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Strong remortgage activity continues

November 22, 2016 7:37 pm Published by Debbie Brown

Remortgage activity is still going strong as homemakers continued to take advantage of record low interest-rates. As rates have fallen... View Article

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Rents to rise faster than house prices

November 13, 2016 5:09 pm Published by Debbie Brown

Rents are set to soar by 19% in the next 5 years according to a leading property agent, while house... View Article

House price inflation hits three year low

November 13, 2016 4:57 pm Published by Debbie Brown

House price inflation hits a three year low of 5.2% year on year. With all the competition between lenders why... View Article

27 Nov 2017

GREAT NEWS FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS IN THE BUDGET

The Chancellor has taken this opportunity to rethink stamp duty which will be abolished for first-time buyers. It should also be remembered that the average deposit outside London stands at £24,000 or £72,000… View Article

10 Oct 2017 coffee

Cost of fixed-rate mortgages starts to rise

The cost of taking out a fixed-rate mortgage has started to rise, even though the Bank of England has kept base rates at a record low. Barclays and NatWest have… View Article

01 Aug 2017

Refunds of stamp duty

The Government has returned £127 million to 10,700 homeowners who were charged a stamp duty premium for buying a second home, before selling their original property. Since April 2016 buy-to-let… View Article

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