Bright Grey has extended the cover of its life and critical illness policies to decrease the risk faced by first-time buyers.
Category: Property
This Is Money: London Homes Distort Prices
Rapidly rising London house prices are distorting the nations property market, according to new figures released today
Scotsman: Asset Rich, Cash Poor? Renting To The Rescue
RENTING a property might be seen by many as something to do when you’re a student before you can afford a place of your own, but it can be an attractive option for retired people, who can raise money from selling their family home.
Scotsman: Scotland Remains Relatively Affordable For First-time Buyers
SCOTLAND remains one of the most affordable part of the UK for first-time buyers, although they are increasingly struggling to get on the property ladder.
Motley Fool: A Better Way To Assess The Housing Market
It seems unfair really. The Halifax and Nationwide have worked hard on producing their own indices based on house characteristics and on mortgages, and now along comes the Land Registry, with its huge database of house prices.
Motley Fool: How To Get A Bigger House
Except, perhaps, to politicians, it doesn’t take finger puppets to explain what happens to house prices when there’s a growing shortage of affordable properties. There’s no question that we’re short on homes to buy.
This Is Money: £200,000 Average Home On The Way
Property prices will carry on soaring next year, with the average house rising £30 a day to £196,000
Family Finance: Foreign Mortgages. New Horizons?
Author: Dot Piper
There has been a tremendous boom in overseas property ownership. Whether for personal use as a family, holiday or retirement property or as an investment property, the market shows no sign of slowing down.
In the excitement of making the decision to go ahead, it’s easy to overlook the importance of taking professional advice […]
This Is Money: 7.5m Bank On Home As Pension
More than 7.5m homeowners are disregarding saving for the future and gambling on their propertys value paying for their retirement
Scotsman: Cash Clinic
I OWN a property in Portugal, which I partly use as a holiday retreat and partly for letting. I am concerned that I have not declared this income on my tax return. How do I go about telling the taxman and am I going to be in serious trouble for these…