Articles Published In September 2011
The Future or Just Weird?
Fed up with huge mortgage payments, Simon Dale decided to take matters into his own hands – literally. Armed with only a chisel, a chainsaw and a hammer, the 32-year-old moved his family to a hillside in Wales and started [...]
Bank Of Mum & Dad
The North offers the best chance for young buyers to get on the housing ladder a report by The Halifax has concluded. While the average age of a first-time buyer in the UK is 29, there is almost a decade’s [...]
Interest Rates Held
UK interest rates have been held at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). Concerns about the strength of the economic recovery meant economists had expected rates to remain unchanged. And…. Un clench!
Where Are We Going To Live?
Less than half of the planning permissions needed for the development of new homes required in England were granted in the second quarter of this year. The House Builders Federation says there were only 25,000 consents given – with around [...]
