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On average the fixed rate deal that homeowners would be prepared to fix at low mortgage rates of 3.3%. This has dropped significantly from an average 4.0% in January 2009. It appears the lengthy period of low interest rates has resulted in homeowners losing touch with mortgage...

Experts forecast that house sellers will continue to drop their asking prices into next year with the national average falling by up to 5 per cent. The current property market will continue to benefit landlords as people choose to rent rather than buy as well as buyers looking to...

Tenant eviction specialists, Landlord Action, have successfully collected outstanding rental arrears in the sum of ?92,000 for a single property, the largest case they have been instructed on since their inception in 1999. When Ms Vanessa Headley let out her penthouse apartment...

The new company will trade as Mortgage Options (Partnership Division) and will be run by Rob Everett, founding director of Mortgage Options. As part of the agreement, Andrews has made an investment in Mortgage Options which further establishes both companies as solid, secure and...

HSBC appoints Countrywide, who will provide a full range of valuation services to HSBC and, under the terms of the new agreement, Countrywide will also provide a number of surveying services direct to HSBC customers. Commenting on the appointment, Chris Shaw, chief surveyor at...

Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) across England and Wales dealt with 14% more housing problems in the three months July ? September 2010 compared with the same period last year. New figures show that in the second quarter of this financial year (2010/11) the overall rise in housing...

A study of regional differences in mortgage arrears and borrowers’ equity positions indicates that the recent recession has hit borrowers in the North of the UK harder than those in the South. The report by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, says this divide...

From 4th January, VAT increase will come into force from 17.5% to 20%, pushing up the price of many consumer goods. But there are a number of everyday items that are exempt from this tax, such as most food items, books, newspapers, magazines and children?s clothes. The 2.5% VAT...