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It is reported in the press that house repossessions in 2009 were 46,000.  It might have been higher had not interest rates been kept very low and that unemployment remained lower than expected. However, 188,000 borrowers were behind in their mortgage… more »

Although the UK economy seems to be coming out of recession, this is not true of the housing market.  It appears to us to be in a precarious state, at best. Most people have not yet adjusted to the fact that property buying has changed radically. Hav… more »

One of the strands of the origin of this site is the difference between business management and business leadership. In our efforts to raise the level of professionalism for the housebuying general public we have been careful to follow good business pr… more »

At the beginning of a new year and following a period of what can only be described as testing, we still are generally in favour of owning residential property, provided it is for the long term. There is the prospect, probably later this year, of highe… more »

The Chancellor this week confirmed that the break from stamp duty, under which anyone buying a house for £175,000 or less, avoids paying the 1% duty, will end on the last day of this year and will revert to £125,000 on the first day of the new year. P… more »