Conveyancing Association firms dominate industry awards
At last Friday’s Sunday Times Estate Agency of the Year Awards Conveyancing Association (CA) members took home the top awards. CA members took the top three places in the awards taking home awards for Overall Conveyancer of the Year, as well as the gold and silver awards for Best Large Conveyancer. Rowlinsons Solicitors received not […]
First-time buyer loans at five year high
The latest Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML) figures released today show that 26,800 loans were advanced to first-time buyers in October, the highest number of loans in a monthly period since November 2007. The total number of loans advanced to home-owners for house purchase was up 17% from September and 24% year-on-year. Whilst the total […]
First-time buyer market continues to rise
According to the latest market index from Haart estate agents the number of first time buyers increased 4.5% from October to November and 78.4% from November 2012. The average price that first time buyers are paying for a property has also increased 9.4% year-on-year, and 1.8% from October, to hit £155,278. This is slightly below […]