Latest Property Advice

• Cheap variable rates starting to bite the dust
  

  Published 02nd Jun 2010

  Banks and building societies are buckling under the financial pressure of cheap standard variable rates

• Homeowners urged to remortgage as equity levels rebound
  

  Published 26th May 2010

  Homeowners who bought their homes between 2006 and 2008 can potentially switch to cheaper loans because the equity in their properties has substantially increased over the past year

• US lenders plan to sell $2bn of distressed loans and properties
  

  Published 24th May 2010

  US commercial real estate lenders Wells Fargo & Co and LNR Property are each looking to sell around $1bn of distressed commercial real estate loans and assets, Bloomberg reported today

• Lloyds loan with a sting in the tail
  

  Published 19th May 2010

  LLOYDS BANKING GROUP last week launched a two-year tracker mortgage for first-time buyers with a payment shock in the second year

• Tax rise may hit buy-to-let revival
  

  Published 19th May 2010

  The Government’s plans to raise capital gains tax (CGT) from 18 per cent to up to 40 per cent on second homes came just as confidence appeared to be returning to the buy-to-let market

• 45,000 families are 'just coping' with mortgage repayments
  

  Published 14th May 2010

  More than 45,000 families are 'just coping' with their mortgage repayments and could easily lose their home, experts warned today

• First-time buyers hit by fresh lending drought as banks clamp down on interest-only mortgages
  

  Published 14th May 2010

  A new lending drought by banks who hand out 'cheap' mortgages to cash-strapped homeowners and first-time buyers was brewing yesterday