Latest Property Advice

• Public sector job cuts to hit house prices
  

  Published 18th Aug 2010

  Areas of the country most vulnerable to public sector job cuts have been warned to brace themselves for falling house prices as research reveals a widening gap between state and private sector-focused property markets

• Landlords hit by huge fees on new buy-to-let loans
  

  Published 18th Aug 2010

  Landlords are being asked to pay massive mortgage fees despite a surge in loans being approved

• Energy efficiency ratings to be compulsory for home sales
  

  Published 13th Aug 2010

  EU legislation will make it compulsory for energy efficiency ratings to be published in all UK homes for sale advertisements from 2012

• Homeowners opting for fixed rates as mortgages increase Demand for fixed-rate mortgages rose in June on uncertainty over interest rates, as lending to homeowners increased.
  

  Published 12th Aug 2010

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said 48pc of new borrowers took on fixed loans, the highest proportion so far this year

• One million homes face Interest-only remortgage threat
  

  Published 11th Aug 2010

  More than one million homeowners on interest-only mortgages face a repayment timebomb when they next come to remortgage

• British Gas payout opens door to sue energy firms if they waste your time with bill blunders
  

  Published 06th Aug 2010

  A landmark case could allow consumers left out of pocket by the blunders of big utility firms and other companies to claim compensation

• Distressed property sales to rise on bank reform
  

  Published 05th Aug 2010

  More distressed property sales are expected in the next 12 months as changes to international regulations will likely raise the capital cost of holding commercial property on banks' balance sheets, an industry body said