If you own a second home, you may now be paying double council tax. But following the news that a council has issued refunds of the 100% premium because it was deemed to have been collected unlawfully ...

What is the First Homes scheme? The First Homes scheme offers newly built homes to first time buyers with a discount of at least 30% compared to the market value of equivalent properties. According to ...

Investing in property can be a lucrative way to generate an income plus you may benefit from substantial increases to its value overtime too. But how much does it cost? What are the different ways of ...

For properties over £500,000 you cannot claim the relief. You’ll pay the same stamp duty rates as non-first time buyers. Yes. If you are buying an additional property, like a second home or a Buy to ...

What is an offset mortgage? An offset mortgage is a type of mortgage that allows you to reduce the amount of interest you pay by ‘offsetting’ your savings against your mortgage balance. The mortgage ...

If you buy a new build home what protection do you have under the New Homes Ombudsman Service and consumer codes? We take a look. Just to make things a bit more confusing, alongside the New Homes ...

Home improvements can transform and add value to your home but it is easy for costs to escalate and projects to go wrong. Our step-by-step guide sets out what to consider with different types of ...

The cost of extending your lease depends on the value of the property, the number of years left on the lease, the annual ground rent, the value of improvements done to the property paid by the ...

Once you have found a house you want to buy, you then need to decide how much to offer. Do you put in a high offer to clinch it, and risk wasting money? Or a low offer and risk losing your dream home?

For more of May 2026’s best Lifetime ISAs (cash) and the best Lifetime ISAs (stocks and shares), read on. What is a Lifetime ISA? A Lifetime ISA, or LISA for short, is a type of account designed to ...

What are bad credit mortgages? Bad credit mortgages are aimed at borrowers with a poor credit history and rating. Some lenders specialise in offering these mortgages although they typically have ...

Think carefully before securing other debts against your home. Your home or property may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. Representative example A mortgage of £230,537 ...