Here’s a handy visual representation of figures recently published by Moneyextra.com about mortgage availability.
It shows that in the first quarter of 2009 people with a 25 per cent deposit had access to the largest number of mortgage products: 797.

In Q1 2008 there were still plenty of deals at 90 per cent LTV (401) but this [...]

Great story on Sky News about a motel manager in New Zealand who’s banned an entire town from staying in his holiday complex of studio apartments and villas.
The town in question is Wainuiomata, population circa 17,000 - none of whom are now welcome at the Supreme Motor Lodge in Palmerston North, NZ.
The reason for this [...]

Sometimes you’re drawn into a world you know little about and come back both amazed and enlightened.
It’s happened to me twice today already. The first came about by following the @talkirish Twitter feed.
To explain: I have an Irish girlfriend I’d like to impress with my knowledge of her native tongue. But thus far my Irish [...]

Glitzy City, Curious Town

The Easter weekend is always a bit of a treat and this year certainly didn’t disappoint.

Far from being frowned upon, the pursuits of stuffing one’s face with gigantic roast dinners, ovular chocolate and day-beer are positively encouraged, which never fails to fill my clogged heart with gladness.

On [...]

I am a bit of an organised control freak (a typical Virgo apparently) so this house buying lark is freaking me out! I feel like all these different people - estate agent, solicitor, valuation surveyor and lender are all talking and leaving me out!
To be honest though, I am just letting them get on with [...]

Europe’s biggest all-singing, all-dancing consumer poll, the Readers’ Digest Trusted Brands survey, has released its results for 2009.
Research is conducted in 16 countries to find the top 20 “Brand Specifics” that are common to all countries.  There’s also a “Local Categories” list where each country includes 20 top brands of their own choice.
And so to [...]

Tired of London, not tired of life
I first hauled myself out of Macclesfield around a decade ago and, after a fleeting stop-off in Nottingham, where I abjectly failed in my attempt to seize fame as a latter day, chubby Robin Hood, I found myself living in Clapham.
Did I enjoy my stint in Sairf West Larndan? [...]

Everyone’s aflutter over Twitter. Its trajectory over the last few months has been as steep as North Korea’s recent ’satellite’ (cough) launch; but unlike the Korean rocket, Twitter continues to rise and rise (insert Vaughan Williams ‘Lark Ascending’ allusion here).
I’d like to brag that FindaProperty.com was one of the pioneers of the medium, but we [...]

Our guys in the Research Team have some interesting news to report.
On Monday March 23, FindaProperty.com attracted 174,014 unique visitors. This is the highest daily level we have seen since daily tracking records began in mid-2006.

How do we explain this?
It’s partly down to the fact that in the week preceding March 23 we had two [...]

We wrote about this subject on FindaProperty.com ealier in the week.
Here’s a helpful video about the changes, which took effect on April 1.

Thanks to Ciara over at Royals of Rent for alerting us to this YouTube source.