Will recent changes in “stress testing” make it easier for people who have previously had an application rejected on affordability grounds?
Will changes to the LIFT scheme improve first-time buyers’ chances of purchasing their first home when so many properties are selling for over the home report valuation?
Mortgage Advisor Neil Bird brings us up-to date with the recent changes and takes part in a question-and-answer session.
Weekly round up on what’s driving the Fife Property market including a look at recent listings, sales and coming soon:
Article, Podcast and TV Show written and produced this week is:
FPTV (EP 76) The Future of the Fife Buy-To-Let Market in 2022
“Fife Landlord? What is the future of the Fife Buy-To-Let Market in 2022? What will happen to rents in Fife And Fife house prices? What about the new landlord and tenant law changes?
This is the beginning of our year long journey to increase each other’s wealth out of collaboration and working together. Jim Parker and James Watson will share their thoughts while we learn how to do that for ourselves.
If you are a client of ours, you will also receive an invite later to a private zoom on the last each month going into more detail on this to accelerate your wealth in 2022.
The English Housing Minister, Chris Pincher, has suggested older homeowners are “rattling around” in their homes as they are too big for them. He implied they are selfish and should sell up and move to a retirement home when he spoke to a committee in the House of Lords. He stated that many British homes are “under-occupied” and could be better used by younger families with children. Continue reading Fife People’s Addiction to their Spare Bedrooms? (Watch/read/listen)
Fife Buy-to-Let Property Market Going into Crisis?
…as Fife first-time buyers now only need a 5% deposit for a mortgage.
Fife landlords, sell your property portfolios, your tenants will soon be leaving in droves as they buy their first home with the new 5% deposit mortgages backed by the Government’s new mortgage-guarantee scheme revealed in March’s budget! These 95% mortgages are to be supported by the Treasury, lessening losses for mortgage lenders should the borrower be incapable of repaying and get repossessed, as the Government want Generation Rent to turn into Generation Buy. Continue reading Fife Buy-to-Let Property Market Going into Crisis? (watch/read/listen)
Yet higher mortgage rates could see Fife buyers paying a lot more each month for the privilege
Being a Fife first-time buyer in the last 12 months has not been an easy thing. Just before lockdown there were 400 ‘5% deposit mortgage’ deals and first-time buyers were able shop around to get the best deal. When the first lockdown hit, 5% deposit mortgages disappeared, meaning that as many Fife would-be first-time buyers were about to buy their first Fife home in 2020, the rug was pulled from under their feet. Continue reading FP TV (EP 31) Fife First-Time Buyers Can Now Buy Using 5% Deposit Mortgages! (Watch/read/listen)
Hosts Jim Parker is joined by Andrea Stanford and Neil Bird to discuss this week’s news in the Fife Property Market while answering questions live on their show every Saturday morning @ 9.30am
Hosts Jim Parker is joined by Letting Agent Richard Cook and Estate Agent Jimmy Mullen to discuss this week’s news in the Fife Property Market while answering questions live on their TV show every Saturday morning @ 9.30am.