Personal Finance and Mortgages

Renovation offering way around housing problems?
An exhibition centre for renovation solutions has advised that, with new housing targets unlikely to be met, homeowners should improve their current homes rather than moving.

December completes healthy year for buy-to-let
A profitable December concluded a highly lucrative 2007 for Britain’s landlords, according to new figures, as property market conditions increasingly favoured them.

December completes healthy year for buy-to-let
A profitable December concluded a highly lucrative 2007 for Britain’s landlords, according to new figures, as property market conditions increasingly favoured them.

RICS: Construction trends belie government’s housing aims
The government’s ambitious housing targets do not fit construction activity or demand, according to new data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

TCF a big incentive in still ‘buoyant’ mortgage market
The Financial Services’ Authority’s Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles have enshrined good practice among brokers, according to one financial advisory firm.