House Buying Guide
Menu
Home
House Buying Guide House Buying FAQ Mortgages
Property Search
House Selling Guide House Selling FAQ
Moving Guide
Glossary
   
Useful Links
Compare Home InsuranceHome InsuranceCheap Home InsuranceDebt Solutions Debt Help Home Insurance QuoteOver 50s Home InsuranceHome InsuranceCheap home insurance quotesConsolidate your debt
   
Categories
  • Main
    • House Prices
    • Interest Rates
    • Mortgages
    • Tax
 

House Buying Guide

 
House image

Welcome to House Buying Guide – your guide to buying the perfect house for you. Here you will find all the information you need to make the process of buying a house as easy and stress free as possible. Use our site as your quick and easy resource place, so you can concentrate on finding your perfect house.

Unless you are a first-time buyer, there is a good chance you will be selling a house at the same time as buying a new house, so we have included a sellers guide also. There also some helpful tips on the process of actually moving house.

 

Property News

 

Strong start to 2010 for house prices

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Nationwide’s figures for January 2010 show that house prices rose by 1.2% in month, and bring the year on year rate of increase to 8.6%. This brings the cost of the average UK home to £163,481. Following 9 consecutive months of property price increases, then unless there is a sudden change in February, annual rate of price increase will move to double figures for the first time since May ‘07.

News that the UK economy finally emerged from recession in the fourth quarter of 2009 has strengthened confidence in the property market, even though the emergence was very weak (i.e. 0.1%!).

Unfortunately though, house price increases are not being matched by average earnings increases, with many workers facing pay freezes or even cuts. This could ultimately at least slow the house price recovery or even bring it to a halt, if demand for houses drops.

Posted in House Prices | No Comments »

Base rate stays at 0.5% again

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
The Bank of England has decided to keep the base rate at 0.5% for the 10th month in a row. The rate is still at its record low, and commentators do not expect the rate to increase any time soon. Mortgage deals are of course rather higher than this base rate, with fixed rate deals at about 4% and even then, only for those with 30 or 40% deposits. Base rate trackers are better with rates dropping to around 2.5%.

Posted in Interest Rates | No Comments »

Base rate continues to stay at 0.5%

Thursday, August 6th, 2009
The Bank of England has just announced that it is keeping the base rate at 0.5% for the sixth month in a row. It is widely expected that the rate may stay this low for at least the rest of the year. Despite this, mortgage deals are still only available at around 4% on fixed rate options, and you need a 25% deposit to secure the best deals.

Posted in Interest Rates | No Comments »

More property news…

 

Buying Guide

 

Find all the information you need to make buying a new house as pleasurable and stress free as possible. We will put all the information you need right at your finger tips – so you can spend your time actually looking at houses, not finding out what needs doing.

 

Selling Guide

 

Getting the best price possible for your current house, will give you more options when buying a new house. Check the house selling section for helpful guides on selling your house, getting the best price, and making sure it all goes smoothly.

 

Moving Guide

 

When it comes to the day of the move, you need to make sure you have as much preparation as possible. To make sure you have everything ready, and the move goes as smoothly as possible, take a look at our guides to moving house.

 

New Articles

 

Planning Permission – If you are thinking about buying a house and developing it, find out about planning permission here.

Mortgage Calculator – Use our quick and easy mortgage repayment caculator to find out how much your monthly repayments would be with a certain borrowed amount.

Gazumping – Find out what gazumping actually is, and ways of avoiding it. Gazumping can be costly and frustrating, but the chances of it happening can be lessened with a few simple methods.

Conveyancing – When buying a house you will need have the conveyancing carried out for the property. A solicitor normally does this, or you can do it yourself.

Joint Mortgages – Getting a joint mortgage is a big step, find out all you need to know here.

more…

Copyright © 2010 House Buying Guide. All Rights Reserved. . Site Map. .