The Demand for Housing in Ireland Everyone agrees that Ireland needs more homes. Experts and analysts seem to have settled on 35,000 as the magic number of houses that need to be built in order to meet the basic demand for homes each year. While this number would...
The Benefits of Buying Property in Ireland For those looking for a holiday home or a picturesque place to retire, there are plenty of well built and spacious properties available in the Irish countryside. Such properties can usually be acquired at a fraction of the cost...
No one loves Spanish property quite like the Brits. Britain is consistently at the top of the list of foreign buyers in Spain and it's not difficult to understand why. Not only does Spain offer a warmer climate, an improved work-life balance, and a lower cost...
Last week the housing minister, Heather Wheeler, announced new plans to regulate and raise standards across the property and estate agents sector. The idea is to provide better standards of service to landlords, tenants, vendors and homebuyers. Lord Best will chair a new working group consisting...
A recent piece of research completed by Noddle offers startling evidence in the approach newcomers take to mortgages. In fact, the research revealed that people spend more time researching their next holiday than they do finding out about their first time home buyer mortgage. Research on...
An eye-opening research exercise has recently been undertaken by Market Finance Solutions. The independent research that was commissioned by the bridging lender covered a nationwide representation of over 2000 UK adults. Of those surveyed that had bought a property since 2007, 52% either used a mortgage...
Octopus Property, an established specialist property lender, has announced that they have appointed three new BDMs. These business development managers will cover the west of England, the home counties, and the Midlands. Samantha Graydon has joined the team from Castle Trust where she was instrumental in...
A constantly changing political and economic market has made bridging finance a more attractive option when the need to complete a deal is urgent. It’s interesting to note that despite the high street banks tightening the criteria for bridging loans, the market has grown. This is mostly...
The buy-to-let market has experienced the implementation of significant tax-related changes. The changes have created problems mostly for individual landlords. It has also reduced the introduction of new speculative landlords to the property market. Individuals are now discouraged from developing large property portfolios unless they form a limited company to...
Whether you are based in Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, or Dublin, there will be property that needs to be financed outside of the conventional norms. This can be because there is high pressure to close the deal. With competitors lurking like vultures ready to snap the opportunity...
