Buying A Home

  • LifestyleAOL

    What we really look for when buying a home

    A short commute to work, having more space and being near a good school are at the top of home buyers' wish-lists, research suggests. One in three people (33%) planning to buy a home in the next five years said the closeness of the property

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  • BusinessAOL

    Is buying a home cheaper than renting?

    A new report says the average cost of paying off a mortgage is now £120 a month cheaper than paying rent. But is it that simple? A combination of plummeting mortgage costs and soaring monthly rents has meant that buying a home is now on average

  • BusinessAOL

    40% of house hunters confused by jargon

    Danny Lawson/PA Wire Over 40 per cent of people who have looked into buying a house say they are confused by the jargon, according to research from Nationwide Building Society. Borrowers are left flummoxed by key property and mortgage terms,

  • BusinessAOL

    'Serious sellers' are back

    There finally seems to be a bit of good news for the UK housing market as new figures from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) report the return of the 'serious seller'. That is, people who put their house on the market at a