Property Market
Design-led properties without the deposit burden
The Exchange Insurance Company (ExCo) announces today that Downtown Living will be offering the Exchange Bond to buyers of new homes at The Room development in Preston.
Space – the financial frontier for housebuyers
British housebuyers are stretching their finances in the pursuit of more space… and then filling that space with junk.
Homeward bound
Living close to our ‘nearest and dearest’ is becoming a top priority for house-hunters when searching for a new home, reveals Alliance & Leicester Mortgages’ movingimproving index.
Nearly 290,000 empty homes in England
To coincide with the Empty Homes National Week of Action (3rd to 7th December), new Halifax research shows that there were 288,763 empty private homes in England in April 2006, accounting for 1.6% of all privately owned dwellings in England.
Give your home a style of its own this Christmas
Dressing your Christmas tree will be a whole lot easier this year according to the interior designers who create fantastic show homes for award winning housebuilder Redrow around the UK.
Tenant demand pushes rents to new peak
Strong tenant demand for rented accommodation has pushed the average rental income generated by landlords to a record high, according to Paragon’s October Buy-to-Let Index. Average rents hit £11,066 during the month, 10.2% higher than a year ago.
House prices fall by 0.8% in November
House prices fell by 0.8% in November, bringing the annual rate of increase down to 6.9, according to figures from the Nationwide Building Society.
Flood victims warned of rogue trader menace
Lloyds TSB Insurance is urging victims of the summer floods to be alert to the growing risk posed by bogus builders offering to repair damaged properties – and is warning that the cost of rectifying botched building work could top £2 billion.
Landlords ahead of the game on energy efficiency
Rented properties will need Energy Performance Certificates from October next year, but many landlords are ahead of the game and already offer key energy savings measures in the properties they let to tenants, says the National Landlords Association.
Invest in your future says Miller Homes
Miller Homes, the UK’s largest privately owned Housebuilder, is urging potential home buyers not to be put off by the recent fall in house prices. The company believes that a new home is still the best investment that most people will ever make because it could not only be your home for their rest of your life, but also will ultimately grow substantially in value.
Gleeson appoints Southern Construction Director
Gavin Charlton (43) has joined Gleeson Homes Southern as Construction Director. Bringing twenty five years of construction experience on a variety of commercial and residential projects to the role, Gavin’s expertise is based on grass roots experience both as a site and project manager with design management experience, while his vision is based on his previous role as a construction director for Taylor Woodrow Developments.
Easirent.com launches HIREaBOX self storage service
Everybody has a need for extra space from time to time, whether it is for de-cluttering in order to achieve a property sale, archiving, renovating a property, or even, unfortunately, emergency or disaster storage.
moneysupermarket.com: Roll out of HIPs
Commenting on the announcement to roll out HIPs to cover all properties in England and Wales, Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: “The Government’s move will be an unwelcome Christmas present for many planning to sell their house post December 14.
Buying together on the increase – but breaking up is hard to do
The number of graduates who are clubbing together in order to buy their first property is rising, according to figures from the Scottish Widows Bank Graduate First Time Buyer Survey.
Counting the cost of helping make your home carbon neutral
Making a three-bedroom, semi-detached home more carbon neutral can cost up to £9,000, new research from Alliance & Leicester Personal Loans reveals.