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The UK Consumer Prices Index measure of uk inflation fell to 3% in April – its lowest since February 2010 owing to a slowdown in transport price rises and the timing of Easter, the Office for National Statistics reported. The Retail Prices Index measure of inflation which...

As expected, the end of the stamp duty holiday on 24 March led to a surge in activity in the mortgage market during that month. Data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that the largest increase in lending during March was to first-time buyers, who took out 24,000 loans....

If you own Leasehold flats (whether to live in yourself or as an investment) you may already understand that your lease is a diminishing asset. As the length of your lease reduces, so does its value and the potential for a buyer to obtain a mortgage when you come to sell...

Halifax to pay half of stamp duty bill for homebuyers on properties up to the value of ?250,000. This applies to both first-time buyers and homemovers and will reduce a buyer’s costs by up to ?1,250. Recent research from Halifax shows that 49% of homemovers paid between...

The 2012 HSBC Home Improvement Survey revealed that many homeowners have misconceptions regarding factors which may help them to sell their property. Half of UK householders plan to spend time over the Bank Holidays this spring making home improvements. The research, which...

Hot topics for the Lincoln PIN Meeting April 2012 Peter Hogan spoke about Adverse Possession ? or how you can legally possess and claim empty properties for free. There are over 840,000 empty properties in the country, many of them have been empty for many years, and you can...

RICS issues solar panel Warning to would-be buyers of properties with ?free? PV panels to be careful; these are those panels that are installed for free by solar companies who then sell extra energy under the Government Feed-in Tariff (FiT) subsidy. RICS state, ?Homeowners must...

Investors spend heavily in student housing has soared in recent months, reveals new research by CBRE, which shows that ?246m was spent in the first quarter of 2012 and over ?1.1bn in 2011. With demand on the up, everyone is clamouring to get back into the classroom. One...