Posts Tagged ‘real estate’
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
It has been revealed that action being taken by the Ministry of Justice could result in a greater degree of protection for homeowners that could otherwise be at risk of losing their homes because of their inability to make repayments on personal debts such as credit cards. (more…)
Tags: credit, debt, finance, mortgage, real estate
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Figures that were recently released by a property website have revealed that properties in the UK are now selling at around 93 percent of their asking price, showing an increase compared to the 88 percent low that was seen in February of last year. This means that those looking to put in an offer on a property need to be mindful about how much they are offering, otherwise they could find that the property is snapped up by another buyer. (more…)
Tags: estate agents, housing market, property prices, real estate
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Over recent years there has been a lot of concern over sale and rent back schemes, and this is where a company buys a person’s property for a percentage of the market value and then rents it back to them. (more…)
Tags: Financial Services Authority, Home insurance, Leasehold estate, Loss mitigation, property, real estate, Real property law, Rent control, sale and rent back
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
A warning has been put out for older homeowners that may be looking to release equity from their homes, with officials concerned that many of these homeowners could end up at the mercy of sale and rent back operators that are nohttp://www.glitec.co.uk/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1680&message=6t operating to FSA regulations. (more…)
Tags: Home insurance, mortgage, real estate, sale and rent back
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
It is no secret that many homeowners these days are experiencing difficulties when it comes to making their mortgage repayments and making ends meet financially, even with the base rate at an all time low of just 0.5 percent. (more…)
Tags: Home insurance, House sitting, Ivy Lettings, mortgage, property, real estate, Renting
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Surveyors from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors have stated recently that property prices in the UK continue to be strong, and earlier this month reported that they were actually increasing at their strongest level in around three years. (more…)
Tags: Chartered Surveyor, Estate agent, house prices, property market, real estate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Figures that have recently been released by a mortgage group have suggested that a rising number of landlords are adding to their property portfolios by obtaining buy to let mortgages. (more…)
Tags: buy to let, council of mortgage lenders, Landlord, mortgage, mortgage group, Paragon, real estate
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
Since property prices reached their peak in the UK in October of 2007 the value of homes in the nation have plunged, with many homeowners seeing tens of thousands of pounds being wiped off the value of their homes. (more…)
Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Capital Economics, mortgage, real estate, Valuation
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
In the past many people with their own homes were reliant on the equity in their properties to provide them with financial stability in the future. (more…)
Tags: Foreclosure rescue scheme, Fractional renting, mortgage, property, real estate, Renting, Subprime mortgage crisis
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
With the world in a recession, house prices in the UK have fallen to levels not seen since March 2005. There has been a drop of 15.1% in prices in the past few months and in January alone, the housing market suffered a 0.8% decrease in prices. (more…)
Tags: house prices, real estate
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