Just one in five remortgagors fear interest rate rise despite speculation
Despite this rate rise indifference, remortgaging activity now at highest level since November 2008 Average interest rate fell to 2.56% in June, another record following nine months of falling rates Two in three homeowners are remortgaging to lower rates Just one in five remortgagors (22%) polled in July believe interest rates are going up – […]
July Market Trend Data from Land Registry
The July data shows an annual price increase of 4.6% which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £183,861. Monthly house prices up 1.7% since June 2015. The regional data indicates that: The region with the most significant annual price increase is the East with a movement of 8.9% The East also […]
Keeping up with the in-laws (Conveyancer Slater – Tweet of the Week)
Mother-in-law should be buying her new house today but in the hands of the incompetents who masquerade as conveyancers/solicitors! — Stuart Reynolds (@shaldonangler) August 28, 2015
The Great Plague
A recent discovery has been made during the excavations for the Crossrail project at the Bedlam Cemetery beneath the new entrance currently being built at Liverpool Street station in London. A mass burial site thought to contain approximately 30 victims of the bubonic plague. Bedlam was subjected to four known outbreaks of plague between 1569 […]