http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/ Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors - Residential Property News RSS feed en-gb email@wilson-nesbitt.co.uk info@flamegreen.com 30 http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/851/08072008/environment_minister_opposes_climate_law.html Sammy Wilson, environment minister, plans to vote against the government's draft climate change bill, according to the Belfast Telegraph.He says the changes proposed by the bill have not been thought out properly and are impractical.The MP, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist party... Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:00:00 BST http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/681/28032008/commuters_drawn_to_belfast_property_prospects.html Solicitors and other professionals who normally commute to Belfast have been giving up their cars in favour of moving to the Northern Irish capital, it has emerged.Property experts attribute the development to more attractive prices cropping up in the city, compared to areas to the south and east... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/653/07032008/fraudsters_target_movers.html While people in Belfast and Northern Ireland have enough trouble affording their new home, they could find themselves having to contact solicitors for a whole range of issues if they do not inform organisations that they have moved house.Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland already see... Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/654/07032008/mortgage_budget_could_help_ftbs.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see more first-time buyers (FTBs) able to enter the housing market if the recommendations made by the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) are put into practice.At the moment, solicitors are seeing fewer FTBs for property services, as they... Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/648/05032008/student_digs_getting_posher.html The days when solicitors saw clients in Belfast and Northern Ireland sealing deals on squalid properties in order to rent them out to students could be gone, as experts say that youngsters are becoming choosier.In the past it was common practice in Belfast and Northern Ireland for solicitors to... Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:45:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/646/04032008/fall_of_100%25_mortgage_bad_for_ftbs.html Solicitors are even less likely to see first-time buyers (FTBs) in Belfast and Northern Ireland able to afford a mortgage now that 100 per cent-plus deals are disappearing.With house prices in Belfast and Northern Ireland spiralling out of control last year, one of the methods that solicitors saw... Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/647/04032008/mortgage_holders_feel_out-of-control.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could be forced to pursue more mortgage holders for debt this year, as many admit that they feel out-of-control of their repayments.According to the Financial Services Authority (FSA), one out of five people in Britain and Northern Ireland who have a... Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/642/03032008/property_owners_in_debt_to_government.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see the government in need of debt recovery services, after the Belfast Telegraph revealed that ratepayers in the province owe them over £140 million in unpaid bills.According to senior civil servants, people in Belfast and Northern... Mon, 3 Mar 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/640/29022008/no_relief_for_mortgage_holders.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are unlikely to see an increase in people buying property as most experts think the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) will leave interest rates unchanged.If the Bank cut the base rate on March 6th, solicitors could see people in Belfast and... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/641/29022008/northern_rock_should_have_been_a_clue.html Despite the credit crunch, solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland have still seen buy-to-let investors taking out mortgages, but one expert says perhaps they have been unwise.Solicitors will remember the chaos that was caused in the Northern Rock collapse and an expert says that the event... Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/637/28022008/sale_and_rent_back_a_solution_to_debt_interest.html Solicitors could have to pursue fewer people in Belfast and Northern Ireland for debt if they take advantage of a sale and rent back scheme.Unfortunately solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland have to pursue homeowners for debt for consistently missing mortgage repayments.However, people in... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/638/28022008/portfolios_help_with_future_purchases.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are likely to see landlords who already have a portfolio of properties finding it easier to get a mortgage than new landlords.While solicitors are seeing many people in Belfast and Northern Ireland unable to afford a mortgage, investors who have an... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/631/27022008/surge_in_tracker_mortgages.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see more people taking out tracker mortgages after this type of deal is growing in popularity.Although only around a quarter of homebuyers in Belfast and Northern Ireland opt for a tracker mortgage, this is the highest level that solicitors will... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/633/27022008/singletons_squeezed_out_of_property_market.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are very unlikely to see singletons buying property after experts have warned that a single wage will not be enough to fund a house purchase.Although solicitors are less likely to see single people in Belfast and Northern Ireland able to afford a... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/634/27022008/mixed_opinion_on_housing_plans.html Solicitors will have listened with interest to minister Margaret Ritchie's proposals to help lower income families in Belfast and Northern Ireland get onto the property ladder, but experts have reacted in varying ways.The Department for Social Development minister announced that 5,000... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/630/26022008/ritchie_unveils_cheap_housing_plan.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see poorer people able to progress on to the property ladder after social development minister Margaret Ritchie is set to create more affordable housing in the province. According to the BBC, Ms Ritchie will reveal plans to build cheaper housing in... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/627/25022008/eco-friendly_buyers_retain_their_green.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will see more environmentally-friendly clients accommodated after a bank in the province has launched a discounted mortgage for people who install solar power in their home.Homebuyers in Belfast and Northern Ireland who are more environmentally aware... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/628/25022008/younger_buyers_stumble_on_property_ladder.html There is every likelihood that solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will see fewer young buyers embarking on the property ladder after mortgage providers are withdrawing deals.Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will note that many lenders are withdrawing their 100 per cent-plus... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/626/22022008/buy-to-let_not_pushing_ftbs_off_property_ladder.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland should not expect to see fewer first-time buyers (FTBs) able to afford property as a result of buy-to-let investors, experts claim.According to figures from the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, buy-to-let mortgages have boosted house price... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/623/21022008/bridging_loans_aid_quick_property_purchase.html If homebuyers in Belfast and Northern Ireland whose finances are stretched were to take out a bridging loan, it could mean less people being pursued by solicitors for debt.However, bridging loans should only be used in the short-term, otherwise solicitors could see homebuyers in Belfast and... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/617/20022008/negative_equity_warning_in_northern_ireland.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see fewer people willing to sell up property that they bought last year as these homeowners could be facing negative equity, experts warn.People in Belfast and Northern Ireland who visited their solicitors at the peak of the property boom to secure... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/618/20022008/ni_property_hit_a_brick_wall.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will see clients sealing deals on property for considerably less money since the end of last year, new figures show.According to the latest University of Ulster House Price Index, solicitors dealing with clients during the final quarter of 2007 would... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/615/19022008/more_parents_helping_children_buy_homes.html With property prices still remaining high in Belfast and Northern Ireland, solicitors could see more parents putting money towards helping their children to buy their first home.However, solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are unlikely to see parents totally taking over the buying process,... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:45:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/604/07022008/landlords_still_confident.html Despite the rising house prices in Belfast and Northern Ireland, solicitors in the province are more likely to see landlords buying additional property than they are to see investors selling up their stock.Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland may have expected to see landlords offloading... Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/601/06022008/first-borns_more_likely_to_be_helped_onto_property_ladder.html Parents in Belfast and Northern Ireland are more likely to visit their solicitors with their first-born child to help them seal a deal on a property than with children born later in the family.Research from Abbey Mortgages has revealed that parents in Belfast and Northern Ireland are more likely... Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/603/06022008/professionals_offered_more_in_a_mortgage.html While solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will see many clients struggling to get onto the property ladder due to high house prices and tighter lending, solicitors themselves are favoured by mortgage firms. Doctors, dentists, accountants and solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will... Wed, 6 Feb 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/600/05022008/lenders_still_supporting_new_buyers.html After the global credit crunch has seen mortgage lenders withdrawing some of their products, experts say it may not be the case that solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland will not see any new clients looking to purchase a home.Despite the fact that solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland... Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/596/04022008/landlords_put_off_selling_by_logistics.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are unlikely to see landlords selling their property despite a slowdown in the housing market, experts have claimed.According to PropertyHawk website, solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are unlikely to see a raft of property sold off by... Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/592/31012008/older_homeowners_strike_gold.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland could see older people prepared to sell up their family home in order to release a massive amount of cash.People in their 60s could visit their solicitors to buy a smaller home, as the current houses they live in could be worth a fortune due to the... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:30:00 GMT http://www.wilson-nesbitt.com/articles/589/30012008/student_debt_wont_restrict_ftbs.html Solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland are unlikely to see any drop in the number of students purchasing property, after experts have reassured graduates that owing universities money will not ruin their credit.Currently solicitors in Belfast and Northern Ireland can arrange for clients to... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:30:00 GMT