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Articles
- How to Reduce the Tax Bill on Your Home read more... (17th June 2009)
- House Prices: The North/South Gap Widens read more... (13th June 2009)
- House Prices Go Up say Nationwide read more... (1st June 2009)
- England’s Social Housing Time Bomb read more...(27th May 2009)
- Repossessions Continue to Rise read more...(16th May 2009)
- Think Tank Calls for Mortgage Limits read more... (14th May 2009)
- House Prices: A British Obsession read more... (6th May 2009)
- Dirty Tricks of the Estate Agent read more... (27th April 2009)
- The Chancellor’s £1bn Budget Plan to Rescue the Housing Market read more ... ( 23rd April 2009)
Money
Affordability is the major consideration when choosing a mortgage. Typically most high street lenders will lend a single person between 3 and 3.5 times their pre-tax salary. Other credit commitments, such as to a credit card or personal loan will generally not be taken into account. Some lenders will also allow you to add a proportion of any regular bonuses you receive to this base figure. read more...
on the front line
This page is currently under construction & will be with you shortly. Until then, we would like to thank you for your patience and if you have any property stories for our "on the front line" page please feel free to Contact Us. With your consent, they could be featured on the site.
Home Broadband
Choosing a broadband provider and the right package for your home isn’t always an easy task. There are several things to consider when deciding exactly the right choice for you and your family. First it is good to sit down and go through a list of questions that you would have to ask yourself and the others that will be using this connection from your home. read more...
Utilities
Gas and electricity – the energy industry explained
What is a water supplier?
Home phones explained
Does everyone have to switch to digital TV?
A wealth of information about all the above providers can be found here...
- England’s Social Housing Time Bomb
- Repossessions Continue to Rise
- Think Tank Calls for Mortgage Limits
Research carried out by the National Housing Federation for ITV has shown that 1 in 10 people could be on the social housing waiting list by 2020. Significantly, this is the deadline by which Gordon Brown promised to deliver three million new homes. more...
Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that 140 homes are being seized each day, a rise of 50% year-on-year between the first quarters of 2008 to 2009. There were 12,800 properties repossessed in the first three months of this year – a rise of 23% on the last quarter of 2008. In the first three months of 2008, there were only 8,500 repossessions. more...
A study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has recommended that strict limits be put on residential mortgage lending to avoid the boom and bust scenario that the country’s property market is currently experiencing. The paper is titled ‘The Madness of Mortgage Lenders: Housing Finance and the Financial Crisis’, and was written by Chris Hamnett, a professor at Kings College London. more...
Mortgage Information
A few helpful links on information about mortgages
- Compare Mortgages
- Mortgage Tables
- Mortgage Guide
- Mortgage Calculator
Thousands of mortgages compared and rated at moneysupermarket.com
Mortgage tables from the fsa
A mortgage is like any other kind of loan but with two major differences. It is paid back over a long period of time (normally 25 years) incurring a lot of interest (over that period of time you’ll probably end up paying almost double) and it is secured against your property. This means that if you default on the agreement the lender can repossess your house.
A quick and easy way to calculate your monthly mortgage payments. Simply enter the amount you wish to borrow, the term over which you intend to pay it off and the interest rate.
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Watching Intrest Rates
Year
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Month
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Base Rate %
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Change
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|---|---|---|---|
2009 |
07 May |
0.50 |
No Change |
2009 |
05 April |
0.50 |
No Change |
2009 |
05 Mar |
0.50 |
-0.50 |
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2009 |
05 Feb |
1.00 |
-0.50 |
|
2009 |
08 Jan |
1.50 |
-0.50 |
2008 |
04 Dec |
2.00 |
-1.00 |
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2008 |
06 Nov |
3.00 |
-1.50 |
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2008 |
08 Oct |
4.50 |
-0.50 |
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2008 |
10th Apr |
5.00 |
-0.25 |
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2008 |
7th Feb |
5.25 |
-0.25 |
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