Housing market’s unsound foundations will soon be exposed

00:01 | 04 Mar 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

The next government will find itself in the unenviable position of revealing the makeshift underpinning currently supporting the housing market.

A threat to estate agents’ housing market hegemony

00:01 | 24 Feb 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

The future for house buying and selling and why estate agents want more rules.

Morning Line: Is mortgage lending set for a second dip?

10:30 | 22 Feb 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

There are real fears of scarcer and more expensive mortgages towards the end of this year, but the scaremongering may have been overdone.

A bet on the property market's downfall

07:09 | 19 Feb 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

RBS will allow people to bet on a fragile housing market that could yet fall into a tail-spin. Should the State-owned lender be selling risks on a volatile market that it increasingly controls?

Nasty housing market epidemic gets a cleanup

00:01 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

It was described as a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ but sale-and-rent-back companies will now be fully regulated. Will it work?

Panic in second home paradise

00:01 | 03 Feb 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

A British court ruling has sent a ripple of fear through the thousands of Brits with property in North Cyprus. Linton Chiswick explains.

Will new rules stop the sale-and-rent-back cowboys?

08:31 | 02 Feb 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

It’s difficult to see how new FSA regulations will protect homebuyers in financial difficulties from exploitation and potential homelessness.

Is the buy-to-let market fully rehabilitated?

00:01 | 29 Jan 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

There has been a rehabilitation of the private landlord’s image, from a symbol of everything that was wrong with the old system, to a vital part of a ‘new normal’, in which renting isn’t only what you do when you can’t afford to buy.

The broken link at the heart of the home selling process

00:01 | 20 Jan 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

They may be a bureaucratic drain time and money, but what will happen to the housing market if the Tories eradicate Home Information Packs?

Homebuyers battle developers as boom time contracts go sour

00:01 | 13 Jan 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

Contracts signed at the height of the property boom are coming back to haunt investors - but they're fighting back.

Will your lender increase its standard mortgage rate?

00:01 | 09 Jan 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

As an increasing number of mortgage lenders raise their Standard Variable Rate, pressure is mounting on homebuyers to remortgage and switch to another lender – if they can. 

The Housing market is as vulnerable as its ever been

00:01 | 04 Jan 2010 | By Linton Chiswick

The only certainty is that we still have much to learn before we can claim to properly understand the UK property market, writes Linton Chiswick.

Mortgages: a taste of what’s to come in 2010

00:01 | 05 Dec 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Two developments indicate a continuing shortage of mortgage funds in the year to come. Lorna Bourke considers the best options available now.

House buying and selling without using an estate agent

00:01 | 30 Nov 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Want to avoid the expense and pain of using an estate agent? Lorna Bourke outlines the options and whether it can be done successfully.

Is a mortgage broker really necessary?

00:01 | 19 Nov 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Mortgage brokers' credibility has taken a knock since the credit crunch; Lorna Bourke considers whether they still have a place, and how to find a good one.

Buy-to-let: who do you believe?

00:01 | 23 Oct 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Never take statistics at face value – particularly if they are about buy-to-let. 

Mortgage lending clampdown: the FSA's plans explained

16:57 | 19 Oct 2009 | By Iain Martin

The Financial Services Authority proposes a massive overhaul of the £1.23 trillion UK mortgage market to tackle ‘reckless’ and ‘predatory lending’.

There is a genuine need for responsible self-cert mortgages

00:01 | 15 Oct 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Proposals to ban self-cert mortgages would be a big mistake, Lorna Bourke argues.

Will house prices continue rising?

00:01 | 07 Oct 2009 | By Lorna Bourke

Lorna Bourke considers whether house prices can continue on their upwards trajectory.

No more money to be made from property stocks

00:01 | 06 Oct 2009 | By Deborah Hyde

Housebuilders and property groups have had a great year, but 2010 could see that unravelled, warn analysts.

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