Property Market

'EcoExcellent' living needn’t cost the earth

As Energy Saving Week* (25th – 31st October) approaches - and the Energy Saving Trust encourages us all to save energy and cut harmful emissions in the fight against climate change - there’s no better time to check out Market Quarter, Linden Homes’ innovative new eco-friendly development in Chippenham.

London luxury property rents continue to rise

Rents in London’s prime residential market have risen 16% since their recessionary low in June 2009, according to the Knight Frank Prime Central London Rental Index.

Demand for rented property continues to strengthen

Tenant demand for privately rented property continued to strengthen during the third quarter of 2010, Paragon Group's Private Rented Sector (PRS) Trends report has revealed.

First-time buyers fly high at Esprit apartments

Mark Jefferies is certainly going up in the world. He has he just bought his first home. It is in one of London’s most buzzing areas. And it’s in the tallest residential building in central London.

How buying your own home could save you money

If you dream of owning your own home, but think you’ll never afford to, then think again.

A brand new home for under £450 per month

With the news highlighting dips in mortgage approvals and fluctuating house prices you’d be forgiven for thinking that now is not a good time to buy a new home, let alone be able to afford one but, you haven’t paid a visit to Burlington Place in Sherwood.

Barratt North East supports parent power

The North East’s leading housebuilder has unveiled a ground-breaking new scheme to reward the growing number of parents who put down a deposit on their children’s first home.

Phantom house buyers spooked by ghostly residents

More than half of British house buyers would be put off a property if they found out it was haunted, but it might make them more likely to view it in the first place, according to new research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks.

Win a new property in Croydon with Taylor Wimpey

A free Taylor Wimpey competition at the First Time Buyer Home Show could see one lucky South London property-seeker instantly win a home at its 793 London Road development of flats for sale in Croydon.

Exclusive part exchange event for movers in Mold

Experts will be on hand at Morris’ Soughton Park development on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 October to offer insider advice to homebuyers who want to move up the property ladder.

New homes in East Grinstead from just £125k

Taylor Wimpey’s Easy Start scheme offers first-time buyers the chance to secure selected properties at its RHNineteen development of flats in East Grinstead for 85% of the full purchase price.

Parents unaware of how to help today's first-time buyers

Despite a growing reliance on the Bank of Mum and Dad, over half (53%) of parents of potential first-time buyer children (i.e. 18 to 35 year olds) are not willing to take financial advice to ascertain how best to support their children's home purchase and 38% of parents surveyed said they were unaware of any of the major four mortgage products designed to help their children take their first step into homeownership research from the UK's largest first-time buyer lender, the Halifax, reveals.