Pub Insurance – Quentin Investigates!
Good News! A new freelance journalist has joined our team. We met Quentin Thrapstock last week in a quiet pub whilst we were having a spot of lunch with an insurer discussing pub insurance and he inadvertently fell over a chair, upending our table. After dusting himself off and buying us all a beer we […]
Catering Trailer Insurance
At CompareCrazy.com we have a panel of insurers who can cover all your requirements when it comes to catering van insurance and catering trailer insurance. Recently in the press there was a case in the south of England where a catering trailer exploded in the early hours of the morning, sending shrapnel forty feet into […]
Chairman of Welsh Housbuilder criticises Government
Steve Morgan, the chairman of the Wales’ biggest house builders Redrow, has criticised the Welsh government over their housing policies, and has claimed that compared to the English government they are going backwards. He has argued that the Welsh governments’ new housing policies mean it is no longer economic to build in certain parts of […]
Police to be given Priority for Low-Cost Housing
Council members across the UK are debating a controversial decision to give police officers priority when it comes to buying low-cost housing in the area they serve for. Currently, many police officers have to live in areas well outside the ones that they actually serve, which is proving expensive for many officers, especially those working […]
Thirty Million Social Housing fund has not been spent in the West End
London is one of the worst places in the UK for lack of housing, which is why the government has been constantly called upon to build more affordable housing around the whole of the capital. At the same time, landlords have been called upon to provide more social housing in the city, and whilst some […]
New Housing Scheme launched for over 55s
We have been hearing a lot lately how young professionals and families have been struggling when it comes to paying rent or getting on the property ladder, however we often forget that those who are retired are also struggling to find ways to pay the rent, especially as the cost of living is so high. […]
Huge Increase in Demand for Second-Hand Cars
Due to the on-going recession, more and more members of the public are now looking for cheaper options when it comes to investing in the motor industry, meaning that many companies are now offering deals on cars, insurance policies and after-sales care packages in order to increase their sales. Therefore it is not surprising to […]
Housing Association may ban people involved in Anti-Social Behaviour
Housing associations have been debating recently how to cope with the increase in demand for housing, and also how to improve relations with their tenants so that they both can cope with the upcoming welfare reforms and the housing crisis. Many housing associations, along with private and social landlords, have invested in landlord insurance policies […]
More Private Rented Tenants than Social in England
Landlords will be interested to hear that there are now more tenants in private rented sector housing than there is in social housing for the first time since the nineteen sixties. These figures were revealed by The English Housing Survey, which went on to show that in the 2011-2012 yearly period private sector tenants increased […]
Expensive fees can add up to 2% on Buy-to-Let Mortgages
Due to the huge demand for private rented housing from the UK public, many private sector landlords are now choosing to expand their property portfolios by investing in new buy-to-let properties. Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly easy for landlords to get funding for these properties, as the rates on buy-to-let mortgages have been falling in […]