Despite yo-yoing prices, difficulty in getting mortgages and a lack of decent properties on the market, it seems lots of people are still desperate to either move house or buy their first home. Analysts are still predicting further price falls, but with record high rents, many first-time buyers believe now is as good a time as any.
Gross mortgage lending was up by 16% in June, although admittedly any increase was bound to look big against the low levels of lending in previous months.
So if you are planning to go house shopping this weekend, what should you look out for? Have you struggled to get an affordable mortgage lined up? Have you made an offer but the seller is being difficult? How do you go about getting the conveyancing sorted out? What sort of survey should you have?
We have three experts – David Hollingworth of mortgage broker London & Country, Martin Codd of solicitors Penningtons and the team at property portal Zoopla – lined up to answer your questions from 12.30pm on Thursday, 28 July.
Please post your queries below and make sure you come back to see their responses.
