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Over the last twelve months we have seen a growing number of investors and developers utilise bridging finance to finance their property investments. The finance market is well equipped to deal with complex situations and has developed many specialist products to help find the perfect solution for any individual requiring […]

2021 closed out with the average UK property price at a new all-time high of £254,822. According to the latest figures released by the Nationwide Building Society, average house prices have increased by an astonishing £23,902 over the course of the past 12 months. The average UK house price rose […]

Buy-to-let has been popular in the UK long before the concept was formally introduced almost exactly 25 years ago. For investors, the appeal of an attractive buy-to-let investment is obvious. Along with providing regular income through rental payments, capital gains through house price increases are also on the cards. It […]

According to latest figures from Nationwide, house-price growth may be slowly beginning to decelerate. But what has become clear is how the withdrawal of the government’s temporary Stamp Duty incentive has not led to the housing market crash many had predicted. In fact, there are no signs of anything close […]

Record-high house prices show no signs of abating, with the latest figures from Rightmove indicating a continuation of ferocious competition for desirable properties. Available inventory across the UK remains at an all-time low, pushing average house prices up another 0.3% in September. This took the average UK property price to […]

Everyone has their own unique approach to safeguarding their financial future.  There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all strategy, as it depends entirely on the current financial circumstances and long-term goals of the individual in question. One of the most contentious points on the subject of future planning is […]

Between September and October this year, housing transactions fell by a whopping 52%, according to HMRC. With the stamp duty holiday saving buyers in total over £6.4 billion, it’s not surprising that property purchases have fallen so dramatically. At the same time the average home price has risen by £28,000, […]

As the UK continues its slow but steady crawl back to normality, new names are emerging as investment property hotspots; a full 19 new locations across England and Wales have officially joined the ‘million-pound property locations’ of Knight Frank. In order to qualify for this prestigious list, a location must […]

The latest data released by Bridging Trends shows that the third quarter of this year has the seen the highest volume of bridging lending since 2018, reaching over £190 million. This is a massive jump from the previous figure of £146 million recorded in the second quarter of 2021 and […]

Once again, the latest figures from the HomeLet rental index indicate that London is the most expensive place in the UK to rent a property from a private landlord. The average monthly rent in London has climbed a further 6.4% since the same time last year, now coming out at […]