The Inspirational Bank Of Dave
Just been watching Bank Of Dave on 4OD. If you haven’t heard about Bank Of Dave, the show is about the inspirational story of Burnley businessman, Dave Fishwick, who decided he would open his own bank to lend to local businesses which had been unable to…
Can you blame people for thinking differently?
Moneyfacts reveals that there has been a considerable fall in buy-to-let property investment mortgages, the number of products now available is less than a fifth of those on offer five years ago. There are now 411 prime product buy-to-let deals compared with 459 a year…
Streets paved with Gold
As Britain goes Olympic crazy, and the torch continues its route through many a village, town, river and city, we thought it an appropriate time to share with you some quirky statistics we read recently in the news, in light of the looming Olympics. Research…
Regulations and red tape – all in a day’s work for landlords!
Almost daily, there are doom and gloom reports about the UK’s property market; on Friday it was all about ‘regulatory overload’ for letting agents and landlords which has led to a driving up of rents for tenants. Indeed, as I was typing this, another headline…
Crowdfunding Here To Stay
As we’ve previously stated, the term, ‘crowdfunding’ is currently all over the media, and as the Telegraph’s own Monty Munford, rightly observed in his article this week, ‘Crowdfunding really is hot’ and he couldn’t be closer to the truth! According to www.crowdfunding.org there will be…
Who To Believe In The Current Political Landscape
Who To Believe In The Current Political Landscape Political parties are renowned for being worlds apart, and this week was no different. Grant Shapps, the housing minister and his Labour counterpart Jack Dromey, have both announced differing views, poles apart, on the housing sector. So…
Empty properties are surely the answer to housing shortage?
Last week there were reports that, not only did the housing market need more homes to be built in order to meet demand, it was also heading for a generation of renters; young people for whom home ownership would almost certainly never become reality. And…
The changing face of property
You don’t need to be a property expert to spot the differences between new build properties and those which have stood firm for decades. With modernity comes change however, but what continues to monopolise the changing face of property is the level of home ownership….
The House Crowd featured in Greater Manchester Business Week
The House Crowd is just all over the media lately! Since we launched in March, we have had lots of new members join us, almost 700 now and we received some great very positive press coverage, which is fantastic! Crowdfunding is definitely taking off in…
Crowdfunding is sweeping the nation!
It appears The House Crowd has started a trend (well we like to think we have!) as there isn’t a week that goes by without the term ‘crowdfunding’ appearing in the media. This week, it was great to read that Stainless Games, an Isle of…