Property Market
Cracking the code for consumer confidence
UK consumers are voting with their feet as concerns over standards of practice in unregulated industries continues to grow, according to new research from A Quick Sale.
Countryside Properties leading the way
Countryside Properties’ recently published Environmental, Social and Ethical (ESE) Report highlights the Group’s commitment to making its business sustainable, as well as protecting the environment. The report highlights that 95 per cent of the Group’s residential development is on brownfield and recycled urban land.
Prime country house values at a four year high
Demand for Prime Country Houses reached its highest point relative to supply for at least two years during the first quarter of the year according to the latest research from Savills with the growth rates between properties worth more or less than £2million narrowing over the past quarter.
Market for timber frame housing rises
Thanks to the increasing demand for low carbon homes, the market for timber frame housing grew three times faster than any other method of construction in 2006, according to the UKTFA's first Interim Market Report for members.
Second homes boom gets its own website
Sales of second homes in the UK look set to rocket, and to meet the anticipated demand, email4property.co.uk, the largest network of local estate agent websites, has launched a dedicated section on their site called UK Holiday Property.
Find out how to add value to investment property
The Property Marketeer and founder of Home Stagers, Tina Jesson, will be sharing her secrets on ‘How to add value to investment property’ when she will be speaking at the London Property Network event on Tuesday, 8th May 2007.
Brits willing to risk their lives to defend home
Brits are willing to risk their lives to defend their properties against intruders, but are unwilling to take simple preventative measures, according to research for National Home Security Week (25th-31st August 2007).
Property website aims to eliminate gazumping
A new website is out to make the process of buying and selling a home more honest, open and trustworthy by using an encrypted sealed bids system.Sealedbidsonline.com is being launched on the back of a Which? report on homebuying which said 50% of people did not believe that all potential offers were passed on.
Home buyers sleepwalk into property nightmare
Home buyers are failing to protect themselves from property nightmares with fewer than one in four taking simple steps to properly check their dream house before they buy it, according to new research by AA Legal Services.
UK house prices rise 0.9% in April
House price growth almost doubled during April to 0.9%, up from 0.5% in March, according to figures from the Nationwide Building Society. This brings the annual rate of inflation back into double digits at 10.2% and the price of a typical house up to £180,314, which is £16,741 higher than at this time last year.
Co-Buying: stick to the rules to ensure success
As co-buying with strangers looks set to revolutionise the house buying process, buyers are being advised – stick to the rules to ensure success.
City exodus as new home buyers move north
The new homes market is experiencing a mass exodus from urban areas with London and major towns in the Midlands recording continued outward migration.
Tory’s “last-ditch” attempt to scrap HIPS is feeble
Mike Ockenden Director General for the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has blasted the latest Tory opposition to HIPs as feeble and desperate, questioning their motivation:
Tenant demand approaches highest ever level
Landlords are experiencing increasing levels of tenant demand, with 92% of respondents saying that demand is either stable, growing or booming, according to the most recent data from Paragon Mortgages.
March housing market – calm before the storm
Figures released by The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) from its March housing market survey have revealed a levelling of activity in the residential housing market.