The cost of buy-to-let mortgages have fallen year-on-year, research from Property Master has found. The biggest fall was for 5-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage offers for 65% of the value of a property, which fell by £48 per month between February 2019 and February 2020 for a £150,000 mortgage. Angus Stewart, chief executive of Property […]
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Zoopla delivered a 25% increase in applicant leads and a 17% uplift in valuation leads to agents in January 2020, compared to the same month last year. The company also saw a 15% rise in online sessions. Zoopla attributed the increase to a Boxing Day marketing campaign, though there have been reports of the market […]
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Intermediaries were more confident about the outlook of the mortgage market in Q4 2019 than at any other point during the year, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association Mortgage Market Tracker found. According to the research, 93% of mortgage intermediaries were confident about the outlook for the mortgage industry heading into 2020. Kate Davies, executive director […]
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It’s currently easiest to sell homes in Sheffield’s S11 postcode, taking just 11 days from being listed on average, Property Sell By Dates research from Thomas Sanderson found. However Liverpool dominates the UK’s fastest selling postcodes, with properties shifting quickly at L11 (14 days), L26 (15 days) and L14 (23 days). Birmingham’s B25 was also […]
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Properties across South Africa are likely to rise by 3.7% in 2020, below the inflation forecast of 4.3% over the same period. House prices only grew by 3.6% in 2019, FNB’s Q4 Property Barometer found. Kevin Penwarden, chief executive at SA Home Loans (SAHL), said: “In the more traditional middle-income market, the average value is […]
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A development of 120 homes in Martock near Yeovil has been given the go-ahead by planners, spearheaded by Barratt Homes. Work on the first phase of the development is set to start shortly – the roles of tradespeople, subcontractors and sales advisers mostly being filled by local people, the housebuilder said. The development will support […]
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The Haverhill Retail Park in Suffolk has been sold to Barsham Securities, a Beccles-based private property development and investment company. The retail park, developed by Howard Group, comprises of 27,000 square feet of retail accommodation with large landscaped parking areas. The park is currently let to operators Pets at Home, Home Bargains and Pure Gym. […]
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Whilst there are many people that associate AI with sci-fi novels and films, its reputation as an antagonist to fictional dystopic worlds is now becoming a thing of the past, as the technology becomes more and more integrated into our everyday lives. AI technologies have become increasingly more present in our daily lives, not just […]
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Tomer Aboody and Joshua Elash are the founders of MT Finance, a company that provides specialist finance to companies in the UK. For those looking for non-bank financial alternatives, MT Finance can provide fast and effective funds, typically within 2 to 4 weeks of applying. MT Finance was founded in 2008 after both Aboody and […]
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Can I get a mortgage in the UK with a poor credit rating? If you are a first time home buyer in the UK, you will find that the mortgage system differs from the systems in other parts of the world. Most of the time, you don’t need to have a minimum credit rating to […]
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