Property Market

New report on housing and its benefits launches in Wales

Linda Whittaker, Director of Housing at the Welsh Assembly Government will launch the new report ‘Housing and its Benefits – the added value’ at the CIH Cymru Conference on 28th March at Cardiff City Hall.

Youth Climate Change Champion calls on South West to spend carbon budget wisely

Defra's Youth Climate Change Champion for the South West, Lucy Stansfield, has given her support to a new campaign launched by Sustainability South West.

NHBC response to Woodrow and Wimpey merger

NHBC, the leading authority and expert on new home construction in the UK said that the potential merger between Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey, set to create the UK's largest house-builder, was a clear indicator of the growing economic and political importance of the industry.

Tenants demand the IKEA effect

Shabby décor and second-hand furniture are among the biggest turn offs for today’s tenants according to research by Belvoir, UK letting agent.

Buy-to-let market sees strong reliance by landlords on mortgage advisers

Mortgage advisers are providing a much needed lifeline to nearly three-quarters of landlords (74%) who seek advice, according to research undertaken by BDRC for Alliance & Leicester Mortgages.

GE and Paradigm agree £100m Kwik-Fit sale & leaseback transaction

GE Real Estate UK (“GE Real Estate”) and Paradigm Real Estate Managers (“PREM”) have created a leveraged joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) to acquire 148 Kwik-Fit specialist fitting centres for £103.7 million reflecting a net initial yield of 5.3%.

Developer’s extras – Con or convenient?

The number of new build properties continues to rise year on year. In England alone there were 160,230 new builds completed in 2006, half a percent more than 2005 and the south-east in particular remains a hot spot for new development with the number of new build starts increasing by 12% compared to 2005 (DCLG’s House Building: Oct-Dec 2006).

Lifestyle buyers ignite competitive market for farmland

British farmland is selling at a 3 year premium after intense competition among farmers, lifestyle buyers and overseas investors has pushed land-values above their mid-1990s peak

Scottish house prices forecast to rise by 10%

Knight Frank residential property sales in Scotland are already ahead of first quarter sales over the equivalent period last year, and every indication is that house prices in Scotland will still increase at 9 – 10% for the next 9 months ahead of a UK average forecast of 6%, according to agents Knight Frank.

First-time buyers totally shunned in the Budget

Commenting on the total disregard of first-time home buyers, David Kuo, Head of Personal Finance at Fool.co.uk, says: “Chancellor Gordon Brown has wasted a golden opportunity to help thousands of Britons onto the housing ladder by steadfastly refusing to trim Stamp Duty.

HIPs will rock housing market as sellers rush to avoid packs

Home Information Packs (HIPs) are set to rock the UK housing market despite many consumers thinking they have been scrapped, according to Henry Pryor, founder of Primemove.com.

Don’t let your home get away with it!

National housebuilder Bellway Homes is encouraging all its new homeowners to be energy conscious and has published a ten-point conservation charter detailing easy to follow energy saving tips that will reduce the amount of carbon produced by the average home.