Latest Property Advice

• Lloyds adopts tough line on interest-only mortgages
  

  Published 02nd Jun 2011

  Homeowners wanting an interest-only mortgage at Britain’s largest bank must now prove they have substantial savings to pay off their loan

• Protecting the housing market means a lost generation of buyers
  

  Published 23rd May 2011

  Rents have risen to an all time high after the "strongest" April on record, crowed the biggest letting agency in the country this week

• British first-time buyers fear they won't get on the property ladder until they are 40 - and a third have given up trying
  

  Published 20th May 2011

  Britons do not think they will be able to afford to buy their first home until they are nearly 40 while nearly one third have given up trying to get on the property ladder

• Leaseback purchasers could avoid new French property tax
  

  Published 19th May 2011

  Last week, we brought you news that the French government was planning to impose a new 20% tax on second homes for all non-French residents

• Predicted rates rise means crunch time for French homebuyers
  

  Published 06th May 2011

  Those considering buying a property in France are urged to get in early to avoid an upswing in mortgage rates, with some banks already beginning to pass on the European Central Bank's universal hike in rates last month

• Are you blacklisted? We reveal the addresses insurers won’t touch and the disturbing reasons why ...
  

  Published 04th May 2011

  Honest motorists face soaring premiums as a ‘fraud epidemic’ sweeping the country causes insurers secretly to blacklist certain postcodes

• Loft conversions are 'biggest boost to house values'
  

  Published 03rd May 2011

  Thousands of DIY enthusiasts were busy over the bank holiday weekend, but homeowners should consider bigger projects if they want to add significant value to their homes, according to the Halifax