Demand for houses in the UK is at a four year high, as enquiries from house-hunters return to September 2007 levels. The number of enquiries made last month rose to 308 per average branch according to the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), compared to 304 the previous month. The NAEA housing report revealed that [...]

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Property investors considering buying in the Capital should check out the Royal Borough of Greenwich in the East End of London, ranked by travel guide publisher Frommers as one of the Top 10 Destinations of 2012. Sitting alongside exotic global destinations such as Ghana and Beirut, Greenwich will profit from increased visitor numbers and visibility [...]

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Home owners can save hundreds of pounds a year by switching some of their mortgage borrowing to cheap personal loans – and reduce their overall debt by thousands of pounds at the same time. Personal loan rates have been falling – the cheapest is now 6.3 per cent – as lenders engage in a price [...]

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With the housing market continuing to stagnate, many people are turning to home improvement as a way to get the space they need. Figures from Nationwide last week showed that a record 20 per cent of all further advances given to its existing mortgage customers this July were used to pay for structural work, including [...]

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Despite the stagnation in property prices across much of the UK, there are still many good reasons to pursue buy to let investment, according to experts. Here are 10 of the reasons: 1. The overwhelming majority of landlords are planning to expand their portfolios this year to take advantage of rock bottom prices and surging [...]

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Germany has made a surprise appearance in a real estate popularity rating, according to this month’s Top of the Props report from TheMoveChannel.com.  Germany has entered the top ten most popular property destinations for the first time ever, as the country offers a reassuringly stable market for property investors. Germany jumped four places in the [...]

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Leeds Building Society has launched its lowest ever two-year fixed-rate mortgage with a rate of 1.99 per cent. This brings the average two-year fixed rate to 3.82 per cent, down from 4.01 per cent in August, the comparison website Moneysupermarket said. But the website, whose records began in 2007, urged borrowers to consider all the [...]

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