There has been much confusion about the various Help to Buy schemes available throughout the UK. Although the mortgage guarantee scheme is available in Scotland and backed by central government, the S...
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With the recent announcement from the Bank of England stating that they will be withdrawing the facility for lenders to apply for a cheap source of funding this has sparked concerns that interest rate...
As more people become aware of the Governments initiative to encourage energy efficient home improvements under the Green Deal scheme, we will see property coming to market which has a Green Deal atta...
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) have published data showing first time buyers in Scotland have been extremely active in the housing market during the second quarter of the year. There were 6,500...
The Housing Minister, Margaret Burgess has announced an additional £62 million injection into the fund which is made available under the Open Market Shared Equity Scheme bringing total funding to £9...
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...
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...
