Property Market
Run down your living costs with a new home
With hikes in energy prices becoming an increasing concern, homeowners need to be more savvy than ever when it comes to energy saving in the home and cutting down on running costs. George Wimpey has teamed up with the Energy Saving Trust to offer homeowners tips when it comes to keeping their energy bills down.
Consumer confidence improves across Anglia
With the UK experiencing a reported economic downturn in recent months and the difficulties involved with trying to secure a mortgage deterring hundreds of househunters from buying a brand new home, it's no wonder consumers are being cautious when looking for a new property.
No cause for fright at Miller's open night!
Miller Homes East Midlands is hoping to take the fear out of buying a new home this Halloween, by inviting potential homebuyers to its spook-tacular late night open evening at Harrow Place, Knighton.
Landlords and agents unite against 'tenant-humiliation' practices
The National Landlords Association (NLA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) which represent over 23,500 landlords and letting agent offices, have joined together to roundly condemn any practices which ridicule and humiliate tenants.
Property sellers unwilling to accept agent advice on prices
Current housing market attention may be focussed on falling prices, but the housing downturn has had a far more dramatic effect on the number of homes being sold, according to Knight Frank’s latest London residential review.
NLA will continue to work for higher standards in sale and rent back
The National Landlords Association (NLA), the leading representative body for private-residential landlords, remains committed to further raising standards among landlords operating in the sale and rent back sector.
SHIP backs OFT call for regulation of sale and rent back
Andrea Rozario, Director General, SHIP (Safe Home Income Plans), comments on the OFT's report into the sale and rent back sector: "We are not surprised by the OFT's findings, and SHIP backs their call for regulation.
Sale and rent back firms need statutory regulation
The sale and rent back sector needs statutory regulation with better protection for consumers, according to an OFT market study.
Rising costs force youngsters out of the countryside
Nearly a quarter of rural dwellers believe that young people will not be able to afford to live in the countryside, according to a survey commissioned by rural insurer NFU Mutual.
Connells research proves benefits of HIPS
Statistics released today conclusively show that Home Information Packs speed up the time between Connells being instructed to sell a property and exchange of contracts by an average of six days.
The Government must regulate Sale and Rent Back schemes
Donna Werbner, Property Expert at money website Fool.co.uk, says:
Tentacles of downturn reach all prime property markets
Prime regional and country house values have fallen sharply (-9.6%) in the past six months, having previously responded more slowly to the downturn than prime London.
Record number of landlords experience tenant demand growth
A record number of landlords are experiencing growing levels of tenant demand, with many predicting that demand will continue to rise over the next 12 months.
UK house sales at less than one per week
The average number of transactions per surveyor fell to less than one per week in September as a lack of mortgage finance continued to stifle the ability of buyers to access the market says the latest RICS' UK housing market survey.
Are rising costs making more people go green?
As energy bills continue to soar, it seems that more people now realise that going green is a great way to save money, as well as save the planet.