HOUSING NEWS

“She’s probably done me out of quite a bit of money – I feel angry and conned.” Julie Gallagher believes her home was sold at a lower price than it could have gone for. There was a buyer who might have offered more for it, an undercover investigation by BBC Panorama can reveal. Her Connells […]

If you’ve never heard of a flying freehold property, then you’re not alone – unless you’ve lived in one or tried to buy one, it’s a term you’re unlikely to ever have come across. A flying freehold is one of the quirkier features of property law. “When part of a house extends over or underneath […]

More than one in five homes listed for sale have been sitting on the market for more than six months without a buyer snapping them up, according to analysis by a property website. Zoopla said that 22 per cent of homes listed for sale have been on the market for over six months and remain […]

First-time buyers are borrowing through mortgages that last an average of 31 years as the affordability of homes remains a stretch.

From mortgages to budgeting, to hidden fees, buying your first property can be a scary and stressful process.

Mortgage rates are expected to come down over the next year, which could make owning a home a possibility for millions more people.

House prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide.

Two more lenders have relaxed their mortgage rules, meaning homebuyers can now potentially borrow tens of thousands of pounds more. Both HSBC and First Direct have announced a change to the stress rates used in their mortgage affordability calculations. The changes will benefit those either buying or remortgaging. HSBC says the changes could enable 20,000 more […]

UK house prices have risen by 5.4 per cent compared to last year.

The average home fell in value by £1,575 last month as buyers factored in higher stamp duty costs, the latest figures from Halifax show.