![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
![]() |
You are in: Business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
Friday, 21 January, 2000, 14:43 GMT
Negotiate the Property Maze
![]() Buying a home is the biggest purchase most people will ever make. It can be a confusing business, especially when prices are soaring. As the government tries to clean up the mortgage market, BBC News Online presents a round-up of the issues we have covered, from financial scams to successful house-hunting.
Buyers who do their homework can save thousands of pounds on a mortgages. So the government issues a checklist of questions to ask before choosing a mortgage.
We love to loathe them but most of us buy a home through an estate agent. Do estate agents earn their money and are there other ways of house-hunting?
As property prices rise at 30% a year, it's good news for those who already own a home but frightening for first-time buyers. Are houses a good investment?
An interest rate rise can make all the difference between affording that dream home or not - but interest rates are famously unpredictable.
|
![]() |
Internet links:
![]() The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Business stories now:
![]() ![]() Links to more Business stories are at the foot of the page.
![]() |
![]() |
Links to more Business stories
|
![]() |
![]() |
^^ Back to top News Front Page | World | UK | UK Politics | Business | Sci/Tech | Health | Education | Entertainment | Talking Point | In Depth | AudioVideo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To BBC Sport>> | To BBC Weather>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © MMIII | News Sources | Privacy |