New research by WiredScore and HomeOwners Alliance reveals 85 per cent of British homeowners and renters face WiFi connectivity issues and failing services resulting in £2.2 billion a year, across the UK spent on additional mobile data fees.
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Create a bathroom spa in 8 easy steps
Transform your bathroom into a spa with these simple solutions from our friends at Walls and Floors.
In The News This Week
Consumer journalist Rebecca Gamble brings you the top stories homeowners, home buyers and sellers need to know about from across this week's news outlets...
Homeowner awarded £50,000 after survey missed Japanese knotweed
A homeowner in London has won a legal battle against a chartered surveyor who failed to spot Japanese knotweed during a survey.
New build ‘House of Horrors’
We speak to a Leicestershire family suffering as a result of a poor quality new build home. Watch their interview with ITV.
How much life insurance do I need?
We’ve asked the life insurance brokers at Reassured to tell us what you need to think about when deciding how much life cover you need.
Major lender pulls out of mortgage market
In this week’s mortgage round-up we look at the bank that is giving up on mortgage lending, the deal that could save you £3,000 a year and how interest-only mortgages are rising from the dead.
CMA to investigate mis-selling of leasehold properties
The competition watchdog has launched an investigation over the mis-selling of leasehold properties by house-builders.
First-time buyer ‘spending tactics’ to get on the housing ladder
More than half of UK homeowners made tactical changes to their spending habits in order to get on the housing ladder,
Liverpool bans major house-builder over leasehold scandal
A major house-builder has effectively been ‘banned’ from building properties in Liverpool due to the continuing scandal over leasehold houses, it was reported this week.
‘Mortgage pain’ felt by most self-employed
Nearly three quarters of the UK’s self-employed population believe their employment status makes it harder to get a mortgage, a new study has found.
In The News This Week
Consumer journalist Rebecca Gamble brings you the top stories homeowners, home buyers and sellers need to know about from across this week's news outlets...
Downsizing pensioners should get a stamp duty break
There is a stamp duty exemption for first time buyers, so why not last time buyers? Older people who want to downsize should be allowed one stamp-duty free move to encourage them to downsize, says a new study.
What does a conveyancer do?
If you’re buying or selling property then you’ll need a conveyancing solicitor to help you with the legal transaction. But how do you find one and what do they do?
42% of homeowners hit a brick wall finding a builder
It's clear from our latest YouGov poll that homeowners are putting off renovating their homes, particularly in London. The biggest obstacle? No, not Brexit, but finding a builder. But it's not the only obstacle...
A third of us pay cash to avoid VAT to afford home improvements
Home improvements are expensive. But add on VAT at 20% and you can see why our HomeOwners Survey reveals homeowners either deterred from doing home improvements at all, or forced to pay cash to afford it
End Our Cladding Scandal campaign
This week we were proud to put our name to the End Our Cladding Scandal campaign. The campaign calls on the government to act to end the scandal of residents trapped in private residential blocks with dangerous Grenfell style cladding.
1000 homes a week bought with Help to Buy, but there’s confusion over Help to Buy ISAs
Help to Buy hit the headlines this week for good and bad reasons. We look at the growing popularity of the scheme and pitfalls with the Help to Buy ISA which left many having to call on the bank of Mum and Dad
Are delays in local searches jeopardising your move?
When you’re buying a home, local authority searches are an essential part of the process. Here we look at how long searches should take and recent reports of staggering delays.