Latest Property Advice

• Mortgage boost for borrowers with small deposits as flurry of new deals hits the market
  

  Published 20th Jun 2012

  Banks are luring buyers with small deposits as a flurry of new deals hits the market

• Foreign buyers to drive London house prices up amid eurozone crisis, says Cebr
  

  Published 06th Jun 2012

  International demand for London property during the eurozone crisis will see a sharp widening of the north-south divide for house prices in 2012, says economic consultancy Cebr

• Is the pound's rise tempting you into a place in the sun? Make sure you avoid the pitfalls of buying property abroad
  

  Published 23rd May 2012

  Brave bargain hunters are being tempted by overseas property again, thanks to the pound's steady climb against the euro and the woes affecting popular European destinations

• The cheap mortgage era has ended as big banks choose not to compete, so can you still find good deals?
  

  Published 23rd May 2012

  Britain is set to be gripped by a mortgage drought, leaving desperate homeowners battling to get their hands on the last of the cheap deals

• Get ready for sharp rise in mortgage rates, warns Bank of England as experts predict homeowners will pay thousands of pounds more a year
  

  Published 17th May 2012

  Homeowners should brace themselves for sharp increases in the cost of their mortgages, the Bank of England warned yesterday

• House hunters warned against buying homes with free solar panels fitted
  

  Published 19th Apr 2012

  House hunters have been warned by surveyors against making offers to buy properties fitted with free solar panels, over fears their mortgages will be turned down

• Buy-to-let mini-boom tipped to continue, with new investors snapping up a quarter of properties
  

  Published 13th Apr 2012

  Buy-to-let is forecast to continue its mini-boom, despite the dark clouds hanging over the property market, according mortgage brokers