Property Market

FSA regime to protect sale and rent back customers

The Financial Service Authority's (FSA) interim regime for sale and rent back (SRB) schemes comes into force today offering protection to homeowners in a market where there is the potential for consumers to suffer serious financial loss and in some cases lose their home.

Regulation for sale and rent back arrives

The National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private residential landlords in the UK, has marked the beginning of sale and rent back (SRB) regulation by warning landlords in this market they only have four weeks to apply for FSA permission to keep operating.

Make your move to avoid a property stalemate

You’ve seen the house of your dreams - but a delay in putting your own property on the market means you’ve missed out because someone else has snapped it up. Likewise, kicking your heels over organising a viewing of a potential new home could also lead to disappointment.

House price rises continued in June

The price of a typical house rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.9% in June, building upon the improving trend seen over the last several months, according to the Nationwide Building Society.

Big and better homes for less money

Can you get a bigger and better home for less money than you are currently paying? Single parent, Philippa Hoad did just that after discovering the New Build HomeBuy scheme available through Orbit First Step.

New initiative aims to reduce cost of home buying

First-time buyers are being urged not to miss out on a share of £2.8 million which David Wilson East Midlands has to spend on helping them onto the property ladder. The money is the Government’s contribution to a special initiative aimed at reducing the cost of homebuying and must be allocated before the end of this year.

Property slowdown could leave subsidence time bomb ticking

Homeowners in clay soil areas who put a house move on hold during 2009 because of financial worries or the property market slowdown could find their houses moving in other ways during the next 12 months, warns esure home insurance.

Laying the foundations for a future career

At least 10 young people will have the opportunity to build a career in the housing industry when Redrow Homes recruits a team of new apprentices this September.

Subsidence could rise as summer temperatures soar

With top temperatures expected this summer, and an average daily maximum temperature forecasted to reach 24 degrees by 2050 as a result of climate change, RIAS is urging homeowners to ensure they have adequate household buildings insurance in place.

First time buyers believe now is good time to buy

New independent research by property developer Green Shoots reveals that 76% of people believe now is a good time for first time buyers to get on the property ladders, as prices bottom and interest rates remain low.

‘Scrap HIPs’ say estate agents

Over 80% of estate agents believe that the number of sellers coming onto the market would substantially increase if HIPs were scrapped* – so County Homesearch, the largest independent network of homefinders in the UK, again reaffirms that HIPs should be suspended with immediate effect.