Property Bulletins

A recent dispute between a homeowner and a builder has highlighted the fact that consumers are not necessarily bound by a contract if the terms are considered by the courts to be unfair.

Northern Rock is to increase its mortgage lending by up to £14bn over the next two years.

The nationalised bank plans to make £5bn available this year and a further £9bn in 2010. The...

Stricter regulations mean that Home Information Packs (HIPs) now have to be available as soon as a property is put on the market.

Sellers must also include a Property Information...

Understand the terms used in our property purchase or sale. Deposit

When solicitors refer to the 'deposit', this means the money that is handed over to the seller's solicitor upon...

Valuations/Surveys

Generally under English Law, the Seller of a property is not obliged to reveal any defects to you. It is up to you to find them by your own inspection and survey. Ideally...

The Government and property developers are making £400m available to help first time home buyers.

The figure is £100m more than originally planned and has been increased to meet the...

Home Information Packs (HIPs) have proved controversial since they were first introduced nearly two years ago.

Some have questioned their value and others have been confused as to...

The number of mortgage approvals has reached its highest level for more than a year, according to figures released by the Bank of England (BoE).

The Bank’s latest Trends in Lending...

A homeowner has been prevented from adding an extension to his property because it is subject to a restrictive covenant forbidding anything that might...

The number of home loans being granted is at its highest level for nearly two years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

The CML says there were...