Edinburgh for their studies. As the deadline for UCAS...
View ArticleMortgage blog: Why a rate rise may propel the government to victory in 2015
Since the base rate reached its record low of 0.5% in 2009 the government has been keen to keep rates low. Rate rises will hit millions of mortgage borrowers and, with a General Election due in 2015,...
View ArticleProperty around Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Eight of the best villages to consider
Tunbridge Wells is an historic spa town in the Weald of Kent, close to the East Sussex border. With excellent rail links to London, the town is close to the M25, Gatwick Airport and surrounded by a...
View ArticlePersimmon’s Glyn Mabey on the launch of Help to Buy Wales
As the most active housebuilder in Wales, building around twice as many homes in the principality than its nearest competitor, Persimmon Homes is in a unique position to comment on the market there....
View ArticleWeekly affordable homes round-up
Marc Da Silva brings you news from the affordable new homes market across the UK with the latest headlines on housing schemes in Norfolk, Scotland, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Cheshire.New affordable homes...
View ArticleMidlothian’s choice of new-build homes will impress house-hunters in Scotland
Its proximity and established transport links to Edinburgh city centre combined with idyllic countryside make Midlothian a scenic yet convenient place to settle. If you're looking to find a new home in...
View ArticleMortgage bulletin for week commencing Monday 6 January
The number of first-time buyers continued to increase in 2013, according to the annual Halifax First Time Buyer Review. Last year the number of first-time buyers grew by an estimated 22% to 265,000;...
View ArticleOne-on-one interview: Karen Morris of Glentree International
Marc Da Silva continues his ongoing series of interviews with senior figures from the UK property industry by posing the questions to Karen Morris, associate director of new homes for Glentree...
View ArticlePrime property prices in Scotland rise 0.3%
The average price of a prime property in Scotland rose by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2013, the second consecutive quarter of price growth, according to the latest Prime Scottish Property Index from...
View ArticleTories urged to build more new homes
Renewal, a Tory pressure group founded to revive the fortunes of the Conservative party among northern, working class and ethnic minority voters, is urging Prime Minister David Cameron to do more to...
View ArticleIndustry experts’ property market predictions for 2014 – Part 1
There's no doubt about it - 2013 was quite a year for the property market. With a huge range of new mortgage products giving buyers a far greater choice of finance and of course Help to Buy offering...
View ArticleMortgage blog: Will your payments or the cost of new deals go up in 2014?
If you've been on a variable rate mortgage over recent years the chances are that you have benefitted from low repayments. But, as the British economy starts to recover, are your mortgage costs set to...
View ArticleConfidence in development sees sales staff invest in Bristol apartments
Two members of the sales team at Crest Nicholson's Harbourside development in Bristol love it so much they have decided to buy investment properties of their own there.Heather Murphy and Sheralyn...
View ArticleLondon developers to target more UK buyers
A number of residential developers in London have announced a new voluntary commitment to ensure buyers in the UK have every chance of acquiring new-build homes in the capital.In recent years, many...
View ArticleIndustry experts’ property market predictions for 2014 – Part 2
Following on from our first look at some of the industry's hopes and wishes for the UK property market in 2014 yesterday, here's a second slice of wisdom from some of the biggest names in regional and...
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