Shared ownership is an option for those, mainly first time buyers, who don’t have a large enough deposit and level of income for the more usual routes into home ownership. At Your Move at any one time we have many properties throughout the country available to buy through shared ownership schemes and here’s a selection currently available:

Almost half (40%) of tenants living in private rental accommodation across the UK are aged over 46, signalling the rise of the ‘Silver Renter’. 

Gas Safety Week starts today! We continue our series blogs about making sure your house is as safe as possible with tips about gas safety in your clothes. We also have advice for landlords and tenants regarding gas safety safety.

It seems you can’t turn on the TV or go on line, nowadays, without being reminded of the constant shortage of housing within the UK. Due, mainly, to the recent property price boom and household incomes remaining dormant, for yet another year. 

House prices in Scotland remain resilient, despite Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in high value homes. After a brief reversal in June, average prices recovered in July, rising 0.2% to make the average house price in Scotland £169,807. Prices are now up 3%, or £4,932 more, since last July.

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House prices continued to grow in August - although at a slower rate than in previous months - with average house prices now standing at £292,921 meaning the average homeowner is sitting on £12,101 more equity than this time last year.

The average rent in England and Wales now stands at £846 per calendar month, the highest figure ever recorded by Your Move.

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv, the UK’s largest residential chartered surveyor, found that 65,907 mortgage approvals (seasonally adjusted) were issued to buyers during the month. This is 4.9% lower than the number of approvals made in July 2015.

In the first of a series of blogs about making sure your house is as safe as possible, read our advice on making sure your electrical appliances are safe. We also have advice for landlords and tenants regarding electrical appliance safety.