Property Market
BPT launches IP door entry system
BPT Entry Control Solutions - a specialist in door entry, access control and gate automation - has launched the ETI300 unit designed to transfer video and audio over IP.
Banner Homes stakes claim on Midlands market with Dodd acquisition
South of England housebuilder Banner Homes Group plc will become a major player in the Midlands market overnight, having acquired a selection of sites from the Dodd Homes’ landbank – which could have a gross development value of up to £100m – plus a 25 strong development management team.
Good neighbours don’t always become good friends
Over 90% of Brits believe that they are good neighbours, yet new research reveals that neighbourly traditions such as borrowing a cup of sugar or offering to baby-sit the kids are dying out.
First-time buyers hit by double whammy
New first-time buyers face double whammy of house price and rate rises, according to a new report by Nationwide Building Society.
Northern Ireland embraces TrustMark
A high profile media campaign has boosted awareness of TrustMark in Northern Ireland, helping people to find reputable tradesmen to work on repair, maintenance and improvement work in and around their homes.
Timber frame's up for the Carbon Challenge
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has welcomed the launch of English Partnerships' latest competition, the Carbon Challenge.
Average UK house price tops £200,000
The mix-adjusted average house price in the UK in December 2006 stood at £201,090, up from £199,238 in November 2006, according to figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
Prime Central London house prices rise even further
Prime Central London house prices grow at the strongest rate since 1979, with prices climbing 30.5% in the year to January, according to latest results from Knight Frank’s Prime Central London House Price Index.
Buyers priced out of the market and houses selling in days
Many desperate buyers are being priced out of the market as 2007 begins even more frenetically than first expected, according to Hamptons International.
Hat-trick of new sites for Redrow
A triple bonanza of new developments with an estimated finished value of over £82.5 million confirms Redrow Homes’ place as a major player in the Scottish housing market.
Chesterton comments on Tenancy Deposit Protection
In anticipation of the introduction of Tenancy Deposit Protection, Richard Davies, Lettings Director of Chesterton Global, comments:
Scottish buyers reluctant to pay over the odds for a property
Rising house prices appear to be taking their toll on buyers who are reining in their offers and looking for property they can move straight into.
Buyers look to drive down asking prices
Confidence that house prices will continue to rise has reached a 20-month high. However, more buyers are seeking out properties they can add value to and are looking to haggle on price, according to the latest research from Yorkshire Bank.
Foxtons joins Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme
Work by the new Ombudsman for Estate Agents, Christopher Hamer, to enrol non-member agencies into the scheme has had a high profile success after just two months with the news that leading London agency Foxtons has signed up.
Buy-to-let ‘not to blame’ for house prices
The belief that buy to let investors are pricing first time buyers out of the housing market was dismissed by a leading expert in property economics at the Annual Conference of the Association of Residential Letting Agents, ARLA, held in London, February 7th.