The mini-Budget: what next for mortgages?
Following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget last month, expectations for where borrowing costs will peak rose by 150 basis points.
Property Investment Tips & Advice - Property Market Opinion - Tips & Advice on Buy-To-Let Investment
Why Halifax, Virgin Money and Skipton are withdrawing products
Today Halifax withdraw fee paying mortgages, following the likes of Virgin Money and Skipton who withdrew their mortgage products. Sarah Coles, senior personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, explores why these changes are taking place.
Why the Renters’ Reform Bill won’t deliver the change tenants need
At face value, the ‘Renters’ Reform Bill’ outlined in the recent government whitepaper, A Fairer Private Rented Sector, looks as though it will bring about a great deal of positive change for the 4.4 million households living in privately rented accommodation across the UK.
Property Investment Tips & Advice - Property Market Opinion - Tips & Advice on Buy-To-Let Investment
Stamp duty cut: Here’s what it means
Raising the nil rate band is long overdue and will mean that some pay no SDLT at all, and other pay less than they would have last week.
How to maximise small living spaces
Dark colours will absorb light and make the room feel smaller and more intimate. To open the space up and trick the eye into thinking the room is bigger, choose lighter colours.
Remember, remember the 5th of September
Nick Lindsay is a solicitor and chartered secretary from Elemental CoSec, a UK-regulated agent that offers clients a managed register of overseas entities service.
Landlords need clarity over looming targets
The challenges are severe for a government trying to balance tough environmental goals with rocketing energy costs. But landlords really do need a clear sense of direction.
Six of the most bizarre landlord insurance claims
Total Landlord Insurance shares six of the strangest landlord insurance claims they have received and settled
What happens if your mortgage offer is withdrawn?
The offer can also be withdrawn if a previously unknown problem with the property is found during the conveyancing and surveying processes. Flood risk is a common example.
Au Revoir Boris - Reasons To Be Cheerful
Boris Johnson is an electioneer not a leader, in my opinion.
