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The Land Registry is putting up some of its fees for the first time since 1993. The registry, which covers England and Wales, is the government body that records and guarantees the ownership of domestic and commercial property. There are nine price brackets for registering a sale...

Monthly average figures taken from all the major house price indices clearly show that the market bottomed between April and May this year, according to Assetz. The data, in fact, shows that prices are growing again, according to the company, with May figures showing very strong...

Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) in England and Wales have seen large and rising increases in debt, employment and benefits related enquiries over the last year, the annual Citizens Advice parliamentary reception will be told today. Debt remained the biggest volume of enquiries for...

Local housing allowance (LHA) has been controversial for landlords. The general belief is that the housing allowance can only be paid to the landlord if the tenant is either in arrears or the tenant is judged to be vulnerable. This is however not true, the legislation clearly...

Research by Alliance & Leicester Mortgages reveals that homeowners currently on their lender’s SVR risk missing out by not taking the chance to fix now at a low rate. With fixed rate deals now available from as low as 2.99%, A&L is urging borrowers who need to...

This is the belief of Andrew Hagger of Moneynet.co.uk, who looks at drastic changes seen in the buy-to-let mortgage market since the onset of the credit crunch. Commenting he said: ?For anyone thinking of becoming a landlord in 2009 they will be faced with an almost...

Accidental landlords, a new breed of landlord that lets out their property to avoid selling at a loss, are providing a welcome boost to the supply of housing at a time of very high demand for private rented homes, according to buy-to-let specialist Paragon Mortgages. Common...

An estimated property equity in homes owned outright by people aged 65+ (February 2009) London ?137.3 billion South East ?122.0 billion South West ?64.6 billion East ?57.5 billion North West ?60.5 billion Yorks/Humbs ?43.9 billion West Midlands ?46.6 billion Wales ?26.6 billion...