Property Market
RICS: Changes to HIP process
Commenting on the changes to the home buying and selling process, Gillian Charlesworth, RICS director of external affairs said: "RICS maintains that trying to engineer the home buying and selling process through the HIP is of limited use.
moneysupermarket.com: New HIP legislation
Commenting on the enforcement of new legislations regarding HIPs, Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at moneysupermarket.com, said; "This is one nuisance the mortgage market could do without. The new legislation will add more hurdles to be cleared before marketing your house.
Top tips for first time landlords
As a growing number of accidental landlords continue to enter the market, email4property.co.uk, the UK’s largest online network of estate agents, has launched an online guide for first time landlords.
Don’t move a muscle until you’ve asked the experts
Would-be movers in the East Midlands are being urged to stop and seek advice before choosing a new home. Instead of rushing into the ‘wrong move’, they can now take advantage of advice from a panel of home-moving experts, set up by leading housebuilder George Wimpey to offer clear, no-nonsense information in response to callers’ questions.
New HIPS requirements expensive, pointless and damaging
Home Information Packs are stopping people from putting their property up for sale, a survey of property professionals has revealed.
Small builders call time on unsold properties
Non-existent sales and mounting debt are killing off Britain’s small builders who have been building much needed family homes in the country’s suburbs.
The great escape
Whether you're considering early retirement or you've simply had enough of gloomy Britain, now is a fantastic time to consider buying a property abroad. Despite the slump in the UK housing market, property prices overseas are still offering better value to potential buyers.
Everybody loves good neighbours
Whatever happened to the good old British chats over the garden fence? According to a new survey out today, more than six in ten (67%) of us believe that having nice neighbours is the key to a happy home.
Invest with Barratt for an annual return of 7.5%
Barratt Homes is offering some outstanding opportunities to North East investors which guarantee a 7.5 per cent annual return, worth up to £24,000 a year. The housebuilder has introduced a special sale and leaseback scheme on a selection of 12 new showhomes, which it will sell to investors and then rent back for three years.
Surprise bounce to March house prices
The price of a typical house increased for the first time in March since October 2007, rising by 0.9% during the month and reducing the annual rate of fall from -17.6% to -15.7%, according to the Nationwide Building Society. This brings the price of a typical house to £150,946.
Jones homes in on HomeBuy Direct
A scheme to make new homes more affordable to buyers priced out of the housing market is being launched by Jones Homes working in partnership with the Government’s Homes & Communities Agency (HCA).
Primelocation.com adopts Google Maps with Street View
Primelocation.com’s unique integration of Street View – the latest innovation from Google - combined with Microsoft’s Bird’s Eye View aerial imagery, will revolutionise the way Britons search for prime properties.
Make the move into home ownership
Prospective first time buyers priced out of the housing market will find a helping hand towards making that first step at Barratt North Midlands’ Friars Park development where they may be able to take advantage of the First Time Buyer Initiative (FTBI).
Signs of life for the housing market?
Public confidence in the housing market is well and truly off the bottom as propertyfinder.com’s March survey of home buyers and sellers showed confidence in the market back to levels not seen since September 2008, just before Lehmans went spectacularly bust.
Additional 686,000 homes needed in North West
The Government has revised its figures for the number of new homes needed in the region. In a time when housebuilding levels are decreasing, there is a real challenge to the North West.