The Leeds Building Society has launched a range of new mortgage products with 0% interest payments for a period of three or six months for those with at least 10% deposit. This range of products cal...
Stamp Duty Changes For Scottish Property Market In a landmark move, the Scottish Government has passed new legislation which allows Holyrood to set the rate of tax and collect its own revenue on the s...
According to the most recent ‘Housing Market Survey’ published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), property sales in Scotland are expected to rise over the coming months. The sur...
Still a Nation of Home Owners According to a survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of the Council of Mortgage Lenders almost all current home owners (95%) still want to own their own property in ten ...
New Rules for Landlords From 1st May, landlords will have a legal duty to provide new tenants with a Tenant Information Pack. The pack is designed to provide information to those in the privately re...
The number of first-time buyers in Scotland rose to the largest annual total in four years, according to new data released today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders in Scotland. Their report shows that...
RICS SURVEY SUGGESTS ‘CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM’ IN SCOTTISH HOUSING MARKET According to a survey carried out by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) the number of houses sold in Scotland i...
Government’s new ‘Help to Buy’ initiative at a glance There was welcome news from the Chancellor who announced a package of support benefits to help those people who have at least a 5% deposit t...
The Green Deal The Government’s Green Deal helps home owners (including landlords) to get ‘energy efficiency’ improvements to their property without having to pay up front for the work carried o...
There are tried and tested methods which we use to value property from the smallest flat to the largest home. Clearly, floor area is one of the most important aspects but so too are bedrooms, sittin...
Whilst predictions are often difficult to make in the current economic climate there appears to be lots of news from the mortgage market pointing to a more positive outlook for 2013 and beyond. At the...
