by Dawar | Nov 8, 2021 | News
November 2021 If you were forced to come up with a single word to describe the housing and mortgage market in 2021 you would almost certainly find yourself using some variant of ‘strange’. Let’s not beat around the bush here, 2021 was the oddest year in recent memory...
by Dawar | Oct 8, 2021 | News
October 2021 Once you have found your perfect home, you will need to arrange a few things before the move. The best mortgage deal all squared away and properly arranged on the house you are buying is going to be top of the list. Without that in place there will be no...
by Waseem Hassan | Sep 24, 2021 | News
In fairness, the title of this blog is a little bit of misdirection because the answer to the first question is really simple. It is a very firm, ‘Yes’. You need protection insurance because it is a very dangerous gamble to take if you don’t. Sorry if that is a little...
by Waseem Hassan | Aug 21, 2021 | News
Maybe it’s because we have been through so much uncertainty. Perhaps it’s hedging bets. Possibly it’s just because the recent buoyant house market was too good to believe. Whatever the reason, if you listen to some opinions, the end of the stamp duty holiday seems to...
by Waseem Hassan | Jul 24, 2021 | News
Let me start this article by saying something important. To those of you who are currently worried about the future because you have done months of furlough and lockdowns, been in and out of the workplace and had to deal with everything the world has thrown at us...
by Waseem Hassan | Jun 24, 2021 | News
Since the start of the vaccination programme, we have seen regular bulletins telling us what percentage of the population are now vaccinated. If nothing else, this focus on measuring the spread of vaccinations (and the accompanying drop in infection levels) has given...