You’re looking for a new home, you’ve trawled the estate agent’s particulars, and you’ve narrowed your choice to a small handful that are worth looking at. But how do you know that you can afford the payments on mortgage loan you will want to take out on whichever one you …
Consumer champion Which? regularly looks at all manner of consumables and service provisions from kitchen gadgets to cars, from insurance services to fuel providers, and includes a regular review of the lending companies that offer mortgage products. Choosing the right mortgage lender for your pocket One of the most stressful …
Moving home can be a daunting project. Notwithstanding the need to find money to finance such an endeavour – which, in these constrained times, needs to be controlled very closely even more so than usual – there is an apparently ever-growing list that seems to go on and on, requiring …
Leasehold reform proposals could save leaseholders thousands when it comes to extending their lease or buying their property freehold. Meanwhile, onerous ground rents, which have made some new-build properties unsellable, could be capped. Those are the proposals from the Law Commission after a long consultation and investigation into the leasehold …
The leasehold property system in England and Wales is set for its biggest-ever shake-up if radical proposals for reform by the Law Commission are passed. The commission says the current system is too complex, slow and expensive, and it wants the public to participation in its consultation by November 18 …