Property Market

Friends flock to new homes in Radcliffe

An incentive scheme that rewards friends and family members who buy new homes on a Taylor Wimpey Manchester development in Radcliffe is proving to be a roaring success.

New mortgage helps borrowers with Stamp Duty rise

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a new fixed rate mortgage to help home-movers cover the cost of the increase in Stamp Duty.

Start the New Year with the home of your dreams

With only a 70 per cent mortgage needed, a new dream home could be closer to achieving than you think - and perfect way to start the New Year.

Consumers positive on house price growth

Property prices will rise 3.0% in 2010 according to the December BSA Property Tracker survey of over 2,000 people.

HomeBuy Direct proves popular at Warleigh Village

With many first time buyers struggling to overcome the hurdles of saving a large deposit and securing a mortgage, Taylor Wimpey’s Warleigh Village development in Plymouth is providing the ideal solution with its HomeBuy Direct scheme*.

Brits in property love split

The British love affair with property ownership could be waning, according to Scottish Provident, one of the UK's leading protection providers.

Midas to launch new homes in Truro

Midas Homes, in partnership with Westco Properties, is launching Fusion@TR1 – a range of new two bedroom homes and three/four bedroom townhouses at its TR1 development in Truro on Saturday 19th December from 1pm to 5pm.

New Year looking tough for private rented sector

While 2009 was a difficult year for the entire property market, 2010 looks likely to present an even greater challenge for the private rented sector (PRS), according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA).

Assetz: Base rate held at 0.5%

Stuart Law, Chief Executive of Assetz, comments on the Bank of England base rate decision: "It is no surprise that the Bank of England has decided to hold base rates again at the historically low 0.5%.

House prices end 2009 just 0.8% down

House prices are just 0.8% lower than a year ago, with an average national asking price of £217,710, according to the December FindaProperty.com House Prices and Affordability Index. This is despite two months of falling prices, as the market enters its end-of-year seasonal slowdown.

Nationwide cuts rates on fixed and tracker mortgage deals

Nationwide Building Society cuts fixed and tracker rates on selected house purchase products. With effect from Friday 11 December 2009, the mortgage product range available from Nationwide will include the following:

Persimmon celebrates 1000th HomeBuy Direct reservation

After 18 months of searching, Dylan Parry and his partner Julie Morris from Gloucester, had almost given up all hope of affording their own home until they heard about the support they could get from using the Government and became Persimmon’s 1,000th HomeBuy Direct purchaser in finding their perfect home at The Marketplace development off St. Oswald’s Road in Gloucester.