Property Market
Time for Estate Agents to jump on board with HIPS
Estate Agents and other industry members across the country will be brushing up on their ‘HIPs knowledge’ and gaining advice from industry experts at two HIPs Conferences planned for April this year.
House hunting horrors
Research released by Smile Mortgages has revealed the nation’s strangest house hunting experiences.
New landlords see buy-to-let as a wise investment
New landlords are continuing to invest in buy-to-let according to the latest research by Mortgage Trust.
First-time buyers would leave Britain to save for a house back home
A quarter (25%) of British people attempting to get onto the property ladder in this country would consider moving abroad - even as far as Australia or New Zealand - to live more cheaply so they could save for a deposit to buy their first home in Britain. The findings are revealed in the latest Quarterly Savings Survey from National Savings and Investments (NS& I).
Feel secure with Charles Church Yorkshire
Charles Church Yorkshire is making homebuyers feel more secure when they purchase a new home at one of their Charles Church developments.
Terraced houses see biggest price rises
Over the last five and ten years house price increases in the UK have been greatest for terraced houses, according to research by Halifax Estate Agents.
New eco-towns could help tackle climate change
New small zero carbon 'eco-towns' built on brownfield land could lead the way in cutting carbon emissions and building affordable homes, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has said.
UK house prices rise 1.8% in February
UK house prices increased by 1.8% in February, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The annual rate of house price inflation remained unchanged at 9.9% for the third successive month.
AHIPP: No shortage of energy assessors
Research carried out among the leading companies who are training or employing Home Inspectors and Domestic Energy Assessors (DEAs) firmly believe there will be over 2,500 people qualified to deliver Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) by June.
Rents mark inflation while property prices soar
Continually rising house prices mean that yields on Buy to Let property remain relatively static. However, the cash value of rents received by landlords has kept pace with inflation. This shows clearly in the latest quarterly survey of ARLA member letting agents. The survey, the largest of its kind in the private rented sector, also shows that new build is not as popular as believed.
Exchange Bond boosts sales for Crosby Lend Lease
The Exchange Bond®, a pioneering financial product that frees buyers from raising a cash deposit to secure a property, has doubled sales at Crosby Lend Lease’s Vallea Court development in Manchester.
UK will not meet green housing targets say Mortgage Advisers
Over two thirds (67%) of Mortgage Advisers believe that the UK will not be able to achieve its target of making all new homes carbon neutral within the next 10 years, according to a survey published by UCB Home Loans, the specialist intermediary lender of Nationwide.
London and Hampshire top in map of UK wealth
A new map of wealth in the UK, revealed in a White Paper from the Barclays Wealth Insights series, highlights a greater concentration of wealthy individuals in the South-East of the country. The four postcodes home to the highest proportion of the UK’s wealthy are all in London and the South-East, with London and Hampshire as the top ranked counties.
One in five home buyers now over the higher stamp duty threshold
Halifax has examined house prices and home sales in 2,132 postcode districts across England and Wales over the past five years with reference to the stamp duty thresholds. Halifax believes the current thresholds at which stamp duty is levied should be adjusted to reflect the significant rate of house price inflation seen over the past decade.
Buy to let investors ride out the storm
Despite interest rates creeping up and rental yields tightening, record levels of established landlords are looking to expand their portfolio as they remain committed to buy to let as a long term investment.