Do you love to hear a good ghost story on cold, dark nights when the power is out and the house is silent? If the answer is ‘yes’, then you’ve come to the right place! This week we’re going to delve into the mysterious realms of the other side and learn about some of the UK’s most haunted properties! Many of these are based in the very heart of the country, the West Midlands, but look out for future terrifying tales from around the country.

Have you ever heard the tale of the Grey Lady of Bosworth Hall? Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire, was home to a poor young woman who fell in love with the gardener. He would visit her every night, but when her devious father discovered their nighttime trysts, he couldn’t accept it! Setting dangerous traps in the garden for his next visit, the Lady Grey ended up trapped instead. Dragging herself back to her room, she bled to death, doomed to forever walk the house and grounds of Bosworth Hall…

The famous Dudley castle is also a renowned haunted building in the West Midlands, home to a ghost couple said to haunt the ruins late at night. Every year a ghost tour is organised for those daring enough to try and spot the eerie revenants around the West Midlands at various spooky locations. According to staff who have to do late checks around the zoo, hurried footsteps can be heard along the corridors and unusual sounds in the dead of night….

John Wentworth of the White Swan Pub, Birmingham apparently went mad with grief when his love fell victim to a terrible coach crash. After shooting his loyal dog, he turned the gun on himself and is said to still haunt the building now,  heard moving around the building and known to tap people on the shoulder.

These are just a few of the haunted properties to be found in the historic West Midlands

At the moment everyone from news readers to T.V. presenters and even celebrity bloggers seem incapable of talking about anything other than the upcoming general election and this can get a bit much at times.  But, the issues being raised on the campaign trail are very important to us all and all this political malarkey can have a serious impact on every aspect of our lives, including the properties we buy and sell.  The most recent example of this is the news from some of the country’s top property know-it-alls that there has been a surge in the number of properties for sale across the UK thanks to the imminent general election.

But why would the election affect the number of properties on the market?  Well, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reckon that the current climate of political uncertainty is prompting would-be property vendors to take the leap and put their houses up for sale before any possible radical changes to the property market happen.  In fact, Rics have reported that estate agents saw an average 6% increase in the number of properties on their books in the last month, which is apparently a level of activity not seen since early 2007.

If you’ve been thinking about looking for a new house recently but haven’t known when to take the leap, now could well be a great time to act.  There are many more houses now on the market, but the demand for properties has not yet caught up with this, so experts are predicting that prices will fall in some areas.  So, adflyer’s property section could be a great place to get ahead of the trend and find the perfect deal before everyone else gets in on the act!  We have new listings for houses and flats for sale as well as premises and overseas property added every day by our trusted sellers, so get searching now to take advantage of the current property situation.

With the government scrapping stamp duty on all properties worth up to £250,000 for first-time buyers for the next two years, now seems like a great time to take that all-important first step onto the property ladder. However, whether you’re looking for your first or your fiftieth property, the news that mortgage rates are falling across the board means that things could be looking up for everyone looking for a new house or flat for sale.

Thanks to conditions in the mortgage and property markets improving slowly and steadily, many mortgage providers have been getting in on the act and cutting their mortgage rates since the start of the year. The Post Office, for instance, have recently cut the rates for their fixed-rate mortgages for the fourth time this year, whilst Woolwich and Nationwide are also following suit with reduced rates for a lot of their mortgage products.

How do these cuts affect mortgage rates overall? Well, the average rate for a two year fixed-rate mortgage has decreased from 4.88% in January to 4.72% in April, whilst the average cost for a two-year tracker mortgage has gone down from 3.77% to 3.58%. This might not seem like an awful lot in real monetary terms, but there has been a significant increase in the number of mortgages on offer: the number of mortgage products available for those borrowing up to 90% of their new home’s value has risen by 21%, whilst those looking to borrow up to 80% will find an impressive 63% more mortgage products than were around at the start of the year.. This means that if you use your noggin and do a bit of shopping around, there are great mortgage deals to be found to help you get your dream house or flat.

So, once you’ve decided to take advantage of the current decrease in mortgage rates and look for that dream house or flat for sale, start the search with adflyer. Our property section has a great range of houses, flats, land, premises and overseas property for sale, with our trusted sellers uploading fantastic new listings to the site every day.