Property Market
How to get the best price for your home
Faced with a sluggish market in which it is taking increasingly longer for properties to sell, home vendors need all the help they can get. Research from property website, Rightmove, shows that the average home now takes 85 days to find a buyer, compared to just 71 a year ago. With the competition for buyers tougher than ever, vendors need to make sure their property stands out.
Don't just view equity negatively
As the effect of falling house prices continues to be debated, analysis from GE Money Home Lending, one of the UK's leading specialist lenders, reveals the extent to which house prices would actually have to drop for average borrowers, who purchased a property over the past 13 years, to suffer negative equity.
No doom and gloom for Bellway buyers
“The housing market has rarely been out of the headlines recently and, increasingly, house-hunters are feeling the squeeze,” says Bellway East Midlands’ Ben Smith.
Strathclyde Homes launches ‘Rent to Buy’ scheme
Wise consumers are used to adopting a ‘try before you buy’ policy for cars to clothes to jewellery. However, this has never been an available option on a new home – well, not until now. Strathclyde Homes is introducing this unique scheme at its developments at Clyde Riverfront, Yoker; The Link, Clydebank; Love Leith, Edinburgh and Scholars Gate, Bathgate.
Farmland values buck current market trends
Farmland values on average have risen by 29% during the past six months across Great Britain and are forecast to increase further this year particularly for the best quality land in the most desirable locations, according to Savills research.
Bovis makes first time buying a realistic option
A recent survey undertaken by Bovis Homes indicated that 59% of potential first time buyers had not even checked to see if buying their first property was a viable option. Of those who had not made any enquiries, 97% said that if they thought it was a possibility they would jump at the chance of getting on the property ladder.
Its party time – make the most of your garden this summer
Summer is a time to enjoy the outdoors, sip a few cocktails under the sun, and finally get that healthy glow, and what a better way to do these things than by having a garden party! New homes builder Bellway East Midlands knows how important it is for people to enjoy their homes and share them with friends and family.
Government urged to help consumers further
Following the release of the Nationwide house price index, Chris Brown, President of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the residential sales arm of the National Federation of Property Professionals (NFOPP), said:
Paragon launches Energy Performance Certificate service
Paragon announces the launch of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) service to help its landlord customers ensure they are ready for new energy efficiency legislation.
House prices fall 0.9% in June
House prices fell by 0.9% during June, less than half of the rate of the 2.5% fall recorded in May, according to the Nationwide Building Society.
Reforming residential Stamp Duty Land Tax
The UK's system of residential Stamp Duty is no longer fit for purpose, say the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Show re-launch brings benefits to eastern companies
Due to popular demand and the building of exciting new exhibition facilities in Peterborough, Centaur Media plc is delighted to announce that The Eastern Homebuilding & Renovating Show will be re-launching in May 2009, at exec Peterborough, part of the East of England Showground.
Manor Kingdom provides a boost to a cautious market
Even for those already comfortably on the property ladder, or where buyers of luxury, family and executive homes may have little trouble securing a mortgage, there's evidence that potential new home-buyers are still holding back; uncertain as to which way the short-term market might turn.
A speedier move, without any worry
Homebuyers looking for a new home, but anxious about selling their current property will find help on hand from Redrow. The award-winning housebuilder is offering buyers the opportunity to move quickly and easily using part-exchange at various locations across South Wales.
AHIPP calls for suspension of stamp duty
The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has called for the suspension of stamp duty on all house purchases with a value of less than £200,000.