£200k Camberley property now worth £6,600 More than this time last year
The value of your property in the Southeast has risen according to the Office for National Statistics. In fact a £200k property in Camberley is now worth approximately £6,600 more than last year. Economists are warning the gap between house prices in London and the rest of the UK will only get bigger after the […]
Parents Help Their Children Get Mortgages
How Can Parents Provide Mortgage Help for Their Children As a mortgage broker based in Surrey, I was intrigued by this article by Mark Johnston, which certain has some important info. by Mark Johnston July 5, 2012 With the tightening of mortgage lending criteria, rising mortgage costs and the credit crunch, getting on to the property […]
Surveyors report fall in sales and house prices in June
As a mortgage adviser here in Camberley, we have seen a slight decrease in mortgage applications in recent months. But nothing to write home about. But according to Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, its as much as 12%. Here’s an article from Ben Salisbury Editor of Myfinances.co.uk The UK property market is still subdued with a lack […]
Mortgage Rates UP Already?
Living in Surrey without a fixed rate mortgage? If you haven’t got a fixed rate mortgage, then maybe you ought to consider changing soon. The next Bank Of England Monetary Policy Committee Meeting will be on the Thursday 10th March. Now, they may decide to increase the base rate by 0.25% then or hold it […]
First Time Buyers 10pc Deposit
First Time Buyers Camberley.. The mortgage industry changes all the time. At our offices in Frimley, we get daily emails from lenders, telling us about the latest offers. The good thing is, that we don’t get these details from just one lender, but from a whole host of lenders, so that we can survey the […]
House Prices The Same As This Time Last year
Figures released today from the Nationwide Building Society, show that house prices remain unchanged for 2010. There was a slight change and a modest increase in values for the last month, showing that prices have stabalised, but personally I like to take the longer term view. Although these facts are correct UK wide, house prices […]
The dark art of obtaining a mortgage
Obtaining a mortgage in surrey is no different to any other part of the country. Below is an atricle by mortgage broker Andrew Montlake of Coreco, which was published on the BBC site. It makes some very interesting observations. “The dark art of obtaining a mortgage” Money Talk by Andrew Montlake In recent weeks there […]
Camberley's House Price index
Well there isn’t actually a house price index for Camberley, Aldershot, Farnborough or any of the the other local towns. However the Halifax has released its latest figures showing the national trends. As I have written before, the south of England, still has a shortage of properties to sell, even though it currently is a […]
No Life Insurance For Camberley House Owners?
I think we all know that life insurance is important, but we just ignore the fact that really we need it. In fact 43% of house owners do not have any life insurance to cover their mortage debt. Now, I always try and encourage people to take out a life insurance policy. Sure I earn […]
House Prices Up In Camberley
I talk to a lot of local estate agents in Camberley, Blackwater, Farnborough, Aldershot, you know all the local big towns, on a fairly regular basis. One thing they all tell me is that house prices are up. Not to the levels they were 2 or 2.5 years ago, but thing are beginning to look […]
