Helen Crane
Deputy Editor and Writer at This is Money
Deputy editor and consumer champion at @thisismoney. Not the same person as @helen_kirrane. Get in touch: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | Helen Crane
Savvy home buyers and investors have long headed to auction as a way to pick up keenly-priced properties. But as with the mainstream property market, new trends are always emerging as buyers sniff out opportunities for a real bargain. Andrew Binstock, co-founder and auctioneer at Auction House London, tells us what kind of properties are popular in the auction room right now – and why buyers are so keen to snap them up. 1.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Helen Crane
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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3 weeks ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | Helen Crane
Councils don't have the resources to make sure developers of new homes are paying enough towards local services, a damning government report claims. Housebuilders can be required to pay money towards infrastructure such as new roads, schools and doctors' surgeries as a condition of their planning permission. They may also be told to fund the building of affordable housing.
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1 month ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | Helen Crane
A new mortgage has been launched offering the chance to borrow 100 per cent of a property's value - the second such deal in less than a week. Little-known lender Gable Mortgages, which was founded in 2024, is providing home loans which don't require the borrower to put down any deposit. It follows April Mortgages' launch of a similar 100 per cent product last week.
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1 month ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | Helen Crane
Barclays has made a major change to its mortgage lending rules, which could allow the average customer to borrow £38,000 more. It has tweaked the affordability test it carries out on all potential borrowers, to check whether they could still meet their mortgage payments if the interest rate went up. Specifically, it has reduced its 'stress rates' - the hypothetical higher rates which customers' finances are scrutinised against.
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Councils often can't 'effectively challenge' property developers and make them build schools, GP surgeries, roads etc because of a lack of resources - says National Audit Office report out today https://t.co/5EY4Mp7xLB
This reader posted a £500 vintage synthesizer, which got smashed. Luckily he'd bought insurance - but Parcel Compare rejected it, as he used a second-hand box. As someone who reuses packaging constantly for Ebay tat, this was an eye opener... https://t.co/a96GjDWUwV
Second 100% mortgage launched in less than a week. Useful helping hand for those desperate to escape high rents? Or a sign we're heading back to the bad old days pre-2008? https://t.co/ugNSFAbOgl
