home buyers

Riverside properties have held their value over the past couple of years, commanding an average of 30 per cent more than elsewhere, says Caroline McGhie.

Frustrating at best, impossible at worst: " For months I've been beating my head against a brick wall"

The proportion of households choosing to be owner occupiers is continuing to decline in the UK but there has been an increase in the proportion of private renters expecting to purchase a property over the medium term, according to a new report.

Kasikornbank will subsidise housing tax for mortgage loan applicants after the government ends incentives for property buyers, says first senior vice-president Chatchai Payuhanaveechai.

In 2006 Bricks & Mortar introduced British homebuyers to a new measure for valuing their homes. The unveiling of “price per square foot” caused a sensation by revealing that such a morsel of space would cost £137 in Manchester, £249 in Guildford and an average of £1,200 in the finest London postcodes. An accompanying graphic revealed the actual space a buyer could purchase for £50 — which ranged from space for a dinner plate in Manchester to an area too small for a wine glass in Chelsea.