Improving Your Home to Improve Its Value

Every improvement you make to your home increases its value and therefore adds to the amount of money you can realize when you decide to sell. The improvements also increase the amount of equity that you build up in the home if you need to take out a loan for any reason.

Banks cutting back on lending

The credit crunch has taken its toll in more or less every sector of the financial market over recent months, and the financial turmoil has resulted in a number of changes in the way that many lenders operate.

What’s in store for the housing market?

Over recent years there has been enormous house price growth within the UK, with homeowners seeing the value of their properties rocketing whilst non-homeowners have found it increasingly difficult to get onto the property ladder due to the high cost of housing.

Making the most of your equity

Over recent years property values in the UK have rocketed, and this has left many homeowners with high levels of equity in their homes. The equity in your home is the amount left after any outstanding mortgage or secured loan balance has been deducted from the market value of the property.

Are you at risk of losing your home this year?

According to a recent and rather worrying report from the Financial Services Authority over one million homeowners could be at risk of losing their homes over the course of the next eighteen months, with a combination of factors increasing the chances of many families losing their homes.
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Reducing your monthly debt repayments

When you have a lot of different debts and a variety of creditors that you are making repayments to life can get very difficult

How you can avoid having to move home

Many people in the UK decide to move home every year, and this can be for one of a wide range of reasons

Avoiding the mortgage meltdown

It’s looking increasingly likely that we could see two or perhaps even three quarter point cuts in the base rate over the next several months

Why switch your mortgage?

When you switch your mortgage to another lender or product it is equally important that you find the right mortgage for your needs

Buy to let – what you need to know

Over recent years the rising value of property across the UK has seen property become a huge investment opportunity

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