Property Market
Get packing for summer with Redrow
And what better way to change your surroundings than by snapping up a brand new Redrow home at one of its many developments across Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The award-winning housebuilder has got a range of hot deals up for grabs with properties and prices for people on all stages of the property ladder.
Homebuying problems solved by Barratt
This summer homebuyers in the Midlands are being offered a helping hand from award-winning housebuilder Barratt Homes with its new Solutions scheme, designed to facilitate a problem-free house purchase.
Housing Association starts boost new home starts
Statistics released by NHBC reveal that the number of applications to start new homes across the UK increased by five per cent year-on-year during the three-month period from March to May 2007.
First time buyers given a helping hand with Bellway Homes
Britain is facing a housing crisis. As interest rates steadily rise, together with a shortage of affordable housing, more and more first time buyers are being priced out of the market as The Prime Minister acknowledges (10 July 2007).
Housing: Less talk more action, says BPF
The British Property Federation has welcomed the draft housing bill formalising the creation of Communities England and implementing the recommendations of the Hills and Cave Reviews.
Miller Homes building communities
Miller Homes understands that living in a friendly neighbourhood can be as important to people as the actual property they move to. When people move to a new home they can sometimes find it difficult to integrate into an established local community. Often people can feel like outsiders, particularly if all the neighbours have lived in the area for a long time and know each other well.
House builder rewarded for boosting first time buyer market
Getting first time buyers onto the property ladder at a price they can afford is an important business – and the awards just keep coming for one product designed to do just that.
Rates relief whitewash will prove 'disastrous' for regeneration
Government proposals on cutting business rates relief on empty property are disastrous and will undermine government policy on regeneration, says the British Property Federation.
DTZ and Donaldsons merger creates pre-eminent retail property advisers
DTZ, a leading global property adviser, has acquired the business and assets of Donaldsons LLP, the privately owned, UK-based property consultancy, for an initial consideration of £39.8 million, plus deferred consideration of up to £8.8 million.
Safety first
Commitment to health and safety on site has earned top awards for developer Redrow from two different independent bodies who share the same goals of reducing accidents and ill health in the workplace.
Land Registry publishes new guide to joint property ownership
Land Registry is pleased to announce the availability of Public Guide 18, detailing the facts of joint property ownership aimed primarily at members of the public.
Don’t let the weather get you down
Despite the dire weather there are ways of making yourself wonderfully happy – and that is by treating yourself to a brand new home.
£2 million plus country house market benefits from competitive pricing
Figures released by Savills show continued growth in the Prime Country House Market, particularly for properties priced over £2 million. Whilst the index for all properties showed quarterly growth of 2.8%, properties worth over £2 million showed growth of 4.80% in the second quarter of 2007.
UK house price growth slowing
All UK regions see house prices grow in the second quarter of 2007, but pace of growth is slowing, according to the latest Nationwide Quarterly House Price Report.
Holiday Brits lock out trusted cleaners
Long working hours and tired commuters may be driving a £4bn a year boom in domestic help, but only 3% of Britons will entrust their cleaners with their house keys while they are on holiday.