Property Market
Does your street merit some makeover magic?
If you and your neighbours have ever wished you lived in a people-friendly community where cars drive slowly and kids can play outside then a new project launched could be right up your street.
New–look RIBA Awards Programme 2007: Call for entries
Following on from the success of Richard Rogers Partnership's Stirling Prize win for Barajas Airport, Madrid in October, the search has begun to find the best examples of new British architecture - practices up and down the country are urged to submit projects of architectural excellence into the 2007 RIBA awards scheme.
The Property Investor Show comes to the Midlands
The Property Investor Show - The UK’s largest dedicated property investment exhibition - will make its Birmingham debut at the NEC in March 2007.
Housing demand resilient despite interest rate hikes
House prices inflation reached a plateau in November but market conditions remain strong, says RICS’s (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) UK housing market survey.
Property price inflation focused on first time buyers
First-time buyers continue to face double digit annual house price inflation.
2006: Busiest property market since the 1980s
Lee Watts, Managing Director of Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, reviews the 2006 market and looks forward to 2007.
It was a cracking good summer…
Sunshine, barbeques, Pimms, hot days and balmy evenings. Then there’s the hot-and-bothered parents, impatient drivers, worried gardeners and hosepipe bans.
First time buyers share their experiences on new website
Around 17% of people between the age of 16 and 34 turned to friends and family to seek advice on buying their first house in comparison to just 13% who turned to a bank or building society, according to research from Abbey.
Developers reminded ‘wildlife needs good neighbours’
Town planners should make biodiversity a core consideration within urban and suburban regeneration plans and purposefully create ‘green networks’, reveals the Wild About Gardens Discovery Survey, carried out by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and The Wildlife Trusts (TWT) in partnership with Ribena.
Estate agents predict a steadier year for house prices
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is predicting a steadier year for house prices across the UK in 2007, with regional variation being a key characteristic of the market as property supply continues to be an issue in many places.
Seasonal pre Christmas slowdown in housing market
Estate agents have noted a seasonal downturn in activity in the property market during November, as buyers and sellers concentrate on the festive period, rather than home moves.
Choice rather than cost driving UK rental market
One in four (26%) people in the UK live in rented accommodation, and although two thirds (67%) of tenants rent because they cannot afford to buy, there are other significant factors driving the rental market, according to new research from Birmingham Midshires ‘Not so Average Joe’ campaign.