These are an excellent source of background material for those who want to really get to know about the issues affecting them. Written by our conveyancing specialists, they give real insight, helping you understand what's going on.
The NewBuy scheme is aimed at credit worthy buyers who could afford the monthly repayments on a mortgage for a new-build property, but simply cannot get a large enough deposit.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders maintains that more young couples will be forced to spend longer renting than they had hoped while HSBC warned that the UK is facing a housing stagnation, fuelled by the large number of young people who cannot afford to buy
Gale force winds battering the UK. The frosty grip of winter descending on the British Isles, albeit the weathermen say we're in for a mild one. If that's the case, you can guarantee there'll still be the wrong kind of leaves/snow/rain etc on the line
The temporary exemption announced in the chancellor's last budget that meant first time house buyers didn't have to pay the 1% stamp duty on homes costing up to £250,000 is to be scrapped by March 24th next year.
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With mortgage lenders asking for increasingly large deposits - typically 20-30% - and first time buyers struggling both to find a deposit, and make monthly repayments on joint salaries, it is perhaps unsurprising that many are turning to their parents.
From the beginning of April 2011 a number of changes were made to how housing benefit payments are calculated.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has launched an initiative to enable aspiring self-builders to build their own home.
If you want to buy a flat, rather than a house, you'll have little option but to buy a leasehold one. There's effectively a requirement that all flats are leasehold at the moment.
Disputes between neighbours often arise due to trees: they might be overhanging or their roots causing subsidence and structural damage.
The new coalition government has removed the need for a Home Information Pack to be prepared when a property is put up for sale.
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced that the threshold for Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) will be increased from £25,000 to £100,000-a-year from 1 October 2010.
As predicted by Access Legal from Shoosmiths earlier today, Alistair Darling's Budget has made it easier for first time buyers to get on the property ladder.
An eve of Budget rumour has been circulating about a proposed increase in the entry level band for Stamp Duty Land Tax to £250,000.
Do you serve your Section 21 Notices at the same time as the tenancy agreement is signed?
The Gas Safe Register (the Register) replaced the CORGI gas registration system from 1 April 2009.
There have been some important changes to Home Information Pack (HIP) regulations, along with updated Government guidance.
