Latest Property Advice

• Don't BIY your DIY
  

  Published 05th May 2007

  Bodge it Yourself (BIY) Britons spend £½ billion fixing home improvement disasters each year, according to Halifax Home Insurance

• The MPC: a decade on
  

  Published 05th May 2007

  In the last twelve months, property prices have risen by a massive 11.1 per cent, with inflation recently exceeding the 3 per cent mark – more than 1 per cent over the MPC’s 2 per cent target

• First-time buyers told to look north
  

  Published 01st May 2007

  The north of England is the best place for first-time buyers to look, housing industry experts have advised

• Home information packs defended
  

  Published 24th Apr 2007

  The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (Ahipp) has hit back at what it sees as scaremongering over the introduction of the scheme on a mandatory nationwide basis in June

• Refuse tenancies to benefits claimants, landlords urged
  

  Published 24th Apr 2007

  Buy-to-let landlords have been urged to refuse tenancies to housing benefit claimants following a change in payments to such people from the government

• Buying house insurance
  

  Published 18th Apr 2007

  If you’re looking for a mortgage then your lender will probably offer you its home insurance policy, either on top of your mortgage or as part of the mortgage deal

• Spring clean your home contents insurance
  

  Published 18th Apr 2007

  Switching utility providers has become an everyday occurrence for the majority of homeowners since energy tariffs started creeping up and up, but that shouldn’t be the only household expenditure that you consider shopping around for